Washington: Tightening its noose around Iran, the United States has announced a set of targeted sanctions against 17 Iranian individuals and entities related to the country's alleged human rights violations. Within days of its re-election, the Obama Administration has rolled out three set of targeted sanctions against Iran.
"Today's designations further demonstrate our resolve to put a stop to the Iranian regime's continued efforts to deny the Iranian people access to information and the ability to speak freely," said the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen on Thursday.
The first being targeting a range of actors, five entities, including Iranian government entities, and four
individuals, including government officials, who are responsible for serious human rights abuses in Iran,
particularly those related to disrupting the Iranian people' freedom to assemble, freedom to access information and freedom to speak.
At the same time, the Obama Administration is providing a report to the Congress on a strategy to promote internet freedom in Iran, a senior Treasury official told reporters during a conference call.
The latest American action coincide with amendments to the Iranian Financial Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 561, which further strengthen financial sanctions against the Iranian government and fulfill a number of requirements set forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (TRA), which was signed into law by the President on August 10, 2012.
The Obama Administration has designated the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), which US officials said is an agent or affiliate of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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