US sanctions Iranian officials over women's rights abuses
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The United States is imposing more sanctions on Iranian officials over women's rights abuses. Nationwide anti-government protests started Sept. 16 over the treatment of young women.
Nationwide protests first erupted over the Sept. 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran's morality police. She was accused of violating Iran’s strict dress code for women by wearing her headscarf improperly. Those protests have continued for months.
Subsequently, a series of suspected poisonings at girls' schools across the country, which sickened hundreds of students, fueled claims about the violation of women and girls' rights and prompted protests.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement that the U.S. government "remains deeply concerned that Iranian authorities continue to suppress dissent and peaceful protest, including through mass arrests, sham trials, hasty executions, the detention of journalists, and the use of sexual violence as a means of protest suppression."
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