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WASHINGTON\/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The West on Monday stepped up pressure on Iran over its crackdown on protests as the United States, European Union and United Kingdom imposed fresh sanctions on Tehran.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator looks on during a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, near the Brandenburg Gate, in Berlin, Germany, September 28, 2022. REUTERS\/Lisi Niesner\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

The actions, which reflect a deterioration in the West\u2019s already dire relations with Tehran in recent months, are the latest response to Iran\u2019s deadly clampdown on unrest after the death of young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody in September.<\/p>\n

The protests by Iranians from all walks of life mark one of the boldest challenges to the ruling theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran accuses Western powers of fomenting the unrest, which security forces have met with deadly violence.<\/p>\n

The United States targeted the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and senior officials in its action, which imposed sanctions on the IRGC Cooperative Foundation and five of its board members, Deputy Minister of Intelligence and Security Naser Rashedi and four senior IRGC commanders in Iran.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Treasury Department said the action targets a \u201ckey economic pillar of the IRGC, which funds much of the regime\u2019s brutal suppression; as well as senior security officials coordinating Tehran\u2019s crackdown at the national and provincial levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington has accused the IRGC of continuing to aggressively crack down on peaceful demonstrations and said it has played \u201ca leading role in suppressing protests through extensive human rights abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The IRGC was set up shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to protect the Shi\u2019ite clerical ruling system. It has an estimated 125,000-strong military with army, navy and air units, and commands the Basij religious militia often used in crackdowns.<\/p>\n

The Treasury described the IRGC Cooperative Foundation – already under U.S. sanctions – as an economic conglomerate established by senior officials of the group to manage its investments and presence in sectors of Iran\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

The Treasury accused the IRGC Cooperative Foundation of having become \u201ca wellspring of corruption and graft\u201d and said funds from it have supported the IRGC\u2019s military adventures abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong with our partners, we will continue to hold the Iranian regime accountable so long as it relies upon violence, sham trials, the execution of protesters, and other means of suppressing its people,\u201d the U.S. Treasury\u2019s under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, Brian Nelson, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u2018BRUTAL REPRESSION\u2019<\/p>\n

The European Union imposed sanctions on more than 30 Iranian officials and organizations, including units of the Revolutionary Guards, blaming them for a \u201cbrutal\u201d crackdown on protesters and other human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

Foreign ministers from the EU\u2019s 27 member countries agreed on the measures at a meeting in Brussels.<\/p>\n

Those sanctions targeted units and senior officials of the IRGC across Iran, including in Sunni-populated areas where the state crackdown has been intense, a list published in the EU\u2019s Official Journal showed.<\/p>\n

The new sanctions were imposed on 18 people and 19 entities. Those targeted cannot travel to the EU, and any assets they hold inside the bloc can be frozen.<\/p>\n

Some EU governments and the European Parliament have made clear they want the IRGC as a whole added to the bloc\u2019s list of terrorist organizations. But the EU\u2019s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, noted that could only happen if a court in an EU country determined the IRGC was guilty of terrorism.<\/p>\n

Britain also imposed sanctions on more Iranian individuals and entities on Monday over the country\u2019s \u201cbrutal repression\u201d of its people.<\/p>\n

The sanctions included an asset freeze on Iranian deputy prosecutor general Ahmad Fazelian, who the British foreign office said was responsible for an unfair judicial system that used the death penalty for political purposes.<\/p>\n

Others sanctioned by Britain on Monday include Kiyumars Heidari, commander in chief of Iran\u2019s ground forces; Hossein Nejat, deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); and the Basij Resistance Force and its deputy commander, Salar Abnoush.<\/p>\n

The Basij Cooperative Foundation, linked to the Basij militia, and Qasem Rezaei, deputy commander of Iran\u2019s law enforcement forces, were also sanctioned.<\/p>\n

Britain has now imposed 50 new sanctions against Iran since Amini\u2019s death, the foreign office said.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s long-strained relations with the West have deteriorated since talks to revive its 2015 nuclear deal deadlocked and after Tehran unleashed the crackdown on protesters last year.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s ties with the West have also been strained by its support for Russia in Ukraine, where Western states say Moscow has used Iranian drones.<\/p>\n

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