Australia on Tuesday announced new financial sanctions and travel bans on several Iranian individuals and entities, accusing them of involvement in human rights violations and activities, Anadolu reports.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement that the measures target seven individuals and four entities linked to Iran’s security and financial networks.

“In January, the Iranian regime massacred thousands of its own citizens and carried out mass arrests of protesters. peaceful, torturing detainees, subjecting them to forced confessions and preventing them from communicating with their loved ones,” she claimed, saying that “The regime restricted access to the Internet to stop the world from learning about these atrocities.”

According to the Australian government, some of those sanctioned were involved in enforcing Iran’s mandatory hijab policies, monitoring activists and political opponents, and detaining foreign nationals.

The sanctions target financial networks suspected of being used to support armed groups and Iran’s missile activities.

The move was announced alongside additional sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom as part of coordinated actions with international partners, according to the announcement.

Canberra said the Albanian government has imposed more than 230 sanctions on individuals and entities linked to Iran, including over 100 linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Meanwhile, there has been no immediate response from Iran regarding the recent accusations and sanctions.

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