Iranian media decries US sanctions against it for being linked to the IRGC
The report is an example of how Iran is concerned about Western support for protests and is concerned about media reports in the West.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian pro-regime media bemoaned US sanctions that were announced on September 15. The media, such as Tasnim, found themselves in the unenviable position of reporting on their own sanctioning. Tasnim ran an article in which they listed all of the people sanctioned by the US.
The US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 29 individuals and entities “in connection with the Iranian regime’s violent suppression of nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa ‘Zhina’ Amini in custody of its ‘Morality Police,’ and the regime’s continued efforts to detain dissenting voices and restrict access to a free and open internet,” the US said.
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The report is an example of how Iran is concerned about Western support for protests and is concerned about media reports in the West.
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian pro-regime media bemoaned US sanctions that were announced on September 15. The media, such as Tasnim, found themselves in the unenviable position of reporting on their own sanctioning. Tasnim ran an article in which they listed all of the people sanctioned by the US.
The US Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 29 individuals and entities “in connection with the Iranian regime’s violent suppression of nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa ‘Zhina’ Amini in custody of its ‘Morality Police,’ and the regime’s continued efforts to detain dissenting voices and restrict access to a free and open internet,” the US said.
more............ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-759302