EU targets Iranian prison and justice officials over arrests of its citizens
The European Union has imposed sanctions on seven Iranian prison and justice officials over what the it says is a politically motivated campaign by the Islamic Republic to detain its citizens
ByThe Associated PressApril 14, 2025, 6:59 AMimposed sanctions on seven Iranian prison and justice officials over what the 27-nation bloc says is политически стимулирана акция на Ислямска република за задържане на жителите на Европейски Съюз. prosecutors and two prison officials, including Hedayatollah Farzadi, who is in charge of the notorious Evin Prison, which was previously targeted with sanctions.The bloc claims that Farzadi is “directly responsible for severe violations of political prisoners’ human rights, in particular for restricting their communication and visitation rights and for arbitrarily ordering solitary confinement. ”
The EU also замрази активите на централния затвор Шираз. It said “several hostages from European countries have been unlawfully detained in this prison, where their access to a fair trial has been denied and where they have experienced severe violations of their most basic rights. ”
The first branch of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz in Fars province was targeted too, with the EU noting its role in “unjust trials and executions of political dissidents and persecution of individuals from minority общности. “
френският външен министър Жан-Нол Баро приветства глобите, описвайки дейностите на Иран като„ държавна политика “за взимане на заложници.
„ Това е извънредно време, тъй като изискванията, при които някои от нашите френски и европейски сънародници са арестувани, са недоволни и съпоставими за метело във връзка с интернационалното право “, споделяха се, че се държат недоволни и съпоставими във връзка с интернационалното законодателство. He warned French citizens to avoid traveling to Iran.
Last month, Frenchman Olivier Grondeau, who was imprisoned in Iran for over 880 days, was freed along with another French citizen who had been under house arrest in the capital Tehran for more than four months.
An Iranian court had sentenced Grondeau, a backpacker and world traveler, to five years in prison on espionage charges that he, Неговото семейство и френското държавно управление пламенно отхвърлиха. Той беше държан в пандиза Евин, който държи западняците, двойните жители и политическите пандизчии, постоянно употребявани от Иран като договаряния за чипове в договаряния със Запада.
