MADRID, 11 October (EUROPEAN PRESS) –

The Iranian government has summoned Britain’s ambassador to Tehran, Simon Shercliff, for “arbitrary” and “baseless” sanctions announced by London for the suppression of protests registered in the country following the death in custody of a woman detained for allegedly wearing a headscarf. .

Britain announced sanctions on Monday against three senior officials of Iran’s ‘Moral Police’ and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards for suppression of mobilizations, which have so far resulted in 185 deaths, according to the Iranian non-governmental organization Human Rights.

In response, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has detailed that Shercliff was summoned – for the third time in two weeks – to transfer “strong protests” against this action, which “disrupts Iran’s internal affairs.”

As such, he stressed that Tehran had complained to London about its “interventionist actions” and stressed that the “arbitrary sanctions” announced by Britain were “distorted” and had “no value to Iran.”

Finally, Iran’s Foreign Ministry has told the British ambassador that “the Islamic Republic of Iran reserves the right to take countermeasures”, without providing further details on a possible response from Tehran.

Iran’s Forensic Medicine Organization said last week that Mahsa Amini’s death was not due to “a blow to the head or any of her vital organs” and they thought it was due to “multiple organ failure” stemming from heart problems. due to previous pathology, after the police dismissed allegations of torture.

Meanwhile, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, accused the United States and Israel of being behind the “riots” in the context of the protests. “I explicitly said that these riots and security incidents were engineered by the United States and the false and usurper Zionist regime — referring to Israel –,” he said.