MADRID, 15 November (EUROPA PRESS) –
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan expressed “deep concern” Monday at the continued repression of protesters by Iranian authorities.
“We are deeply concerned by reports from Iran of mass arrests, sham trials and now death sentences for protesters who express legitimate demands against a government that systematically denies the basic dignity and freedoms of its people,” the US Homeland Security adviser said in a statement. .
The United States works with partners to hold those responsible for human rights abuses accountable through sanctions.
“We welcome the new sanctions adopted today by the European Union and the UK against 29 individuals and three Iranian entities involved in the crackdown on protesters,” Sullivan said.
Washington, while expressing “unequivocal” support for the Iranian people, has lamented the recent death sentence against a detainee, as well as reports of the torture of political prisoner Hossein Ronagi, who had to be transferred from Evin prison to a hospital. in Tehran.
“The eyes of the world are on Iran. The human rights abuses committed by its government should not be without consequences. The hundreds of protesters who have died at the hands of the Iranian state authorities deserve justice,” the US adviser said.
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