Canada sanctions Iranians accused of violently repressing women and girls

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Mélanie Joly says Iranian women and girls face an increasingly repressive environment where they risk injury or death for expressing themselves or demanding basic rights

The Canadian government is imposing new sanctions on two Iranians it accuses of participating in the violent repression of women and girls in Iran.Ms. Joly said Iranian women and girls face an increasingly repressive environment where they risk injury or death for expressing themselves or demanding basic rights.

Ms. Amini died in police custody after being arrested, purportedly for wearing her hijab incorrectly. Masoud Dorosti, the Tehran metro executive, enforces the country’s mandatory hijab law on public transit, Ms. Joly’s office said in a statement.

 

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