NZ to impose travel bans on Iranian security forces
“What happened to Mahsa Amini is inexcusable, New Zealand continues to stand with the people of Iran, especially women and girls,” says Jacinda Ardern.
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“What happened to Mahsa Amini is inexcusable, New Zealand continues to stand with the people of Iran, especially women and girls,” says Jacinda Ardern.
New Zealand is imposing travel bans on members of the Iranian security forces connected to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the violent response to subsequent protests, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced.
New Zealand is imposing travel bans on members of the Iranian security forces connected to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the violent response to subsequent protests, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced.
The regime still has additional means of making the crackdown even more lethal, and parts of the country are potentially primed to take up arms in response, with uncertain consequences on the ground.
Several countries have rapidly imposed new sanctions in response to the regime’s repression of peaceful protests, but they should do more to harmonize and expand these actions.