OFAC Sanctions 3 Iranian Officials Involved With Ongoing Crackdowns

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week designated three Iranian security officials for actions connected with the government's "continuing crackdown on protests. The sanctions target two key officials in the city of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan province: Hassan Asgari, the governor of Sanandaj, and Alireza Moradi, the commander of Law Enforcement Forces of Iran in Sanandaj. The third designee is Mohammad Taghi Osanloo, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces who oversees Iran’s West Azerbaijan province.