EU set to pile more sanctions on Iran over crackdown on protesters

European Union foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Monday to impose more sanctions on Iran in response to what the bloc has condemned as
Tehran’s widespread use of force against peaceful protesters.
The protests, triggered by the Sept. 16 death of Mahsa Amini in morality police custody, mark one of the boldest challenges to the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution. So far, 336 demonstrators have been killed in the unrest and nearly 15,100 detained, according to the activist HRANA news agency.
“Today, we are going to approve another package of sanctions against the people responsible for the repression of the demonstrators,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters as he arrived for the talks in Brussels.
In a first round of sanctions in October, the EU imposed travel bans and asset freezes on 15 Iranian individuals and institutions linked to the young woman’s death and the clamp-down on protests.