Iran’s Guardian Council Denounces US Sanctions against Judges
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Spokesman for Iran's Guardian Council Abbasali Kadkhodaei dismissed the imposition of US sanctions on Iranian judges for alleged human rights violations and hit back at the United States over police violence against black people.
“Would the Iranian judiciary be able to impose similar sanctions on the killers of African Americans in that country who torture them upon arrest and kill them without trial?” Kadkhodaei tweeted on Friday.
He was referring to the May 25 killing of George Floyd in the US city of Minneapolis after a white officer detaining him knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes with fellow officers beside him.
The United States on Thursday blacklisted several Iranian officials and entities over alleged rights breaches, including slapping sanctions on a judge it said was involved in the case of an Iranian wrestler sentenced to death.
Those sanctioned on Thursday include Iranian Judge Seyed Mahmoud Sadati, who reportedly oversaw the trial of Navid Afkari, executed this month for the fatal stabbing of a government employee in the southern province of Fars in 2018.
Another judge, Mohammad Soltani, was also slapped with sanctions that include asset freezes and banning Americans from doing business with the targets.
