U.S. Sanctions Iranian General’s Brother for Prison Torture

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U.S. Sanctions Iranian General’s Brother for Prison Torture
by TheTower.org Staff | 04.14.17 1:25 pm

The United States Treasury Department announced on Thursday that it is imposing sanctions against the younger brother of a top Iranian commander, holding him liable for human rights abuses he committed as head of Iran’s notorious Evin prison.

Sohrab Soleimani, a top official in Iran’s State Prison Organization and brother of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the sanctioned head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force, was designated alongside the Tehran Prisons Organization for serious human rights abuses in Iran, Agence France-Presse reported.

AFP noted that the Treasury’s action took place following a wave of arrests by Iran of foreigners.

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Last month, an unnamed Iranian-American art gallery owner and his wife were sentenced to death for holding mixed gender parties.

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