Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 20th April. British Government on Friday has announced sanctions on 7 individuals and 6 entities who it said “enabled Iran to conduct destabilizing regional activity, including its direct attack on Israel”.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that the UK has sanctioned the ringleaders of the Iranian military and forces responsible for the April 14 attack, media reported.
Iran has said the attack was in retaliation for Israel’s strike on Iran’s consulate building in Damascus, Syria, on April 1.
The sanctioned individuals and entities are subjected to asset freeze, with a concurrent imposition of a travel ban targeting the individuals under sanction, according to the British Government.
It added to the 400-plus sanctions imposed on Iran, British government said in a statement.
The previous sanctions include the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety and many of those allegedly responsible for the attack on Israel.
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