Iran has threatened to impose additional measures against parties it accuses of interfering in its internal affairs, after it had imposed sanctions on foreign individuals and entities a few days ago.

While the protests continued, it was reported that the first death sentences had been issued against the demonstrators against the authorities.

Iranian government spokesman Ali Bahadari Jahromi said today, Tuesday, that his government will continue to take measures against parties that interfere in its internal affairs against the backdrop of the ongoing protests in his country since last September.

Jahromi added - in a press conference - that his government imposed sanctions on foreign figures and entities because of their support for terrorist groups, as he put it.

On Monday, Iran announced that it had imposed sanctions on American individuals and entities, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), for encouraging them to "violence and unrest."

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The Iranian move came after Washington imposed sanctions on Tehran against the backdrop of the protests that followed the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, after she was detained in Tehran by the morality police, on the pretext of her failure to wear modest clothing.

Amini's death sparked widespread protests that are still ongoing, despite the fall of a large number of victims.

Amini's family said that she died as a result of being hit on the head, but the authorities confirmed that her death was due to a previous illness.

In addition to the United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions on Iran, citing its suppression of protesters.

On Wednesday, the United States and Albania will hold an informal meeting of the UN Security Council that all members of the international organization can attend. During the meeting, Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi and Iranian-born actress and activist Nazanin Bonyadi will speak.

In a letter to the UN Security Council, Iran asked the countries of the world not to attend the meeting, accusing Washington of politicizing human rights.


And the French Press Agency reported the emergence of new demonstrations in Tehran and other Iranian cities, and the agency said - quoting activists - that a demonstration took place late on Monday evening in the Ekbatan area of ​​Tehran, noting that the security forces used sound bombs to disperse the protesters, and added that the demonstrators They chanted slogans against the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei.

The French agency also said - quoting the "Hengau" human rights organization, based in Norway - that the funeral of a young woman killed in the protests turned into a demonstration against the Iranian government in the city of Sanandaj in Kurdistan province (northwest of Iran).

In this context, Iranian university students announced their refusal to participate in classes due to the decision of the disciplinary committee in universities to suspend a number of students from studying against the backdrop of the protests taking place in the country.

Students gathered in more than 8 universities - including the University of Tehran - demanding the suspension of the disciplinary committee's decisions and the release of detained students.

The account of student associations in Iranian universities stated that the students raised anti-regime slogans, and confirmed the continuation of their protests.

Trials

And last Saturday in Tehran, the trial of five men accused of crimes that could be punished with death, in connection with the protests, began.

According to a video of his mother published by the Washington-based Abd al-Rahman Boromand Center, one of these men, Muhammad Qabadlo, was sentenced to death in the first session of the trial, but the Iranian judiciary did not confirm the verdict, according to Agence France-Presse.

Thousands of protesters, including prominent activists, were arrested, and the semi-official Iranian news agency, Tasnim, said on Monday that the authorities would hold public trials for about 1,000 people accused in Tehran against the backdrop of the unrest in the country.

Last week, the authorities warned their opponents not to continue protesting, and had repeatedly accused hostile countries and "agents" of causing the unrest.

According to the Oslo-based Human Rights Organization in Iran, 160 protesters were killed in the protests, and 93 people were killed in separate demonstrations that erupted at the end of last September in the city of Zahedan (southeast of Iran) against the background of reports that a girl was raped by a police official. According to the human rights organization.