A woman attends a protest in Plaza Catalunya in support of Iranian women and against the death of Mahsa Amini in Barcelona, ​​Spain (REUTERS/Nacho Doce)

The European Union imposed on Monday punishments A two organizations there 32 Iranians, among them the ministers of Culture there Educationintelligence officials and lawmakers, in a fifth round of sanctions against the Khamenei regime for its crackdown on protesters.

The protests began after the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini22 years after being detained by the Islamic Republic’s morality police, and became one of the most serious challenges to Iran’s theocracy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

At least 529 people died in the protests, according to human rights activists in Iran. other 19,700 They were arrested by the authorities as part of a violent crackdown on dissent. Some people linked to the protests have been accomplished.

Iranian regime's supreme leader Ali Khamenei (WANA/Reuters)
Iranian regime’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei (WANA/Reuters)

The EU said it had imposed the asset freeze and the travel ban to 32 officials and froze the assets of the two organizations because of their involvement “in serious human rights violations in Iran”.

The 27-nation bloc had previously imposed four rounds of sanctions on Iranian officials and organizations — including other ministers, military officials and Iran’s morality police — for alleged rights abuses.

Protesters took to the streets to repudiate the theocratic rule

The new round of sanctions comes days after fresh protests in which the end of the Islamic Republic has been demanded in several cities of the countryafter several weeks of relative calm from the revolt sparked by Amini’s death.

“Death to the Dictator (by Ali Khamenei, Iranian Supreme Leader)” there “Cursed Khomeini” (by the founder of the Islamic republic) were some of the cries that rang out Friday in the cities of Tehran, Rasht, Mashad or Karajaccording to videos posted on social media by the militant group 1500Tasvir and non-governmental organizations like Human Rights in Iran (ICH NGO) and the Center for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI).

The streets of Tehran were once again the scene of protests against the regime

Protesters marched through the streets of the country coinciding with the 40 days after the execution of two death row inmates for their participation in the protests, a date of mourning highly respected by Iranians.

The night marches also sounded “woman, life, freedom”slogan of the protests led mainly by young people and women in which they demand more freedoms and the end of the Islamic Republic.

This Friday there was a new wave of marches across the country against the regime of Ali Khamenei

However, the President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisisaid the protests had ‘failed’ last Saturday during the celebration of the 44th anniversary of the victory of the islamic revolution in 1979.

“We did not come together to just commemorate the great day (of the revolution), also because once again the revolution has triumphed and the enemies have failed,” Raisi said, in a speech delivered in Azadi Square. (Freedom) of Tehran, the epicenter of the commemorations.

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