The United States and three other countries announced a new round of sanctions against Iran on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of the country's morality police.
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Washington and London announced sanctions against Iranian officials on the first anniversary of protests that erupted after the death of young woman Mahsa Amini. Witnesses and human rights activists spoke about the deployment of security forces in Amini's hometown in the Kurdistan region of Iran. The US Treasury Department announced that it had sanctioned 29 Iranian individuals and entities for their involvement in suppressing protests last year. Iranian security forces were heavily deployed in the city of Saqqez, the birthplace of Amini, in anticipation of protests on Saturday.