The Australian Government is today imposing further targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on Iranian individuals and entities in response to the regime’s ongoing brutal oppression of its people and destabilisation of the region.
In January, the Iranian regime massacred thousands of its own citizens and carried out mass arrests of peaceful protesters, torturing detainees, subjecting them to forced confessions and preventing them from communicating with loved ones.
The regime limited internet access to stop the world from learning of these atrocities.
The seven individuals and four entities sanctioned today include senior officials and entities involved in these horrific acts, including violence against women and children.
One of these individuals is responsible for directing the oppression of women and girls in Iran by deploying 80,000 forces to conduct surveillance and enforce mandatory hijab wearing.
Another individual established neighbourhood intelligence databases, using door-to-door data collection and patrols to find and punish opponents of the Iranian regime.
Others have been responsible for the wrongful detention of foreign nationals.
These sanctions also target Iran’s shadow banking system that allow it to fund terrorist proxies such as Hamas, support its ballistic missile program, and other destabilising actions.
This announcement, made alongside the United Kingdom’s further sanctions on Iran, continues our work with international partners to hold the Iranian regime to account for its egregious campaign of oppression and destabilisation.
The Albanese Government has taken stronger action on Iran that any previous Australian Government, with more than 230 new sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities.
This includes more than 100 individuals and entities with links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which we have listed as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Australia continues to stand with the brave people of Iran against a brutal, oppressive regime.
For further information on Australia's sanctions settings, please visit the Australia and sanctions page on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade website.