The targeted officials include Kurdistan Province Governor
Esmaeil Zarei Kousha and Morteza Mir Aghaei, Commander of Basij
paramilitary forces in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Canada's
foreign ministry said in a statement.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing by Mark Porter)
OTTAWA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The Canadian government on
Monday said it was imposing sanctions on 12 senior officials
from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Law
Enforcement Forces (LEF) for their participation in "gross and
systematic human rights violations."
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