The station has provided extensive coverage of anti-government protests that erupted in Iran five months ago, and said two of its senior journalists received death threats in response to their reporting. It’s a question of political will,” said Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, director of the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group. AdvertisementAlso on Monday, the UK government imposed new sanctions on eight senior Iranian figures it said are responsible for domestic oppression. The latest UK sanctions targeted three Iranian judges who had imposed the death penalty against protesters, and five commanders from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. AdvertisementCleverly said the UK steps showed the UK “will never allow the regime’s threats to go unchallenged”.
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