The United States on Dec. 19 announced additional sanctions on Iran, this time targeting two judges from the Islamic regime’s Revolutionary Court. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the sanctions while denouncing the country’s human rights abuses in a speech at the State Department.
In his speech, Pompeo criticized the regime for its killing of protesters in November. At least 200,000 people took part in the mass demonstrations and around 7,000 were arrested, marking possibly the largest anti-government demonstrations in the regime’s 40-year history. Pompeo denounced Iranian officials for “hypocrisy” by depriving citizens, particularly ethnic and religious minorities, of their constitutional rights.
