The United States and the European Union adopted new sanctions against Iran on Monday, according to international press agencies quoted by Agerpres.

According to Reuters, Washington has imposed sanctions on both the Joint Fund of the Revolutionary Guard Corps and several high-ranking Iranian officials. The US Treasury Department said the fund is an economic conglomerate created by senior officials to manage investments.

On Monday, the EU decided on measures against four commanders of the Revolutionary Guard Corps and 12 units of the Islamic regime’s elite military body in Tehran, as well as Iran’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Hamid Sajjadi Khazaveh. The armed forces are accused of suppressing anti-government demonstrations and violating human rights, and the minister is accused of putting pressure on athletes, the Official Journal of the Union notes, AFP reports.

In response to the “politically motivated” execution of former Tehran defense ministry official Alireza Akbari, Britain blocked access and froze the assets of several Iranian officials, including Ahmad Fazelian, Iran’s deputy attorney general. hanged on January 14 as a spy. Security forces are also on the list of those subject to sanctions.