The Biden administration slaps sanctions on Iran's chief prosecutor, four other Iranian officials and a company that supports the country's security forces for their roles in an ongoing violent crackdown on anti-government protests. The Treasury Department announces it is targeting the prosecutor-general of Iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, two senior commanders in Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, and two members of the Basij, a paramilitary volunteer group that often enforces strict rules on dress and conduct.

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