The EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday in Luxembourg decided to introduce additional sanctions against those responsible for serious violations of human rights in Iran.

 "Today, the council added eleven individuals and four legal entities to the list of entities subject to restrictive measures in the context of the existing sanctions regime regarding the human rights record in Iran. This is due to their role in the death of Mahsa Amini and the violent response to the recent demonstrations in Iran," the communiqué of the Council of the EU states.

 The document says that the restrictive measures taken apply to those responsible for Amini's death: Iran's customs police and two of its key figures, Mohammad Rostami and Hajj Ahmad Mirzai. In addition, the sanctions affect Iran's law enforcement forces, as well as a number of their local leaders "for their role in the brutal suppression of protests."

 Iran's Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Issa Zarepour, is on the list due to his responsibility for shutting down the Internet.

 The introduced measures include a ban on travel to the EU and freezing of assets, explained in Brussels. In addition, EU citizens and companies are prohibited from providing funds to the listed individuals and legal entities. Iran's human rights sanctions regime also prohibits the export to the country of equipment that could be used for internal repression and telecommunications monitoring equipment.

 The sanctioned list now includes a total of 97 individuals and eight legal entities.