Scholz urges more sanctions on Iran to be imposed

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has sharply criticised Iran for the brutal crackdown on the protests, which began after the death of Mahsa Amin, who was arrested under allegations of violating the rules of wearing hijab, or headscarf.

The German leader has voiced support for a new round of European Union sanctions against Tehran.

“We want to continue to increase pressure on Iran's Revolutionary Guard and on political leadership”, Scholz said through a video message published on Twitter on November 12th.

European Union foreign ministers are expected to agree on additional sanctions during the November 14th meeting.

“Mbi 300 killed, dozens of death sentences and over 14,000 arrested so far. Those protesting the oppression in Iran risk their lives and often the lives of their most loved ones and face torture and decades in prisons”, he said.

“We are witnesses to the war for freedom and justice”, Scholz said, referring to nationwide protests in Iran, where protesters are cheering “glore, freedom life” and “death to dictator”.

We are also witnessing how Iranian fears are attacking Ukrainian cities and how they are killing people. All these are completely unacceptable”, he said.

Thousands of people in Germany, who have Iranian backgrounds, fear for their families and are “disgusted by what the mula regime is doing to protesters”, Scholz said. It is clear that the Iranian government is the sole responsible for this wave of violence”.

Earlier this month, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossain Amir-Abdollahian warned his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, of the <x0-intensionist stance” against protests in Iran. Backock, during a speech to the German Parliament, has declared Berlin will not stop in efforts to impose more sanctions on Tehran due to the crackdown on protests.

Responding to Amir-Abdullahian threats, Scholz said that <x0 government is what if you shoot at your citizens? Those who act in this way should expect us to punish”.

On November 11th, Germany and Iceland asked the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold an emergency meeting for Iran in order to address the human rights situation in this country after eight weeks of anti-government protests.

Ambassadors to these two states, through a letter sent to the UN, demanded that this meeting be held on November 24th.