The Biden administration announced new sanctions targeting Russia's security service and Iran's elite military intelligence unit, along with four of its leaders, to hold them accountable for taking American hostages and wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens.
— The Biden administration announced new sanctions Thursday targeting Russia's security service and Iran's elite military intelligence unit, along with four of its leaders, in an effort to hold them accountable for taking American hostages and "Today, the Department of State and the Department of the Treasury have announced the U.S. Government's first-ever sanctions against actors for engaging in the wrongful detention of Americans," President Biden said in a statement.
The sanctions cut off the targeted entities from the U.S. financial system and make it illegal for others to do business with them. The Treasury Department said the IRGC members who were sanctioned include a counterintelligence official who has been involved in assassination plots; a commander who was previously sanctioned for his role in the crackdown on Iranian protesters; an official responsible for logistics involving prisoners in Iran; and a brigadier general.
U.S. officials who discussed the sanctions on condition of anonymity stressed that the sanctions have been in the works since last year and were not prompted by any specific case, including the recent Gershkovich was arrested in Russia last month and charged with spying, an accusation the U.S. has denounced as bogus. Within days, the State Department formally declared that he was being wrongfully detained, a step that requires the government to work to free him.
"As editors and publishers of some of America's largest news organizations, we are united in calling for his immediate release. Reporting is not a crime," the ad said.
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