US to impose prices on Iran for crackdown in opposition to protesters: Biden

US President Joe Biden has stated they may impose prices on perpetrators of violence in opposition to peaceable protesters in Iran, the nation witnessing protests over the demise of a lady within the custody of the morality police.

“This week, the United States will be imposing further costs on perpetrators of violence against peaceful protesters. We will continue holding Iranian officials accountable and supporting the rights of Iranians to protest freely,” Biden stated in an announcement.

Biden stated the United States is making it simpler for Iranians to entry the web.

The United States can also be holding accountable Iranian officers and entities, such because the morality police, which can be accountable for using violence to suppress civil society, he stated.

“I remain gravely concerned about reports of the intensifying violent crackdown on peaceful protests in Iran, including students and women, who are demanding their equal rights and basic human dignity,” he stated.

They are calling for simply and common ideas, which underpin the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, he added.

“For decades, Iran’s regime has denied fundamental freedom to its people and suppressed the aspirations of successive generations through intimidation, coercion and violence. The United States stands with Iranian women and all citizens of Iran who are inspiring the world with their bravery,” the US president stated.

White House Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre instructed reporters on board Air Force One that the US is alarmed and appalled by reviews of safety authorities responding to school college students’ peaceable protests with violence and mass arrests.

“University students are the talented young people who should be the future of Iran. They are rightly enraged by the death of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian government’s treatment of women and girls and the ongoing violent crackdown on peaceful protests,” she stated.

“This weekend’s crackdowns are precisely the sort of behaviour that drives Iran’s talented young people to leave a country by the thousands to seek dignity and opportunity elsewhere,” Jean-Pierre stated.

Responding to a query, the press secretary stated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is one of the simplest ways to handle the nuclear downside with Iran.

“As long as we believe pursuing JCPOA talks is in the US national security interest, we will do so,” she stated, including that the US will proceed to make use of different instruments to handle different issues with Iran’s behaviour.

“You’ve heard this from the National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, that even though we are engaged in nuclear negotiations, we’re not going to slow down one inch in our defence and advocacy for the rights of the women and the citizens of Iran,” she stated.

“Even at the height of the Cold War, as President Reagan was calling the Soviet Union an evil empire, he was engaged in arms control talks,” Jean-Pierre stated.

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