European Parliament Pushes for Stronger Sanctions on Abuses in Iran, Niger, Georgia
The European Parliament last week overwhelmingly adopted three resolutions urging strong EU sanctions against those in Iran, Niger and Georgia involved in human rights abuses. The resolutions call on the bloc to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist…
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organization and to sanction the country’s supreme leader, president and prosecutor-general. They also said EU member states should implement sanctions against the leaders of a July military coup in Niger, and asked the European Council to sanction those responsible for “violations of Georgian sovereignty” and human rights stemming from Russia's illegal occupation of certain regions of Georgia.