Canada sanctions Iran morality police officers, prison and drone company

OTTAWA — Canada has slapped fresh sanctions on Iranian officials whom Ottawa blames for the arrest of Mahsa Amini, whose death sparked widespread anti-regime protests last September.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has announced a travel ban and asset freeze on nine people and one prison for “gross and systematic human rights violations.”

The list includes four members of the so-called morality police whom Canada accuses of being in the squadron that arrested Amini on the grounds of not properly wearing a hijab.

It also includes a regional head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for areas where that military group has violently suppressed protests, called Sistan and Baluchestan.