Jewish leaders welcome new US sanctions on Iranian officials

• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Date: 11 March 2021
• Published date: 11 March 2021

"We commend the Biden Administration for its appropriate action in sanctioning two officials of the Iranian regime, Ali Hemmatian and Masoud Safdari, barring them and their families from entering the United States," said Arthur Stark, Chairman, William Daroff, CEO, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Vice Chair of the Conference of Presidents.

"These men are members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated terrorist organization, who engaged in the torture of Iranian citizens during the 2019-2020 protests against the extremist regime. Iran's vicious crackdown against the protests resulted in the murder of hundreds of its own people, and the violent repression of countless more," they added.

"The announcement of these sanctions came on the...