Washington DC, Jan. 15 -- US has announced new sanctions on 18 key Iranian individuals and entities "involved in the brutal crackdown against the Iranian people."

"The United States stands firmly behind the Iranian people in their call for freedom and justice," said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent on Thursday. "At the direction of President Trump, the Treasury Department is sanctioning key Iranian leaders involved in the brutal crackdown against the Iranian people. Treasury will use every tool to target those behind the regime's tyrannical oppression of human rights."

As per the statement, among the Iranian security officials sanctioned on Thursday is Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security (SCNS...