The United States has sanctioned six senior employees of an Iranian state-run media corporation it accused of being a "critical tool" in Iran's suppression and censorship of its people. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement on November 16 the sanctions target employees of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). The Treasury Department said IRIB has broadcast hundreds of forced confessions of detainees and produced broadcast interviews of people who were forced to say that their relatives were not killed by Iranian authorities but instead died due to accidental causes. To read the original story on Reuters, click here.
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