EU sanctions Iran ‘Morality Police’ for crackdown on protesters

In this Sept. 19, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, women run away from anti-riot police during an anti-government protest in downtown Tehran. (Photo: AP)

WASHINGTON: The European Union on Monday sanctioned officials of Iran’s morality police and Tehran’s information minister for their role in the Islamic Republic’s violent crackdown on protesters demonstrating against the death of a young woman held by the morality police for failing to properly cover her hair with a hijab.