The U.S. is imposing a new round of sanctions on Thursday "against the architects of the Iranian regime’s brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrators," according to the Treasury Department. Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security, is among the Iranian security officials being sanctioned. The U.S. accuses him of being one of the first officials to call for violence against Iranian protesters. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a “credible source” told him killings tied to Iran’s ongoing crackdown on protesters have stopped. In February, President Donald Trump reimposed a “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran in an effort to block its development of nuclear weapons.

Source: Ethiopian News January 16, 2026 00:59 UTC