Britain Sanctions 8 Iranians, Protests Threats Aimed at Journalists

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Those added to the sanctions list, and subject to an asset freeze and travel ban were named by Britain's foreign office as: The three judges are Musa Asif al-Hosseini, Hadi Mansouri, and Morteza Barati.
41% : "We will target the full spectrum of threats that we see coming from Tehran," Tugendhat told parliament.
35% : Britain, along with the European Union and the United States, has strongly criticized a widespread and often violent crackdown on popular protests after the death of young Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in police custody in September.
33% : In November, Britain's domestic spy agency head said Iran's intelligence services have tried on at least 10 occasions to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the United Kingdom regarded by Tehran as a threat.
32% : Tehran accuses Western adversaries of stoking the nationwide unrest ignited by Amini's death.
30% : In a separate statement, British security minister Tom Tugendhat said he had ordered a government review led by the interior ministry into state threats coming from Iran.

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