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U.S. Sanctions Eight Iranian Officials for Human Rights Abuses
(AP) Robert Burns - The Obama administration on Wednesday slapped financial and travel sanctions on eight Iranian officials accused of taking part in rampant human rights abuses. "On these officials' watch or under their command, Iranian citizens have been arbitrarily arrested, beaten, tortured, raped, blackmailed and killed," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Among those targeted is Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and one his top deputies, Hossein Taeb. The administration said that forces under their command participated in beatings, murder and arbitrary arrests of peaceful protesters in the aftermath of the June 2009 Iranian election.