The New Zealand government has placed travel bans on 22 Iranian security guards, including members of the morality police, who are connected to the death of Mahsa Amini and the violent response to protests that it sparked.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand will always support the right to peaceful protest and condemned the Iranian authorities for the brutal suppression of protestors.
“What happened to Mahsa Amini is inexcusable; New Zealand continues to stand with the people of Iran, especially women and girls,” Ardern said.
“We will continue to respond alongside international partners to condemn the violence, seek increased scrutiny of events in Iran, back an investigation by an independent outside body, and call on Iranian authorities to de-escalate their response and commute all death sentences.”…