By IANS,
Tehran: A senior lawmaker said Sunday that the Iranian Majlis (parliament) is reviewing a plan to impose sanctions on 26 US officials for violations of human rights in Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of the world.
Kazem Jalali, rapporteur of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Majlis, said that Majlis studied the records of US officials in terms of violation of human rights, Xinhua reported, citing the official IRNA news agency.
The US officials, to be sanctioned, have perpetrated crimes that amounted to blatant violation of human rights in Iraq, Afghanistan and other parts of the world, Jalali said, but did not specify their names.
The US officials have escalated terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan by violence in the name of campaign against terrorism and some of them abetted drug trafficking, he added.
If the Majlis approves the plan, the US officials will be sanctioned and punitive measures will be envisaged for ignoring human rights in Iraq and Afghanistan and the other parts of the world, Jalali said but did not specify the nature of punitive measures.
The Majlis will take the final decision to this end during its session Tuesday, he said.
The United States and its Western allies have already slapped sanctions on a number of Iranian officials over their involvement in the country’s controversial nuclear programme and alleged violations of human rights.