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sanctionsHuman Rights SanctionsWashington, D.C., United Statessupported 77.7

Treasury sanctions Iran's interior minister over protest crackdown

The U.S. government sanctioned Iran's interior minister and related actors over the state's violent protest crackdown. The action extended the sanctions architecture around Iranian repression and turned accountability claims into formal financial restrictions.

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Published

1/30/2026

Current public event date

Source base

1 sources

Evidence records attached to this event

Actor field

3 ranked

2 primary / 1 structural

Incident links

1

Analyses connected to this incident

Editorial note

Curated from AP reporting on sanctions tied to Iran's protest crackdown.

Event harm

59.8

Overall event-level harm score

Top culpability

41.9

Treasury sanctions officials

Confidence

77.7

How stable the current public reading is

Top responsibility

70.0

Highest primary responsibility before event harm is applied

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Current harm

59.8

The live event-harm score on this post

Current confidence

77.7

How stable the current public reading is

Source base

1

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Event harm

Harm context

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Who is harmed

Journalists, sources, and the wider public that depends on independent reporting.

Rights or laws at risk

Press freedom, source confidentiality, and protection against retaliatory state intrusion are at risk.

Societal impact

The move can reshape diplomatic pressure, economic spillover, and daily conditions for civilians connected to the targeted system.

Overview

Highest ranked primary actor

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Treasury sanctions officials

Rank #1 with the highest weighted culpability in the current public reading.

Culpability

41.9

Weighted contribution

Confidence

91.0

Attribution stability

Rank #1ExecutoragencyUnited States

Treasury sanctions officials

Ranked in the public field as a executor with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

stable 91.0

Responsibility

70.0

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

41.9

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

91.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

Treasury officials executed the sanctions designation and translated the policy decision into concrete financial restrictions.

1 evidence link

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Ranked actors

3

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Top actor

Treasury sanctions officials

Highest-ranked primary actor in the current public reading.

Revisions

13

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Ranked field

Other primary actors

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Rank #2AuthorizerpersonUnited States

President Donald Trump

Ranked in the public field as a authorizer with a current responsibility band of meaningful.

supported 79.0

Responsibility

57.4

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

34.3

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

79.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

Attached source links for this actor.

Why this actor is ranked here

Because the sanctions fit the administration's broader Iran policy, the presidency carries the main authorizing role above the implementing agencies.

1 evidence link

Structural layer

Systemic enablers

These actors do not sit at the direct command or execution layer, but they materially fund, normalize, or otherwise enable the event chain.

Rank #3Fundercitizen groupSystemic enablerUnited States

U.S. public funding base

Shown in the structural layer as a funder with a current responsibility band of negligible.

supported 63.0

Responsibility

14.8

Actor-level role score before event harm is applied.

Culpability

8.9

Final contribution after event harm weighting.

Confidence

63.0

Current stability of the attribution.

Evidence links

1

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Why this actor is ranked here

The sanctions regime is executed through publicly funded federal institutions, so the domestic public funding base is shown as a structural funder rather than a primary sanctioning authority.

1 evidence link