The Australian government, in response to the brutal and widespread crackdown on popular protests in Iran, imposed new sanctions against 20 senior officials and three entities affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Iranian regime’s powerful military-security force.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs announced in a statement that the country has implemented targeted financial sanctions in response to the Iranian regime’s brutal use of violence against its own citizens.
According to the statement, the new sanctions list includes some of the highest-ranking security, military, and law enforcement officials of the Iranian regime, including commanders of the IRGC and the Law Enforcement Force, senior intelligence officials, as well as members of the IRGC’s cyber and extraterritorial units.
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Among those sanctioned are individuals such as Ahmadreza Radan, Mohammadreza Fallahzadeh, Ali Fazli, Mohammad Saleh Jokar, Hassan Shahvarpour, Gholamhossein Mohammadi-Asl, Rahim Jahanbakhsh, Abbas-Ali Mohammadian, Abdollah Araqi, Mohsen Chezari, Alireza Fadakar, Majid Mousavi, Seyed Aminollah Emami Tabatabaei, Ali-Asghar Norouzi, Hassan Sabourinejad, Javad Ghaffarhaddadi, Yahya Hosseini Panjaki, and Esmail Khatib.
In addition, three key IRGC entities have been placed on the new sanctions list: the IRGC Cyber Security Command, Unit 840 of the IRGC Quds Force (the IRGC’s foreign operations arm), and the IRGC Intelligence Organization.
Australia’s foreign ministry stated that these individuals and entities have been directly involved in the violent suppression of domestic protests, threats to the lives of citizens inside and outside Iran, and widespread human rights violations.
The statement said that since December 28, 2025, Iranian regime forces have “killed thousands of Iranian citizens,” while at the same time thousands of others have been arrested or attacked for participating in peaceful protests. According to Australian officials, Iran’s regime has attempted to conceal the true scale of these acts of violence by imposing widespread internet shutdowns and disruptions to telecommunications.
The Australian government emphasized that this move was carried out within the framework of its previous policies, including designating the IRGC as a supporter of state terrorism and implementing comprehensive sanctions against the Iranian regime.
According to Australian officials, the new sanctions demonstrate the country’s commitment to standing with the people of Iran and working alongside international partners to confront the Iranian regime’s campaign of repression and destabilization. Based on official figures, Australia has so far sanctioned more than 200 Iranian regime individuals and entities and more than 100 individuals and entities linked to the IRGC.
