Germany To Seek EU Sanctions On Iran Over Protests Crackdown: Foreign Minister

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Thursday said she was pushing for EU sanctions on Iran over the Islamic republic's lethal crackdown on protests sparked by the death of a young woman in police custody.

"Within the framework of the EU, I am doing everything I can to get sanctions under way against those in Iran who are beating women to death and shooting demonstrators in the name of religion," Baerbock wrote on Twitter.