Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Mehmedagic used state-owned telecommunications company BH Telecom for the benefit of his political party, the Party of Democratic Action (SDA), U.S. “The United States will continue to target those who perpetuate corruption and undermine the postwar agreements and institutions established as part of the hard-won Dayton Peace Agreement,” Nelson added. Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, in a statement. “The three individuals designated today constitute a threat to regional stability, institutional trust, and the aspirations of those seeking democratic governance in the Western Balkans,” said Brian Nelson, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on March 15 announced the sanctions against Osman Mehmedagic, the former head of the Intelligence Security Agency (OSA) Dragan Stankovic, identified by the United States as the director of the Republika Srpska agency responsible for real estate law and Edin Gacanin, an alleged drugs trafficker and money launderer. sanctions along with two other individuals associated with the Balkan country in connection with alleged corruption. The former director of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s intelligence and security agency has been designated for U.S. Similar scenes were repeated in the Iranian cities of Zanjan, Rasht, Sanandaj, Piranshahr and Tabriz. Reports also indicated that in several neighborhoods of Tehran, including Ekbatan in the west of the capital, people burned pictures of the leader of the Islamic republic and chanted slogans against the government. The festival, which took on extra meaning this year after several months of unrest that threatens to tear the country apart as protesters battle for the government to respect women's and human rights, is seen as an opportunity to make wishes for the upcoming Persian New Year, which begins on March 21. Saghez is the hometown of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman whose death during her detention by Iran's morality police for an alleged head scarf violation triggered nationwide protests. The labor activist's release came hours after videos published on social media showed people taking to the streets overnight as they used celebrations of the traditional Festival of Fire to continue months of protests, chanting anti-government slogans, such as "Death to the dictator" and "Death to Khamenei," a reference to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. She promptly countered those accusations on social media by saying she had been beaten and forced to make a false confession. Her release from prison in Ahvaz in December 2018 was short-lived as she was again arrested in January 2019 after Iranian state television aired footage in which it purported to show Gholian confessing to taking part in alleged Western-backed efforts to overthrow the government. While most were released on bond the next day, Gholian was imprisoned for a month. Gholian was arrested along with about 20 activists, protest organizers, and workers during the Haft Tappeh Sugar Factory strike in November 2018.
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