Mirzaei has reportedly been suspended from his post following protests to the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, under his watch.Amini, 22, was pronounced dead at a hospital on September 16 after spending three nights at a morality detention center in Tehran where she was allegedly tortured for not properly wearing a headscarf.Under the sanctions, all properties and assets of these Iranian officials in the United States will be blocked and any financial dealings with them, in the U.S. and abroad, are prohibited."The Iranian government needs to end its systemic persecution of women and allow peaceful protest," U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement Thursday.In 2019, thousands of Iranians went on strike across the country protesting their economic hardships and demanding greater social and political liberties."