Iran condemned the European Union on Thursday for imposing new sanctions on the Islamic republic over its response to protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.Protests have swept Iran since the September 16 death of Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's dress code for women.The EU announced on Monday sanctions targeting Iran's state broadcaster IRIB, its army chief, Revolutionary Guards commanders and a cleric over what it called the “repression” of the protests.“Iran's police and security forces have tried to control rampant violence in accordance with very precise and specific rules of conduct... as well as our religious teachings, based on respect for human rights and the rights of every individual,” it said in a statement.The EU also slapped sanctions on eight drone makers and air force commanders accused of being involved in supplying UAVs to Russia for its war in Ukraine."