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L 113/22 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n Union 8.4.2020
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2020/512
of 7 April 2020
amending Decision 2011/235/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons
and entities in view of the situation in Iran
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 12 April 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/235/CFSP(1).
(2) On the basis of a review of Decision 2011/235/CFSP, the Council considers that the restrictive measures set out
therein should be renewed until 13 April 2021.
(3) The Council has also concluded that the entries concerning 82 persons included in the Annex to Decision
2011/235/CFSP should be updated.
(4) Decision 2011/235/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2011/235/CFSP is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 6, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. This Decision shall apply until 13 April 2021. It shall be kept under constant review. It shall be renewed, or
amended as appropriate, if the Council deems that its objectives have not been met.’;
(2) the Annex is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 7 April 2020.
For the Council
The President
G. GRLIĆ RADMAN
(1) Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP of 12 April 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in
view of the situation in Iran (OJ L 100, 14.4.2011, p. 51).ANNEX
The entries for the following persons set out in the Annex to Decision 2011/235/CFSP are replaced by the following:
Persons
Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘1. AHMADI-MOQADDAM Esmail POB: Tehran (Iran) Former Senior Advisor for Security Affairs to the Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff. Chief 12.4.2011 of Iran's National Police from 2005 until early 2015. Also Head of the Iranian Cyber Police
DOB: 1961 (listed) from January 2011 until early 2015. Forces under his command led brutal attacks on
peaceful protests, and a violent night time attack on the dormitories of Tehran University on
Gender: male 15 June 2009. Currently head of Iran's Headquarters in support of the Yemeni People.
2. ALLAHKARAM Hossein POB: Najafabad (Iran) Head of Ansar-e Hezbollah Coordination Council and former general in the IRGC. He co- 12.4.2011
founded Ansar-e Hezbollah. This paramilitary force was responsible for extreme violence
DOB: 1945 during crackdown against students and universities in 1999, 2002 and 2009.
Gender: male He maintains his senior role in an organisation which is ready to commit human rights
violations against the public, including promoting aggression against women for their choice
of clothing.
3. ARAGHI (ERAGHI) Abdollah Gender: male Brigadier-General in the IRGC. Head of the Security Department of the General Staff of the 12.4.2011
Armed Forces. Former Deputy Head of IRGC's Ground Forces. He had a direct and personal
Title: Brigadier-General responsibility in the crackdown of protests all through the summer of 2009.
4. FAZLI Ali Gender: male Chief of the Imam Hossein Cadet College (since 2018). Former deputy Commander of the Basij 12.4.2011
(2009-2018), Head of the IRGC's Seyyed al-Shohada Corps, Tehran Province (until February
Title: Brigadier-General 2010). The Seyyed al-Shohada Corps is in charge of security in Tehran province and played a
key role in brutal repression of protesters in 2009.
6. JAFARI Mohammad-Ali (a.k.a. POB: Yazd (Iran) Director of the Hazrat-e Baqiatollah Social and Cultural Base. Former Commander of the IRGC 12.4.2011
"Aziz Jafari") (September 2007 - April 2019). IRGC and the Sarollah Base commanded by General
DOB: 1.9.1957 Mohammad-Ali (Aziz) Jafari have played a key role in illegally interfering with the 2009
Presidential Elections, arresting and detaining political activists, as well as clashing with
Gender: male
protestors in the streets.
7. KHALILI Ali Gender: male IRGC General, in a senior role within the Sarollah Base. He signed a letter sent to the Ministry of 12.4.2011
Health June 26, 2009 forbidding the submission of documents or medical records to anyone
injured or hospitalized during post-elections events.
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8. MOTLAGH Bahram Hosseini Gender: male Former head of the Army Command and General Staff College (DAFOOS). Former Head of the 12.4.2011
IRGC's Seyyed al‐Shohada Corps, Tehran Province. The Seyyed al-Shohada Corps played a key
role in organising the repression of protests in 2009.
9. NAQDI Mohammad-Reza POB: Najaf (Iraq) Deputy Coordinator of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Former Deputy Chief of 12.4.2011
the IRGC for cultural and social affairs. Former Commander of the Basij (2009‐2016). As
DOB: Circa 1952 commander of the IRGC's Basij Forces, Naqdi was responsible for or complicit in Basij abuses
occurring in late 2009, including the violent response to the December 2009 Ashura Day
Gender: male
protests, which resulted in up to 15 deaths and the arrests of hundreds of protesters. Prior to his
appointment as commander of the Basij in October 2009, Naqdi was the head of the
Title: Brigadier-General
intelligence unit of the Basij responsible for interrogating those arrested during the post‐
election crackdown.
10. RADAN Ahmad-Reza POB: Isfahan (Iran) Head of the Centre for Strategic Studies of the Iranian Law Enforcement Force, a body linked to 12.4.2011
the National Police. Deputy Chief of Iran's National Police until June 2014. As Deputy Chief of
DOB: 1963 National Police from 2008, Radan was responsible for beatings, murder, and arbitrary arrests
and detentions against protestors that were committed by the police forces. Currently IRGC Gender: male commander in charge of training Iraqi "anti-terrorist" forces.
11. RAJABZADEH Azizollah Gender: male Advisor to the mayor of Tehran. Former Head of Tehran Disaster Mitigation Organisation 12.4.2011
(2010-2013). As Head of Tehran Police until January 2010 he was responsible for violent
police attacks on protesters and students. As Commander of the Law Enforcement Forces in the
Greater Tehran, Azizollah Rajabzadeh was the highest ranking accused in the case of abuses in
Kahrizak Detention Centre in December 2009.
12. SAJEDI-NIA Hossein Gender: male Police Operations Deputy Commander. Former head of Tehran Police, former Deputy Chief of 12.4.2011
Iran's National Police responsible for Police Operations. He is in charge of coordinating, for the
Ministry of Interior, repression operations in the Iranian capital.
13. TAEB Hossein POB: Tehran (Iran) Head of the IRGC intelligence organisation since October 2009. His responsibilities were 12.4.2011
expanded in May 2019 with the merging the Office of the Deputy of Strategic Intelligence of
DOB: 1963 the IRGC and the IRGC's Intelligence Organization. Commander of the Basij until October
2009. Forces under his command participated in mass beatings, murders, detentions and
Gender: male
tortures of peaceful protestors.
14. SHARIATI Seyeed Hassan Gender: male Advisor and Member of the 28th Section of the Supreme Court. Head of Mashhad Judiciary 12.4.2011
until September 2014. Trials under his supervision have been conducted summarily and inside
closed sessions, without adherence to basic rights of the accused, and with reliance on
confessions extracted under pressure and torture. As execution rulings were issued en masse,
death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.
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15. DORRI-NADJA-FABADI Ghor POB: Najafabad (Iran) Member of the Assembly of Experts and representative of the Supreme Leader in Markazi 12.4.2011
ban-Ali ("Central") Province and Head of the Supreme Administrative Court. Prosecutor General of Iran
DOB: 1945 until September 2009, as well as former Intelligence minister under Khatami presidency. As
Prosecutor General of Iran, he ordered and supervised the show trials following the first post-
Gender: male
election protests, where the accused were denied their rights, and an attorney.
16. HADDAD Hassan (alias Hassan Gender: male Former Deputy Safety Officer of Teheran Revolutionary Court. Former Judge, Tehran 12.4.2011
ZAREH DEHNAVI) Revolutionary Court, branch 26. He was in charge of the detainee cases related to the post‐
election crises and regularly threatened families of detainees in order to silence them. He has
been instrumental in issuing detention orders to the Kahrizak Detention Centre in 2009. In
November 2014, his role in the deaths of detainees was officially recognised by the Iranian
authorities.
17. SOLTANI Hodjatoleslam Seyed Gender: male Head of the Organisation for Islamic Propaganda in the province of Khorasan- Razavi. Judge, 12.4.2011
Mohammad Mashhad Revolutionary Court until 2013. Trials under his jurisdiction have been conducted
summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic rights of the accused. As
execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.
18. HEYDARIFAR Ali-Akbar Gender: male Former judge, Tehran Revolutionary Court. He participated in protesters trials. He was 12.4.2011
questioned by the judiciary about Kahrizak abuses. He was instrumental in issuing detention
orders to consign detainees to Kahrizak Detention Centre in 2009. In November 2014, his role
in the deaths of detainees was officially recognised by the Iranian authorities.
19. JAFARI-DOLA-TABADI Abbas POB: Yazd (Iran) Former prosecutor general of Tehran (August 2009 - April 2019). Dolatabadi's office indicted a 12.4.2011
large number of protesters, including individuals who took part in the December 2009 Ashura
DOB: 1953 Day protests. He ordered the closure of Karroubi's office in September 2009 and the arrest of
several reformist politicians, and he banned two reformist political parties in June 2010. His
Gender: male
office charged protesters with the charge of Muharebeh, or enmity against God, which carries
a death sentence, and denied due process to those facing the death sentence. His office also
targeted and arrested reformists, human rights activists, and members of the media, as part of
a broad crackdown on the political opposition.
In October 2018 he announced to the media that four detained Iranian environmental activists
were to be charged with "sowing corruption on earth", a charge which carries the death penalty.
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20. MOGHISSEH Mohammad (a.k.a. Gender: male Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 28. Also considered responsible for 12.4.2011
NASSERIAN) condemnations of members of the Baha'i community. He has dealt with post-election cases. He
issued long prison sentences during unfair trials for social, political activists and journalists and
several death sentences for protesters and social and political activists.
21. MOHSENI-EJEI Gholam‐Hossein POB: Ejiyeh Member of the Expediency Council. Prosecutor General of Iran since September 2009 and 12.4.2011
Deputy Head and spokesman of the Judiciary. Former Intelligence minister during the 2009
DOB: circa 1956 elections. While he was Intelligence minister during the 2009 election, intelligence agents
under his command were responsible for detention, torture and extraction of false confessions
Gender: male
under pressure from hundreds of activists, journalists, dissidents, and reformist politicians. In
addition, political figures were coerced into making false confessions under unbearable
interrogations, which included torture, abuse, blackmail, and the threatening of family
members.
22. MORTAZAVI Said POB: Meybod, Yazd (Iran) Prosecutor General of Tehran until August 2009. As Tehran Prosecutor General, he issued a 12.4.2011
blanket order used for the detention of hundreds of activists, journalists and students. In
DOB: 1967 January 2010 a parliamentary investigation held him directly responsible for the detention of three prisoners who subsequently died in custody. He was suspended from office in Gender: male August 2010 after an investigation by the Iranian judiciary into his role in the deaths of the
three men detained on his orders following the election. In November 2014, his role in the
deaths of detainees was officially recognised by the Iranian authorities. He was acquitted by
an Iranian Court on 19 August 2015, on charges connected to the torture and deaths of
three young men at the Kahrizak detention centre in 2009.
23. PIR-ABASSI Abbas Gender: male Magistrate of a Criminal chamber. Former Judge, Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 26. He 12.4.2011
was in charge of post‐election cases. He issued long prison sentences during unfair trials against
human rights activists and issued several death sentences for protesters.
24. MORTAZAVI Amir Gender: male Deputy head of the Unit for Social Affairs and Crime Prevention at the judiciary in the province 12.4.2011
of Khorasan‐Razavi. Deputy Prosecutor of Mashhad until at least 2015. Trials under his
prosecution have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to
basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were
issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.
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25. SALAVATI Abdolghassem Gender: male Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 15. Committing Judge in the Tehran 12.4.2011
Tribunal. In charge of the post-election cases, he was the Judge presiding the "show trials" in
summer 2009, he condemned to death two monarchists that appeared in the show trials. He
has sentenced more than a hundred political prisoners, human rights activists and
demonstrators to lengthy prison sentences.
In 2018, reports showed that he continued to hand down similar sentences without proper
observance of fair hearing procedures.
26. SHARIFI Malek Adjar (aka: Gender: male Judge at the Supreme Court, head of the 43rd section. Former Head of East Azerbaidjan 12.4.2011
SHARIFI Malek Ajdar) Judiciary. He was responsible for Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani's trial.
27. ZARGAR Ahmad Gender: male Judge at the 2nd Branch of the Special Economic Corruption Court. Head of the "Organization 12.4.2011
for the Preservation of Morality". Former judge, Tehran Appeals Court, branch 36.
He confirmed long-term jail warrants and death warrants against protesters.
28. YASAGHI Ali-Akbar Gender: male Judge of the Supreme Court, head of the 44th section. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Setad- 12.4.2011
e Dieh Foundation. Chief Judge, Mashhad Revolutionary Court (2001-2011). Trials under his
jurisdiction have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to
basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse (up to 550 between
summer 2009 and summer 2011), death sentences were issued without proper observance of
fair hearing procedures.
29. BOZORGNIA Mostafa Gender: male Head of ward 350 of Evin Prison. He unleashed on a number of occasions disproportionate 12.4.2011
violence upon prisoners.
30. ESMAILI Gholam‐Hossein Gender: male Judiciary spokesman since April 2019. Former head of the Tehran judiciary. Former Head of 12.4.2011
Iran's Prisons Organisation. In this capacity, he was complicit in the massive detention of
political protesters and covering up abuses performed in the jailing system.
31. SEDAQAT (a.k.a. Sedaghat) Fara Gender: male Assistant Secretary of the General Prison Administration in Tehran. Head of Evin's prison, 12.4.2011
jollah Tehran until October 2010 during which time torture took place. He was warden, and
threatened and exerted pressure on prisoners numerous times.
32. ZANJIREI Mohammad‐Ali Gender: male As Senior advisor to Head, and Deputy Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation, responsible for 12.4.2011
serious human rights violations against prisoners. Administered a system in which prisoners
suffered abuse, torture and inhuman/degrading treatment and were accommodated in very
poor living conditions.
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33. ABBASZADEH‐MESHKINI Mah Gender: male Advisor to Iran's High Council for Human Rights. Former secretary of the High Council for 10.10.2011
moud Human Rights. Former governor of Ilam Province. Former Interior Ministry's political
director. As Head of the Article 10 Committee of the Law on Activities of Political Parties and
Groups he was in charge of authorising demonstrations and other public events and registering
political parties.
In 2010, he suspended the activities of two reformist political parties linked to Mousavi – the
Islamic Iran Participation Front and the Islamic Revolution Mujahedeen Organisation. From
2009 onwards he has consistently and continuously prohibited all non-governmental
gatherings, therefore denying a constitutional right to protest and leading to many arrests of
peaceful demonstrators in contravention of the right to freedom of assembly.
He also denied in 2009 the opposition a permit for a ceremony to mourn people killed in
protests over the Presidential elections.
34. AKBARSHAHI Ali-Reza Gender: male Former Director-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (aka: Anti-Narcotics 10.10.2011
Headquarters). Former Commander of Tehran Police. Under his leadership, the police force was
responsible for the use of extrajudicial force on suspects during arrest and pre-trial detention.
The Tehran police were also implicated in raids on Tehran university dorms in June 2009, when
according to an Iranian Majlis commission, more than 100 students were injured by the police
and Basiji. Currently head of the railway police.
35. AKHARIAN Hassan Gender: male Keeper of Ward 1 of Radjaishahr prison, Karadj until July 2010. Several former detainees have 10.10.2011
denounced the use of torture by him, as well as orders he gave to prevent inmates receiving
medical assistance. According to a transcript of one reported detainee in the Radjaishahr
prison, wardens all beat him severely, with Akharian's full knowledge. There is also at least one
reported case of ill treatment and the death of a detainee, Mohsen Beikvand, under Akharian's
wardenship. Beikvand died in September 2010. Other prisoners claim credibly that he was
killed on the instructions of Hassan Akharian.
36. AVAEE Seyyed Ali-Reza (Aka: Gender: male Minister of Justice. Former Director of the special investigations office. Until July 2016 deputy 10.10.2011
AVAEE Seyyed Alireza) Minister of Interior and head of the Public register. Advisor to the Disciplinary Court for Judges
since April 2014. Former President of the Tehran Judiciary. As President of the Tehran Judiciary
he has been responsible for human rights violations, arbitrary arrests, denials of prisoners'
rights and a high number of executions.
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37. BANESHI Jaber Gender: male Head of Branch 22 of the Appeals Court of Shiraz from November 2011. Prosecutor of Shiraz 10.10.2011
until October 2011. Prosecutor during the Shiraz bombing case in 2008, which was used by
the regime to sentence to death other unconnected persons. He has pursued capital charges and
other severe penalties against minorities, such as to constitute, inter alia, a violation of their
human rights to fair trial and freedom from arbitrary detention.
38. FIRUZABADI Maj-Gen Dr Seyyed POB: Mashhad As Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces (1989 to 2016), he was the highest military 10.10.2011
Hasan (Aka: FIRUZABADI Maj- commander responsible for directing all military divisions and policies, including the Islamic
Gen Dr Seyed Hassan; FIROUZA DOB: 3.2.1951 Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and police. In 2009, forces under his formal chain of
BADI Maj-Gen Dr Seyyed Hasan; command brutally suppressed peaceful protestors and perpetrated mass detentions.
Gender: male
FIROUZABADI Maj-Gen Dr Seyed
Hassan) Currently military advisor to the Supreme Leader and member of the Supreme National
Security Council (SNSC) and the Expediency Council.
39. GANJI Mostafa Barzegar Gender: male Prosecutor-General of Qom (2008-2017), now head of the directorate general for prisons. He 10.10.2011
was responsible for the arbitrary detention and maltreatment of dozens of offenders in Qom.
He was complicit in a grave violation of the right to due process, contributing to the excessive and increasing use of the death penalty and a sharp increase in executions in 2009/2010.
40. HABIBI Mohammad Reza Gender: male Attorney General of Isfahan. Former head of the Ministry of Justice office in Yazd. Former 10.10.2011
Deputy Prosecutor of Isfahan. Complicit in proceedings denying defendants a fair trial – such as
Abdollah Fathi, executed in May 2011 after his right to be heard and mental health issues were
ignored by Habibi during his trial in March 2010. He was, therefore, complicit in a grave
violation of the right to due process, contributing to a sharp increase in executions in 2011.
41. HEJAZI Mohammad POB: Ispahan IRGC-General, he has played a key role in intimidating and threatening Iran's "enemies". Former 10.10.2011
Head of the IRGC's Sarollah Corps in Tehran, and former Head of the Basij Forces, he played a
DOB: 1956 central role in the post-election crackdown of protesters in 2009.
Gender: male
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43. JAVANI Yadollah Gender: male IRGC deputy commander for political affairs. Has made numerous attempts to suppress free 10.10.2011
speech and free discourse through his public statements supporting the arrest and punishment
of protesters and dissenters. One of the first high‐ranking officials to demand in 2009
Moussavi, Karroubi and Khatami's arrest. Has supported the use of techniques that breach
rights to a fair trial including public confessions and he has released the contents of
interrogations before trial. Evidence also indicates that he has condoned the use of violence
against protesters and as an integral member of the IRGC he is highly likely to have been aware
of the use of harsh interrogation techniques to force confessions.
44. JAZAYERI Massoud Gender: male Within the joint military staff of Iran's Armed Forces, Brigadier-General Massoud Jazayeri was 10.10.2011
the deputy chief of staff for cultural and media affairs (a.k.a. State Defence Publicity HQ). He
Title: Brigadier-General actively collaborated in the repression of 2009 protests as deputy chief of staff. He warned in
a Kayhan interview that many protesters inside and outside Iran had been identified and
would be dealt with at the right time.
He has openly called for the suppression of foreign mass media outlets and the Iranian
opposition. In 2010, he asked the government to pass tougher laws against Iranians who
cooperate with foreign media sources.
45. JOKAR Mohammad Saleh Gender: male Deputy for Parliamentary Affairs of the Revolutionary Guards. From 2011 until 2016 10.10.2011
parliamentary deputy for Yazd Province and Member of the parliamentary Committee for
National Security and Foreign Policy. Former Commander of Student Basij Forces.
In this role he was actively involved in suppressing protests and indoctrinating children and
young people with a view to continuing suppression of free speech and dissent. As member of
the Parliamentary Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy he publically supported
the suppression of opposition to the government.
46. KAMALIAN Behrouz POB: Tehran (Iran) Head of the "Ashiyaneh" cyber group linked with the Iranian regime. The "Ashiyaneh" Digital 10.10.2011
(a.k.a. Hackers Brain, Behroo Security, founded by Behrouz Kamalian, is responsible for intensive cyber attacks both on
z_Ice) DOB: 1983 domestic opponents and reformists and foreign institutions. Kamalian's Ashiyaneh
organisation's work has assisted the regime's crackdown against the opposition which has
Gender: male
involved numerous serious human rights violations.
47. KHALILOLLAHI Moussa (Aka: Gender: male Prosecutor of Tabriz. He was involved in Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani's case and is complicit 10.10.2011
KHALILOLLAHI Mousa, ELAHI in grave violations of the right to due process.
Mousa Khalil)
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48. MAHSOULI Sadeq (Aka: MAH POB: Oroumieh (Iran) Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and current member of the Expediency 10.10.2011
SULI, Sadeq) Council and Deputy Chief of the Perseverance Front. Minister of Welfare and Social Security
DOB: 1959/60 between 2009 and 2011. Minister of the Interior until August 2009. As Interior Minister,
Mahsouli had authority over all police forces, interior ministry security agents, and plainclothes
Gender: male
agents. The forces under his direction were responsible for attacks on the dormitories of Tehran
University on 14 June 2009 and the torture of students in the basement of the Ministry (the
notorious basement level 4). Other protestors were severely abused at the Kahrizak Detention
Centre, which was operated by police under Mahsouli's control.
49. MALEKI Mojtaba Gender: male Deputy head of the Ministry of Justice in the Khorasan Razavi province. Former prosecutor of 10.10.2011
Kermanshah. Has played a role in the high number of death sentences being passed in Iran,
including prosecuting the cases of seven prisoners convicted of drug trafficking who were
hanged on the same day on 3 January 2010 in Kermanshah's central prison.
50. OMIDI Mehrdad (aka: Reza; OMI Gender: male Head of section VI of the police, investigation department. Former Head of the Intelligence 10.10.2011
DI Reza) Services within the Iranian Police. Former Head of the Computer Crimes Unit of the Iranian
Police. He was responsible for thousands of investigations and indictments of reformists and political opponents using the Internet. He was thus responsible for grave human rights
violations in the repression of persons who speak out in defence of their legitimate rights,
including freedom of expression during and after the 2009 Green Movement.
51. SALARKIA Mahmoud Gender: male Former Head of the Petrol and Transport commission of the City of Tehran. Deputy to the 10.10.2011
Prosecutor-General of Tehran for Prison Affairs during the crackdown of 2009. As Deputy to
Former director of Tehran Football the Prosecutor-General of Tehran for Prison Affairs he was directly responsible for many of the
Club "Persepolis" arrest warrants against innocent, peaceful protesters and activists. Many reports from human
rights defenders show that virtually all those arrested were, on his instruction, held
incommunicado without access to their lawyer or families, and without charge, for varying
lengths of time, often in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance. Their families have
often not been notified of the arrest. He is currently working as a lawyer.
52. KHODAEI SOURI Hojatollah POB: Selseleh (Iran) Member of the National Security and Foreign policy Committee. Parliamentary deputy for 10.10.2011
Lorestan Province. Member of the Parliamentary Commission for Foreign and Security Policy.
DOB: 1964 Head of Evin prison until 2012. Torture was a common practice in Evin prison while Souri was
its head. In Ward 209, many activists were held for their peaceful activities in opposition to the
Gender: male
ruling government.
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53. TALA Hossein (Aka: TALA Hos Gender: male Mayor of Eslamshahr. Former Iranian MP. Former Governor‐General ("Farmandar") of Tehran 10.10.2011
seyn) Province until September 2010, he was responsible for the intervention of police forces and
therefore for the repression of demonstrations. He received a prize in December 2010 for his
role in the post-election repression.
54. TAMADDON Morteza (Aka: TA POB: Shahr Kord-Isfahan Former Head of Tehran provincial Public Security Council. Former IRGC Governor- General of 10.10.2011
MADON Morteza) Tehran Province. In his capacity as governor and head of Tehran provincial Public Security
DOB: 1959 Council, he bore overall responsibility for all repressive activities undertaken by the IRGC in
Tehran province, including cracking down on political protests since June 2009. Currently
Gender: male
board member at Khajeh Nasireddin Tusi University of Technology.
55. ZEBHI Hossein Gender: male First Deputy Advisor to the Judiciary and Judge of the Supreme Court. Deputy to the 10.10.2011
Prosecutor-General of Iran (2007-2015). In this role he was responsible for judicial cases
brought after the post-election protests in 2009 which were conducted in contravention of
human rights. Also in this role he has condoned excessive punishments for drug offences.
56. BAHRAMI Mohammad‐Kazem Gender: male Head of the administrative justice court. He was complicit in the repression of peaceful 10.10.2011
demonstrators in 2009 as head of the judiciary branch of the armed forces.
57. HAJMOHAM-MADI Aziz (a.k.a. POB: Tehran (Iran) Judge at the Tehran Provincial Criminal Court. Working for the judiciary since 1971, he was 10.10.2011
Aziz Hajmohammadi, Noorollah involved in several trials of demonstrators, inter alia, that of Abdol-Reza Ghanbari, a teacher
Azizmohammadi) DOB: 1948 arrested in January 2010 and sentenced to death for his political activities.
Gender: male
58. BAGHERI Mohammad‐Bagher Gender: male Judge at the Supreme court since December 2015. Former vice-chairman of the judiciary 10.10.2011
administration of South Khorasan province, in charge of crime prevention. In addition to his
acknowledging, in June 2011, 140 executions for capital offences between March 2010 and
March 2011, about 100 other executions are reported to have taken place in the same period
and in the same province of South Khorasan without either the families or the lawyers being
notified. He was, therefore, complicit in a grave violation of the right to due process,
contributing to a high number of death sentences.
59. BAKHTIARI Seyyed Morteza POB: Mashhad (Iran) President of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (since July 2019). Former deputy custodian 10.10.2011
of Imam Reza shrine. Former Official of the Special Clerical Tribunal. Former Minister of Justice
DOB: 1952 from 2009 to 2013. During his time as Minister of Justice, prison conditions within Iran fell
well below accepted international standards, and there was widespread mistreatment of
Gender: male
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prisoners. In addition, he played a key role in threatening and harassing the Iranian diaspora by
announcing the establishment of a special court to deal specifically with Iranians who live
outside the country. He also oversaw a sharp increase in the number of executions in Iran,
including secret executions not announced by the government, and executions for drug-related
offences.
60. HOSSEINI Dr Mohammad (a.k.a. POB: Rafsanjan, Kerman Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and spokesperson for YEKTA, a hardline 10.10.2011
HOSSEYNI, Dr Seyyed Moham political faction. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance (2009- 2013). Ex‐IRGC, he was
mad; Seyed, Sayyed and Sayyid) DOB: 1961 complicit in the repression of journalists.
Gender: male
61. MOSLEHI Heydar (Aka: MOSLEHI POB: Isfahan (Iran) Representative of the Ideological-Political Bureau of the Commander in Chief of Iran's Armed 10.10.2011
Heidar; MOSLEHI Haidar) Forces (since 2018). Former advisor of Supreme Jurisprudence in the IRGC. Head of the
DOB: 1956 organisation for publications on the role of the clergy at war. Former Minister of Intelligence
(2009-2013). Under his leadership, the Ministry of Intelligence continued the practices of
Gender: male
widespread arbitrary detention and persecution of protesters and dissidents. The Ministry of Intelligence runs Ward 209 of Evin Prison, where many activists have been held on account of
their peaceful activities in opposition to the government in power. Interrogators from the
Ministry of Intelligence have subjected prisoners in Ward 209 to beatings and mental and
sexual abuse.
62. ZARGHAMI Ezzatollah POB: Dezful (Iran) Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council and Cultural Revolution Council. Former Head of 23.3.2012
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) until November 2014. Under his tenure at IRIB, He
DOB: 22 July 1959 was responsible for all programming decisions. IRIB has broadcast forced confessions of
detainees and a series of "show trials" in August 2009 and December 2011. These constitute a
Gender: male
clear violation of international provisions on fair trial and the right to due process.
63. TAGHIPOUR Reza POB: Maragheh (Iran) Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council. Member of the City Council of Teheran. Former 23.3.2012
Minister for Information and Communications (2009-2012).
DOB: 1957 As Minister for Information, he was one of the top officials in charge of censorship and control
of internet activities and also all types of communications (in particular mobile phones).
Gender: male
During interrogations of political detainees, the interrogators make use of the detainees'
personal data, mail and communications. On several occasions following the 2009
presidential election and during street demonstrations, mobile lines and text messaging were
blocked, satellite TV channels were jammed and the internet locally suspended or at least
slowed down.
64. KAZEMI Toraj Gender: male Chief of the Greater Tehran division of the EU-designated Cyber Police. In this capacity, he 23.3.2012
announced a campaign for the recruitment of government hackers in order to achieve better
control of information on the internet and attack "dangerous" sites.
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65. LARIJANI Sadeq POB: Najaf (Iraq) Named Head of the Expediency Council on 29 December 2018. Head of the Judiciary from 23.3.2012
2009. The Head of the Judiciary is required to consent to and sign off every qisas (retribution),
DOB: 1960 or August 1961 hodoud (crimes against God) and ta'zirat (crimes against the state) punishment. This includes
sentences carrying the death penalty, floggings and amputations. In this regard, he has
Gender: male
personally signed off numerous death penalty sentences, contravening international standards,
including stoning, executions by suspension strangulation, execution of juveniles, and public
executions such as those where prisoners have been hanged from bridges in front of crowds of
thousands. Therefore, he has contributed to a high number of executions. He has also permitted
corporal punishment sentences such as amputations and the dripping of acid into the eyes of
the convicted. Since Sadeq Larijani took office, arbitrary arrests of political prisoners, human
rights defenders and minorities have increased markedly. Sadeq Larijani also bears
responsibility for systemic failures in the Iranian judicial process to respect the right to a fair
trial.
66. MIRHEJAZI Ali Gender: male Part of the Supreme Leader's inner circle, one of those responsible for planning the suppression 23.3.2012
of protests which has been implemented since 2009, and associated with those responsible for
supressing the protests.
67. SAEEDI Ali Gender: male Representative of the Guide for the Pasdaran since 1995 after spending his whole career within 23.3.2012
the institution of the military, and specifically in the Pasdaran intelligence service. This official
role makes him the key figure in the transmission of orders emanating from the Office of the
Guide to the Pasdaran's repression apparatus.
68. RAMIN Mohammad-Ali POB: Dezful (Iran) Secretary-general of the World Holocaust Foundation, established at the International 23.3.2012
Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust in 2006, which Ramin was
DOB: 1954 responsible for organising on behalf of the Iranian Government. Main figure responsible for
censorship as Vice‐Minister in charge of the Press up to December 2013, being directly
Gender: male responsible for the closure of many reforming newspapers (Etemad, Etemad-e Melli, Shargh,
etc.), closure of the Independent Press Syndicate and the intimidation or arrest of journalists.
69. MORTAZAVI Seyyed Solat POB: Farsan, Tchar Mahal‐o‐Bakh Until November 2019 Director of the Tehran branch of the Foundation Astan Qods Razavi. 23.3.2012
tiari (South) - (Iran) Former mayor of the second largest city of Iran, Mashhad, where public executions regularly
happen. Former Deputy Interior Minister for Political Affairs, appointed in 2009. In this
DOB: 1967 capacity, he was responsible for directing repression of persons who spoke up in defence of
their legitimate rights, including freedom of expression. Later appointed as Head of the Iranian
Gender: male
Election Committee for the parliamentarian elections in 2012 and for the presidential elections
in 2013.
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73. FAHRADI Ali Gender: male Deputy head of Inspectorate of Legal Affairs and Public Inspection of the Ministry of Justice of 23.3.2012
Tehran. Former prosecutor of Karaj. Responsible for grave violations of human rights,
including prosecuting trials in which the death penalty was handed down. There were a high
number of executions in Karaj region during his time as prosecutor.
74. REZVANMA- NESH Ali Gender: male Deputy prosecutor province of Karaj, region of Alborz. Responsible for grave violation of 23.3.2012
human rights, including involvement in the execution of a juvenile.
75. RAMEZANI Gholamhossein Gender: male Since 2011 Chief of the Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence; from November 2009 to March 23.3.2012
2011: Commander of Intelligence of the Pasdaran; from March 2008 to November 2009:
Deputy Commander of Intelligence of the Pasdaran; from April 2006 to March 2008: Head of
Protection and Intelligence of the Pasdaran. Involved in the suppression of freedom of
expression, including by being associated with those responsible for the arrests of
bloggers/journalists in 2004, and reported to have had a role in the suppression of the post-
election protests in 2009.
76. SADEGHI Mohamed Gender: male Colonel and Deputy of IRGC technical and cyber intelligence and in charge of the centre of 23.3.2012
analysis and fight against organised crime within the Pasdaran. Responsible for the arrests and
torture of bloggers/journalists.
77. JAFARI Reza DOB: 1967 Advisor to the Disciplinary Court for Judges since 2012. Member of the "Committee for 23.3.2012
Determining Criminal Web Content", a body responsible for web sites and social media
Gender: male censorship. Former Head of special prosecution of cyber crime between 2007 and 2012. Was
responsible for the repression of freedom of expression, including through the arrest, detention
and prosecution of bloggers and journalists. Persons arrested on suspicion of cyber crime were
mistreated and the subject of an unfair judicial process.
78. RESHTE-AHMADI Bahram Gender: male Judge of an ordinary court of northern Tehran. Former Supervisor of Public Prosecution Office 23.3.2012
in Tehran. Deputy Head of the Office of Prison Affairs of Tehran Province. Former Deputy
Prosecutor in Tehran until 2013. He ran Evin prosecution centre. Was responsible for the denial
of rights, including visits and other prisoner's rights, to human rights defenders and political
prisoners.
79. RASHIDI AGHDAM Ali Ashraf Gender: male Former head of Evin Prison, appointed in mid-2012. During his tenure, conditions in the 12.3.2013
prison deteriorated and reports referenced intensified ill-treatment of prisoners. In
October 2012, nine female prisoners went on hunger strike in protest of the violation of their
rights and violent treatment by prison guards.
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80. KIASATI Morteza Gender: male Judge of the Ahwaz Revolutionary Court, Branch 4, imposed death sentences on four Arab 12.3.2013
political prisoners, Taha Heidarian, Abbas Heidarian, Abd al- Rahman Heidarian (three
brothers) and Ali Sharifi. They were arrested, tortured and hanged without due process. These
cases and the lack of due process were referenced in a report dated 13 September 2012 by the
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, the UN Secretary General's report on Iran of
22 August 2012.
81. MOUSSAVI Seyed Mohammad Gender: male Ahwaz Revolutionary Court judge, Branch 2, imposed death sentences on five Ahwazi Arabs, 12.3.2013
Bagher Mohammad Ali Amouri, Hashem Sha'bani Amouri, Hadi Rashedi, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka,
Sayed Mokhtar Alboshoka, on 17 March 2012 for "activities against national security" and
"enmity against God". The sentences were upheld by Iran's Supreme Court on 9 January 2013.
The five were arrested without charge for over a year, tortured and sentenced without due
process.
82. SARAFRAZ, Mohammad (Dr.) POB: Tehran Former member of the Supreme Council of Cyber Space. Former President of the Islamic 12.3.2013
(aka: Haj-agha Sarafraz) Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) (2014-2016). Former Head of IRIB World Service and
DOB: appr. 1963 Press TV, responsible for all programming decisions. Closely associated with the state security apparatus. Under his direction Press TV, along with IRIB, has worked with the Iranian security Place of Residence: Tehran services and prosecutors to broadcast forced confessions of detainees, including that of Iranian-
Canadian journalist and film-maker Maziar Bahari, in the weekly programme "Iran Today".
Gender: male
Independent broadcast regulator OFCOM fined Press TV in the UK GBP 100 000 for
broadcasting Bahari's confession in 2011, which was filmed in prison whilst Bahari was under
duress. Sarafraz therefore is associated with violating the right to due process and fair trial.
83. JAFARI Asadollah Gender: male As Prosecutor of Mazandaran Province, Jafari has recommended the imposition of the death 12.3.2013
penalty in cases he has prosecuted, which has resulted in many executions including public
executions and in circumstances where the imposition of the death penalty is contrary to
international human rights, including by being disproportionate and excessive punishment.
Jafari has also been responsible for illegal arrests and violations of the rights of Baha'i detainees
from initial arrest to keeping them in solitary confinement in the Intelligence Detention Centre.
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84. EMADI, Hamid Reza (aka: Hami POB: Hamedan Press TV Newsroom Director. Former Press TV Senior Producer. 12.3.2013
dreza Emadi) Responsible for producing and broadcasting the forced confessions of detainees, including
DOB: appr. 1973 journalists, political activists, persons belonging to Kurdish and Arab minorities, violating
internationally recognised rights to a fair trial and due process. Independent broadcast
Place of residence: Tehran
regulator OFCOM fined Press TV in the UK GBP 100 000 for broadcasting the forced
confession of Iranian-Canadian journalist and film-maker Maziar Bahari in 2011, which was Place of work: Press TV HQ, Teh
filmed in prison whilst Bahari was under duress. NGOs have reported further instances of
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forced televised confessions by Press TV. Emadi is therefore associated with violating the right
Gender: male to due process and fair trial.
85. HAMLBAR Rahim Gender: male Judge of Branch 1 of Tabriz Revolutionary Court. Responsible for heavy sentences against Azeri 12.3.2013
ethnic minority and workers' rights activists, accusing them of spying, acts against national
security, propaganda against the Iranian regime and insulting the leader of Iran. A high profile
case involved 20 volunteer earthquake relief workers (following an earthquake in Iran in August
2012) to whom he gave prison sentences for their attempts to assist earthquake victims. The
court found the workers guilty of "collaboration in assembly and collusion to commit crimes
against national security."
86. MUSAVI-TABAR Seyyed Reza Gender: male Former head of the Revolutionary Prosecution of Shiraz. Responsible for illegal arrests and ill 12.3.2013
treatment of political activists, journalists, human rights defenders, Baha'is and prisoners of
conscience, who were harassed, tortured, interrogated and denied access to lawyers and due
process. Musavi-Tabar signed judicial orders in the notorious No 100 Detention Centre (a male
prison), including an order to detain female Baha'i prisoner Raha Sabet for three years in
solitary confinement.
87. KHORAMABADI Abdolsamad Head of "Commission to Deter Deputy Director for Judicial Oversight (since 13 October 2018). Former head of the 12.3.2013’
mine the Instances of Criminal "Commission to Determine the Instances of Criminal Content", a governmental organisation in
Content". charge of online censorship and cyber crime. Under his leadership the Commission defined
"cybercrime" by a number of vague categories that criminalize creation and publication of
Gender: male content deemed inappropriate by the regime. He is responsible for repression and the blocking
of numerous opposition sites, electronic newspapers, blogs, sites of human rights NGOs and of
Google and Gmail since September 2012. He and the Commission actively contributed to the
death in detention of the blogger Sattar Beheshti in November 2012. Thus the Commission he
is heading is directly responsible for systemic violations of human rights, in particular by
banning and filtering websites to the general public, and occasionally disabling Internet access
altogether.
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