Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/648 of 16 March 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2026/648 16.3.2026 COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/648 of 16 March 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 of 12 April 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran(1), and in particular Article 12(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) On 12 April 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 359/2011. (2) On 9 January 2026, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a statement on behalf of the Union on the situation in Iran, noting with great concern the reports on casualties and condemning the use of violence, arbitrary detention and intimidation tactics by security forces against demonstrators. The statement called for all individuals unjustly detained for exercising their fundamental rights to be released immediately and urged Iranian authorities to adhere to Iran’s international obligations and fully uphold the rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly. It also called for ensuring the right of access to information, including by restoring access to the internet for all. (3) In that context, and in line with the Union’s commitment to address all issues of concern with Iran, including the human rights situation, 16 persons and three entities should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011. (4) Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 March 2026. For the Council The President K. KALLAS (1) OJ L 100, 14.4.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/359/oj. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj 1/10ANNEX The following persons and entities are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011: Persons Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘260. Ali Akbar POUR-JAMSHIDIAN Function: Deputy Minister of the Interior for Ali Akbar Pour-Jamshidian is a Brigadier General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 16.3.2026 Security and Law Enforcement Affairs; Corps (IRGC) and serves both as Deputy Minister of the Interior for Security and Law Secretary of Iran’s National Security Council Enforcement Affairs and as Secretary of Iran’s National Security Council. DOB: 30.12.1962 In those roles, Ali Akbar Pour-Jamshidian has been responsible for the suppression of the street protests that started in December 2025, which has led to hundreds of Nationality: Iranian casualties at the hands of different security forces under his control. He has also Gender: male participated in the regime’s attempt to obfuscate the reality of the casualties and has expressed his support for the internet shutdown during the protests. Ali Akbar Pour-Jamshidian is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 261. Gholam Ali MOHAMMADI Function: Head of the Organization for Prisons Gholam Ali Mohammadi is the Head of the Organization for Prisons and Security and 16.3.2026 and Security and Educational Measures of the Educational Measures of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In that role, he oversees all ﯼﺪﻤﺤﻣ ﯽﻠﻌﻣﻼﻏ Islamic Republic of Iran prisons nationwide. During his tenure, serious human rights violations have been a.k.a. Gholamali MOHAMMADI documented throughout Iranian prisons. Such violations include the use of torture or DOB: 22.6.1963 other forms of cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment, the arbitrary POB: Tehran, Iran detention and physical abuse of political dissidents and religious minorities, instances of sexual violence and coercion against female prisoners and the abuse and torture of Nationality: Iranian children. Furthermore, Iranian prison authorities under Gholam Ali Mohammadi’s direction have deliberately denied essential medical care to political prisoners, Gender: male contributing to deaths in custody, and have failed to investigate or provide any accountability for those fatalities. Gholam Ali Mohammadi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 2/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj EN OJ L, 16.3.2026Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 262. Davoud Moazami GOUDARZI Function: Head of Greater Tehran’s Cyber Police Davoud Moazami Goudarzi is the Head of Greater Tehran’s Cyber Police, part of Iran’s 16.3.2026 Cyber Police. The Iranian Cyber Police is a unit of the Iranian Police, and is tasked Nationality: Iranian with policing online activity. It plays a key role in monitoring social media and Gender: male prosecuting citizens in relation to digital content. It frequently targets dissidents and regime opponents, but also important cultural figures who do not conform to strict social and gender roles, such as female artists. It suppresses freedom of expression and enforces censorship by shutting down social media pages or arresting individuals voicing or promoting opinions not supported by the regime. Davoud Moazami Goudarzi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 263. Ali SHIRAZI Function: Head of the Political Ideology Ali Shirazi is the Head of the Political Ideology Organization of the Law Enforcement 16.3.2026 Organization of the Law Enforcement Forces of Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA) and former Representative of the ﯼﺯﺍﺮﯿﺷ ﯽﻠﻋ the Islamic Republic of Iran (a.k.a. FARAJA; Supreme Leader in the Sarallah headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard a.k.a. Hojjatoleslam Ali LEF) Corps (IRGC). Within the organisational structure of the FARAJA, the Political SHIRAZI Ideology Organization plays a central role by promoting the ideological DOB: 1962 indoctrination of the security forces. The FARAJA has repeatedly played a key role in POB: Rafsanjan, Iran violently suppressing peaceful protests, and is therefore responsible for widespread human rights violations. In addition, during Ali Shirazi’s tenure in the IRGC’s Sarallah Nationality: Iranian headquarters, a plan was established granting security forces the authority to kill and to rapidly escalate to lethal force in the event of protest. Gender: male Ali Shirazi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj 3/10 OJ L, 16.3.2026 ENName Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 264. Mohammad Moazami Function: Chief of the Preventive Police; Deputy Mohammad Moazami Goudarzi is Chief of the Preventive Police, Deputy Chief of the 16.3.2026 GOUDARZI Chief of the Greater Tehran Police Greater Tehran Police and former Police Commander of Karaj and Alborz. In his current and previous positions, he has been directly involved in the violent ﯼﺯﺭﺩﻮﮔ ﯽﻤﻈﻌﻣ ﺪﻤﺤﻣ DOB: 21.3.1957 suppression of protests in Iran. During the December 2025 and January 2026 a.k.a. Mohammad Moazzami Nationality: Iranian protests, he was directly responsible for directing relief units, police stations and strike GOUDARZI teams on the streets of Tehran. Gender: male Mohammad Moazami Goudarzi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 265. Yadollah BOUALI Function: Commander of the Islamic Yadollah Bouali is the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) 16.3.2026 Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Fajr Corps Fajr Corps in Fars Province. Under his command, the IRGC forces in Fars Province a.k.a. Yadollah BUALI in Fars Province have been involved in the violent repression of demonstrations, including during the nationwide protests in Iran that began in December 2025 where IRGC forces opened DOB: 7.9.1965 fire on protesters, resulting in deaths and injuries. Nationality: Iranian Yadollah Bouali is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. Gender: male 4/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj EN OJ L, 16.3.2026Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 266. Seyed Hashem GHIASI Function: Commander of the Imam Reza Seyed Hashem Ghiasi is the Commander of the Imam Reza Islamic Revolutionary 16.3.2026 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Guard Corps, the local branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in ﯽﺛﺎﯿﻏ ﻢﺷﺎﻫ ﺪﯿﺳ Khorasan Razavi Province. Under his command, IRGC and Basij forces in Khorasan Nationality: Iranian a.k.a. Hashem GHIASI; Hashem Razavi Province have been involved in the violent repression of demonstrations, GHIYASI Gender: male including during the nationwide protests in Iran that began in December 2025 where IRGC forces opened fire on protesters, resulting in deaths and injuries. Seyed Hashem Ghiasi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 267. Ahmad DARVISH GOFTAR Function: Head of the Revolutionary Court of Ahmad Darvish Goftar is the Head of the Revolutionary Court of Rasht and President 16.3.2026 Rasht and President of its First Branch of that court’s First Branch. In that role he is responsible for serious human rights ﺭﺎﺘﻔﮔ ﺶﯾﻭﺭﺩ ﺪﻤﺣﺍ violations, in particular forced confessions, violations of fair trial guarantees and the Nationality: Iranian issuance of severe or death sentences against activists. Gender: male Ahmad Darvish Goftar is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 268. Mohammad Ali Ahmad Function: Head of the Second Branch of the Mohammad Ali Ahmad Darvish Goftar is the Head of the Second Branch of the 16.3.2026 DARVISH GOFTAR Revolutionary Court of Rasht Revolutionary Court of Rasht. In that role he is responsible for serious human rights violations, in particular forced confessions, violations of fair trial guarantees and the Nationality: Iranian issuance of severe or death sentences against activists. Gender: male Mohammad Ali Darvish Goftar is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj 5/10 OJ L, 16.3.2026 ENName Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 269. Seyed Qasim QURESHI Function: Deputy Commander of the Basij Seyed Ghassem Qureshi is the Deputy Commander of the Basij Forces, a paramilitary 16.3.2026 Forces branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He has a long career within ﯽﺸﯾﺮﻗ ﻢﺳﺎﻗ ﺪﯿﺳ the IRGC dating back to the Iran-Iraq war. He served as the Commander of the Basij Nationality: Iranian a.k.a. Sardar Seyyed Ghasem Resistance Organization in Qom from 1999 to 2002 and as Deputy Inspector of the QURESHI; Sardar Seyed Gender: male Basij Resistance Forces from 2002 to 2006. Ghassem GHOREISHI In his current position, Seyed Ghassem Qureshi commands an organisation accused of systematic human rights violations, including the brutal suppression of protests. Basij forces have repeatedly been accused of using firearms, severe beatings and intentionally killing protestors during protest crackdowns, including the recent protests starting in December 2025. Seyed Ghassem Qureshi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 270. Ahmad BIGDELI Function: Deputy Head of Operations at the Ahmad Bigdeli is the Deputy Head of Operations at the Sarallah headquarters of the 16.3.2026 Sarallah headquarters of the Islamic Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Sarallah headquarters play a crucial ﯽﻟﺪﮕﯿﺑ ﺪﻤﺣﺍ Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) role in coordinating security operations of IRGC ground forces, Basij forces and other a.k.a. Ahmad BIGDALI units. Those forces were key actors in the regime’s violent repression of the recent Nationality: Iranian protests starting in December 2025. Bigdeli’s responsibilities include conducting Gender: male training exercises and overseeing field operations. Ahmad Bigdeli is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 6/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj EN OJ L, 16.3.2026Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 271. Mohammad NASIRI POUR Function: Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran and Mohammad Nasiri Pour is the Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran and Acting Head of the 16.3.2026 Acting Head of the Prosecutor’s Office for Prosecutor’s Office for Tehran’s District 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution Office). ﺭﻮﭘ ﯼﺮﯿﺼﻧ ﺪﻤﺤﻣ Tehran’s District 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution Furthermore, he is the former supervisor of Evin Court and served there as Office) investigator and sentence enforcement judge. In those roles, he participated in prosecutions against civil and social activists, including women’s rights activists, as well as against journalists and political activists critical of the Islamic Republic. In his role working within the Iranian judicial system, he is responsible for fair trial violations such as denying access to a lawyer, inhumane detention conditions, exerting pressure on family members and psychological torture. Mohammad Nasiri Pour is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 272. Amirhossein TARIAN Function: Deputy Prosecutor of the First Branch Amirhossein Tarian is one of the Deputy Prosecutors of the First Branch of the 16.3.2026 of the Prosecutor’s Office for Tehran’s District Prosecutor’s Office for Tehran’s District 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution Office). In that ﻥﺎﯾﺭﺎﺗ ﻦﯿﺴﺣﺮﯿﻣﺍ 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution Office) role, he was involved in several cases where citizens were summoned, charged and subsequently tried without fair trial guarantees, leading to severe punishments, DOB: 1990 including the death penalty. POB: Nowshahr, Iran Amirhossein Tarian is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Nationality: Iranian Iran. Gender: male ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj 7/10 OJ L, 16.3.2026 ENName Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 273. Naser Jalayer SARNAGHI Function: Deputy Prosecutor of the First Branch Naser Jalayer Sarnaghi is one of the Deputy Prosecutors of the First Branch of the 16.3.2026 of, and investigator at, the Prosecutor’s Office Prosecutor’s Office for Tehran’s District 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution Office), and an ﯽﻘﻧﺮﺳ ﺮﯾﻼﺟ ﺮﺻﺎﻧ for Tehran’s District 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution investigator at that Prosecution Office. In that role, he has been involved in denying Office) access to a fair trial to, and pressing unfair charges against, political and civil rights activists, in particular women activists, leading to severe punishments, including the Nationality: Iranian death penalty. Gender: male Naser Jalayer Sarnaghi is therefore responsible for severe human rights violations in Iran. 274. Mahmoud Haj MORADI Function: Investigator at the Prosecutor’s Office Mahmoud Haj Moradi is an investigator at the Prosecutor’s Office for Tehran’s District 16.3.2026 for Tehran’s District 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution 33 (a.k.a. Evin Prosecution Office). ﯼﺩﺍﺮﻣ ﺝﺎﺣ ﺩﻮﻤﺤﻣ Office) In that role, he has participated in the wrongful prosecution of women. He has played Nationality: Iranian a role in filing cases against civil and social activists, as well as against journalists and political activists critical of the Islamic Republic. In doing so, Haj Moradi has violated Gender: male the right to freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial. Mahmoud Haj Moradi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 8/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj EN OJ L, 16.3.2026Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 275. Hossein YEKTA Function: Commander of the Islamic Hossein Yekta is a senior Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 16.3.2026’ Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) (IRGC) who acts as a recruiter and indoctrinator for the IRGC. During the protests that started in December 2025, he publicly supported the shooting of peaceful DOB: 27.11.1967 demonstrators. DOB: Qom, Iran Hossein Yekta is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Entities Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘52. Naji Research and Development Address: Mirdamad Blvd, Tehran, Tehran Naji Research and Development Company (NRDC) is an Iranian IT-services and 16.3.2026 Company (NRDC) Province, 1518964613, Iran consultancy company that is responsible for developing the Nazer mobile application for Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces. ﯽﺟﺎﻧ ﻪﻌﺳﻮﺗ ﻭ ﺶﻫﻭﮋﭘ ﺖﮐﺮﺷ Type of entity: Private Joint-Stock Company The Nazer mobile application is used as a surveillance tool to monitor and control Place of registration: Tehran, Iran citizens in Iran. It enables state-vetted individuals to report other individuals for hijab Date of registration: 2005 violations and for behaviour that goes against public morality. Individuals reported through the Nazer mobile application could be subjected to criminal trials and Website: www.epolice.ir punishments, including fines, imprisonment and lashings. The NRDC is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj 9/10 OJ L, 16.3.2026 ENName Identifying information Reasons Date of listing 53. Mohammad Rasulullah Corps Address: Niayesh Highway, Tehran, Iran The Mohammad Rasulullah Corps is responsible for coordinating Islamic 16.3.2026 Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij forces in Tehran. Those forces have been involved in the violent repression of demonstrations, including during the nationwide protests in Iran that began in December 2025 where IRGC and Basij forces opened fire on protesters, resulting in deaths and injuries. The Mohammad Rasulullah Corps is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 54. Imam Reza Islamic Address: Mashhad, Iqbal, Kohestan St., Iran The Imam Reza Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the local branch of the Islamic 16.3.2026’ Revolutionary Guard Corps Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Khorasan Razavi Province, and therefore commands IRGC and Basij forces in Khorasan Razavi Province. Those forces have a.k.a. Imam Reza Corps been involved in the violent repression of demonstrations, including during the nationwide protests in Iran that began in December 2025 where IRGC forces opened fire on protesters, resulting in deaths and injuries. The Imam Reza Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 10/10 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/648/oj EN OJ L, 16.3.2026