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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/560 of 8 April 2019 implementingRegulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed

against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2019/560

of 8 April 2019

implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measuresdirected 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 restrictivemeasures 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 Affairsand Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1) On 12 April 2011, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 359/2011.

(2) On the basis of a review of Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP(2), the Council has decidedthat the restrictive measures set out therein should be renewed until 13 April 2020.

(3) The Council has also concluded that the entries concerning 51 persons and one entityincluded in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 should be updated.

(4) Annex I to 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 as set out in the Annex to thisRegulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journalof the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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For the Council

The President

F. MOGHERINI

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Persons

Name Identifyinginformation

Reasons Date of listing

‘1. AHMADI-MOQADDAMEsmail

POB: Tehran(Iran)DOB: 1961

Former SeniorAdvisor forSecurity Affairsto the Chiefof the ArmedForces GeneralStaff. Chief ofIran's NationalPolice from2005 until early2015. Also Headof the IranianCyber Police(listed) fromJanuary 2011until early 2015.Forces under hiscommand ledbrutal attackson peacefulprotests, and aviolent nighttime attack onthe dormitoriesof TehranUniversityon 15 June2009. Currentlyhead of Iran'sHeadquarters insupport of theYemeni People.

12.4.2011

2. ALLAHKARAMHossein

POB: Najafabad(Iran)DOB: 1945

Ansar-eHezbollahChief andColonel in theIRGC. He co-founded Ansar-e Hezbollah.This paramilitaryforce wasresponsiblefor extremeviolence duringcrackdownagainst students

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and universitiesin 1999, 2002and 2009.He maintainshis senior role inan organisationwhich is ready tocommit humanrights violationsagainst thepublic, includingpromotingaggressionagainst womenfor their choiceof clothing.

4. FAZLI Ali DeputyCommanderof the Basij,Head of theIRGC's Seyyedal-ShohadaCorps, TehranProvince (untilFebruary 2010).The Seyyed al-Shohada Corpsis in chargeof security inTehran provinceand played a keyrole in brutalrepression ofprotesters in2009.

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7. KHALILI Ali IRGC General,in a seniorrole within theSarollah Base.He signed aletter sent tothe Ministry ofHealth June 26,2009 forbiddingthe submissionof documentsor medicalrecords toanyone injuredor hospitalized

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during post-elections events.

8. MOTLAGHBahram Hosseini

Head of theArmy Commandand GeneralStaff College(DAFOOS).Former Headof the IRGC'sSeyyed al-Shohada Corps,Tehran Province.The Seyyed al-Shohada Corpsplayed a key rolein organisingthe repression ofprotests in 2009.

12.4.2011

10. RADANAhmad-Reza

POB: Isfahan(Iran)DOB: 1963

Formerly incharge ofthe Centrefor StrategicStudies of theIranian LawEnforcementForce, a bodylinked to theNational Police.Head of thePolice StrategicStudies Centre,Deputy Chief ofIran's NationalPolice untilJune 2014. AsDeputy Chiefof NationalPolice from2008, Radanwas responsiblefor beatings,murder, andarbitrary arrestsand detentionsagainstprotestorsthat werecommitted bythe police forces.Currently IRGCcommanderin charge of

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training Iraqi“anti-terrorist”forces.

11. RAJABZADEHAzizollah

Former Head ofTehran DisasterMitigationOrganisation(TDMO). AsHead of TehranPolice untilJanuary 2010 hewas responsiblefor violentpolice attackson protestersand students.As Commanderof the LawEnforcementForces in theGreater Tehran,AzizollahRajabzadehwas the highestranking accusedin the caseof abusesin KahrizakDetention Centrein December2009.

12.4.2011

13. TAEB Hossein POB: TehranDOB: 1963

Head of IRGCIntelligencesince October2009.Commander ofthe Basij untilOctober 2009.Forces underhis commandparticipated inmass beatings,murders,detentionsand torturesof peacefulprotestors.

12.4.2011

14. SHARIATISeyeed Hassan

Advisor andMember of the28th Sectionof the Supreme

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Court. Headof MashhadJudiciary untilSeptember 2014.Trials under hissupervision havebeen conductedsummarily andinside closedsessions, withoutadherence tobasic rights ofthe accused, andwith relianceon confessionsextracted underpressure andtorture. Asexecutionrulings wereissued en masse,death sentenceswere issuedwithout properobservance offair hearingprocedures.

15. DORRI-NADJAFABADIGhorban-Ali

POB: Najafabad(Iran)DOB: 1945

Member of theAssembly ofExperts andrepresentativeof the SupremeLeader inMarkazi(“Central”)Provinceand Head ofthe SupremeAdministrativeCourt.ProsecutorGeneral of Iranuntil September2009, as wellas formerIntelligenceminister underKhatamipresidency.As ProsecutorGeneral of Iran,he ordered and

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supervised theshow trialsfollowingthe first post-election protests,where theaccused weredenied theirrights, and anattorney.

16. HADDADHassan (a.k.a.Hassan ZAREHDEHNAVI)

Former DeputySafety Officerof TeheranRevolutionaryCourt. FormerJudge, TehranRevolutionaryCourt, branch26. He wasin charge ofthe detaineecases relatedto the post-election crisesand regularlythreatenedfamilies ofdetaineesin order tosilence them.He has beeninstrumentalin issuingdetention ordersto the KahrizakDetention Centrein 2009. InNovember2014, his rolein the deathsof detaineeswas officiallyrecognisedby the Iranianauthorities.

12.4.2011

17. SOLTANI HodjatoleslamSeyedMohammad

Head of theOrganisationfor IslamicPropaganda inthe provinceof Khorasan-Razavi. Judge,

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MashhadRevolutionaryCourt until 2013.Trials under hisjurisdiction havebeen conductedsummarily andinside closedsession, withoutadherence tobasic rights ofthe accused.As executionrulings wereissued en masse,death sentenceswere issuedwithout properobservance offair hearingprocedures.

18. HEYDARIFARAli-Akbar

FormerJudge, TehranRevolutionaryCourt. Heparticipatedin protesterstrials. He wasquestioned bythe Judiciaryabout Kahrizakabuses. He wasinstrumental inissuing detentionorders to consigndetaineesto KahrizakDetention Centrein 2009. InNovember2014, his rolein the deathsof detaineeswas officiallyrecognisedby the Iranianauthorities.

12.4.2011

19. JAFARI-DOLATABADIAbbas

POB: Yazd(Iran)DOB: 1953

Prosecutorgeneral ofTehran sinceAugust 2009.Dolatabadi's

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office indicteda large numberof protesters,includingindividuals whotook part inthe December2009 AshuraDay protests.He orderedthe closure ofKarroubi's officein September2009 and thearrest of severalreformistpoliticians,and he bannedtwo reformistpoliticalparties in June2010. Hisoffice chargedprotesters withthe charge ofMuharebeh, orenmity againstGod, whichcarries a deathsentence, anddenied dueprocess tothose facing thedeath sentence.His officealso targetedand arrestedreformists,human rightsactivists, andmembers ofthe media, aspart of a broadcrackdown onthe politicalopposition.In October 2018he announcedto the mediathat fourdetained Iranianenvironmentalactivists were


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to be chargedwith “sowingcorruption onearth”, a chargewhich carries thedeath penalty.

20. MOGHISSEHMohammad(a.k.a.NASSERIAN)

Judge, Headof TehranRevolutionaryCourt, branch28. Alsoconsideredresponsible forcondemnationsof membersof the Baha'icommunity. Hehas dealt withpost-electioncases. He issuedlong prisonsentences duringunfair trials forsocial, politicalactivists andjournalistsand severaldeath sentencesfor protestersand socialand politicalactivists.

12.4.2011

22. MORTAZAVISaid

POB: Meybod,Yazd (Iran)DOB: 1967

ProsecutorGeneral ofTehran untilAugust 2009.As TehranProsecutorGeneral, heissued a blanketorder used forthe detentionof hundredsof activists,journalists andstudents. InJanuary 2010 aparliamentaryinvestigationheld him directlyresponsible forthe detention

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of threeprisoners whosubsequentlydied in custody.He wassuspended fromoffice in August2010 after aninvestigationby the Iranianjudiciary into hisrole in the deathsof the three mendetained on hisorders followingthe election.In November2014, his rolein the deathsof detaineeswas officiallyrecognisedby the Iranianauthorities. Hewas acquitted byan Iranian Courton 19 August2015, on chargesconnected tothe torture anddeaths of threeyoung men atthe Kahrizakdetention centrein 2009.

24. MORTAZAVIAmir

Deputy headof the Unit forSocial Affairsand CrimePrevention atthe judiciaryin the provinceof Khorasan-Razavi. DeputyProsecutor ofMashhad untilat least 2015.Trials under hisprosecution havebeen conductedsummarily andinside closed

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session, withoutadherence tobasic rights ofthe accused.As executionrulings wereissued en masse,death sentenceswere issuedwithout properobservance offair hearingprocedures.

25. SALAVATIAbdolghassem

Judge, Headof TehranRevolutionaryCourt, branch15. CommittingJudge in theTehran Tribunal.In charge of thepost-electioncases, he was theJudge presidingthe “show trials”in summer 2009,he condemnedto death twomonarchists thatappeared in theshow trials. Hehas sentencedmore than ahundred politicalprisoners,human rightsactivists anddemonstrators tolengthy prisonsentences.In 2018, reportsshowed thathe continuedto hand downsimilar sentenceswithout properobservance offair hearingprocedures.

12.4.2011

28. YASAGHI Ali-Akbar

Judge of theSupreme Court,head of the

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44th section.Deputy ChiefExecutiveOfficer ofSetad-e DiehFoundation.Chief Judge,MashhadRevolutionaryCourt(2001-2011).Trials under hisjurisdiction havebeen conductedsummarily andinside closedsession, withoutadherence tobasic rights ofthe accused. Asexecution rulingswere issued enmasse (up to550 betweensummer 2009and summer2011), deathsentenceswere issuedwithout properobservance offair hearingprocedures.

30. ESMAILIGholam-Hossein

Head of theTehran Judiciary.Former Head ofIran's PrisonsOrganisation. Inthis capacity, hewas complicitto the massivedetentionof politicalprotestersand coveringup abusesperformed in thejailing system.

12.4.2011

31. SEDAQATFarajollah

AssistantSecretary of theGeneral PrisonAdministration

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in Tehran. Headof Evin's prison,Tehran untilOctober 2010during whichtime torturetook place. Hewas warden andthreatened andexerted pressureon prisonersnumerous times.

32. ZANJIREIMohammad-Ali

As Senioradvisor toHead, andDeputy Head ofIran's PrisonsOrganisation,responsible forserious humanrights violationsagainstprisoners.Administereda system inwhich prisonerssuffered abuse,torture andinhuman/degradingtreatmentand wereaccommodatedin verypoor livingconditions.

12.4.2011

33. ABBASZADEH-MESHKINI Mahmoud

Advisor to Iran'sHigh Councilfor HumanRights. Formersecretary of theHigh Councilfor HumanRights. Formergovernor ofIlam Province.Former InteriorMinistry'spolitical director.As Head ofthe Article 10Committee of

10.10.2011




the Law onActivities ofPolitical Partiesand Groups hewas in chargeof authorisingdemonstrationsand other publicevents andregisteringpolitical parties.In 2010, hesuspended theactivities oftwo reformistpolitical partieslinked toMousavi – theIslamic IranParticipationFront andthe IslamicRevolutionMujahedeenOrganisation.From 2009onwards he hasconsistently andcontinuouslyprohibitedall non-governmentalgatherings,thereforedenying aconstitutionalright to protestand leading tomany arrestsof peacefuldemonstratorsin contraventionof the rightto freedom ofassembly.He also deniedin 2009 theoppositiona permit fora ceremonyto mournpeople killedin protests over


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the Presidentialelections.

35. AKHARIANHassan

Keeper of Ward1 of Radjaishahrprison, Karadjuntil July 2010.Several formerdetainees havedenounced theuse of torture byhim, as well asorders he gave toprevent inmatesreceivingmedicalassistance.According toa transcript ofone reporteddetainee in theRadjaishahrprison, wardensall beat himseverely, withAkharian's fullknowledge.There is alsoat least onereported caseof ill treatmentand the deathof a detainee,MohsenBeikvand, underAkharian'swardenship.Beikvand diedin September2010. Otherprisoners claimcredibly that hewas killed bythe instructionsof HassanAkharian.

10.10.2011

36. AVAEE SeyyedAli-Reza (a.k.a.AVAEE SeyyedAlireza)

Minister ofJustice. FormerDirector ofthe specialinvestigationsoffice. Until July2016 deputy

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Minister ofInterior andhead of thePublic register.Advisor to theDisciplinaryCourt for Judgessince April 2014.Former Presidentof the TehranJudiciary. AsPresident of theTehran Judiciaryhe has beenresponsible forhuman rightsviolations,arbitrary arrests,denials ofprisoners' rightsand a highnumber ofexecutions.

37. BANESHI Jaber Head of Branch22 of theAppeals Courtof Shiraz fromNovember 2011.Prosecutor ofShiraz untilOctober 2011.Prosecutorduring the Shirazbombing casein 2008, whichwas used bythe regime tosentence todeath otherunconnectedpersons. He haspursued capitalcharges andother severepenalties againstminorities, suchas to constitute,inter alia, aviolation oftheir humanrights to fair trialand freedom

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from arbitrarydetention.

38. FIRUZABADIMaj-GenDr SeyyedHasan (a.k.a.FIRUZABADIMaj-GenDr SeyedHassan;FIROUZABADIMaj-GenDr SeyyedHasan;FIROUZABADIMaj-Gen DrSeyed Hassan)

POB: MashadDOB: 3.2.1951

As Chief ofStaff of Iran'sArmed Forces(1989 to 2016),he was thehighest militarycommanderresponsiblefor directingall militarydivisionsand policies,includingthe IslamicRevolutionaryGuards Corps(IRGC) andpolice. In 2009,forces under hisformal chainof commandbrutallysuppressedpeacefulprotestors andperpetrated massdetentions.Also memberof the SupremeNationalSecurity Council(SNSC) andthe ExpediencyCouncil.

10.10.2011

39. GANJI MostafaBarzegar

Prosecutor-General of Qom(2008-2017),now head ofthe directorategeneral forprisons. He wasresponsible forthe arbitrarydetention andmaltreatmentof dozens ofoffenders inQom. He wascomplicit in agrave violation

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of the right todue process,contributing tothe excessiveand increasinguse of the deathpenalty and asharp increasein executions in2009/2010.

40. HABIBIMohammadReza

Head of theMinistry ofJustice officein Yazd.Former DeputyProsecutorof Isfahan.Complicit inproceedingsdenyingdefendants a fairtrial – such asAbdollah Fathi,executed inMay 2011 afterhis right to beheard and mentalhealth issueswere ignored byHabibi duringhis trial inMarch 2010. Hewas, therefore,complicit in agrave violationof the right todue process,contributing toa sharp increasein executions in2011.

10.10.2011

41. HEJAZIMohammad

POB: Isfahan /IspahanDOB: 1956

IRGC-General,he has playeda key role inintimidatingand threateningIran's “enemies”.Former Headof the IRGC'sSarollah Corpsin Tehran, andformer Head of

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the Basij Forces,he played acentral role inthe post-electioncrackdown ofprotesters in2009.

43. JAVANI Yadollah Political Head ofthe IRGC. Hasmade numerousattempts tosuppress freespeech andfree discoursethroughhis publicstatementssupportingthe arrest andpunishment ofprotesters anddissenters. Oneof the first high-ranking officialsto demand in2009 Moussavi,Karroubi andKhatami's arrest.Has supportedthe use oftechniques thatbreach rightsto a fair trialincluding publicconfessions andhe has releasedthe contents ofinterrogationsbefore trial.Evidence alsoindicates that hehas condonedthe use ofviolence againstprotesters andas an integralmember of theIRGC he ishighly likelyto have beenaware of theuse of harsh

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interrogationtechniquesto forceconfessions.

44. JAZAYERIMassoud

Deputy Chief ofStaff of Iran'sJoint ArmedForces, in chargeof culturalaffairs (a.k.a.State DefencePublicity HQ).He activelycollaborated inrepression of2009 protests asdeputy chief ofstaff. He warnedin a Kayhaninterview thatmany protestersinside andoutside Iran hadbeen identifiedand would bedealt with atthe right time.He has openlycalled for thesuppression offoreign massmedia outletsand the Iranianopposition. In2010, he askedthe governmentto pass tougherlaws againstIranians whocooperate withforeign mediasources.

10.10.2011

45. JOKARMohammadSaleh

Deputy forParliamentaryAffairs of theRevolutionaryGuards. From2011 until 2016parliamentarydeputy for YazdProvince andMember of the

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parliamentaryCommitteefor NationalSecurityand ForeignPolicy. FormerCommander ofStudent BasijForces.In this role hewas activelyinvolved insuppressingprotests andindoctrinatingchildren andyoung peoplewith a viewto continuingsuppressionof free speechand dissent. Asmember of theParliamentaryCommitteefor NationalSecurity andForeign Policyhe publicallysupported thesuppression ofopposition to thegovernment.

46. KAMALIANBehrouz (a.k.a.Hackers Brain,Behrooz_Ice)

POB: TehranDOB: 1983

Head of the“Ashiyaneh”cyber grouplinked withthe Iranianregime. The“Ashiyaneh”Digital Security,founded byBehrouzKamalian, isresponsible forintensive cyberattacks bothon domesticopponentsand reformistsand foreigninstitutions.

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Kamalian'sAshiyanehorganisation'swork hasassisted theregime'scrackdownagainst theopposition whichhas involvednumerousserious humanrights violations.

49. MALEKIMojtaba

Deputy head ofthe Ministry ofJustice in theKhorasan Razaviprovince. Formerprosecutor ofKermanshah.Has playeda role in thehigh number ofdeath sentencesbeing passed inIran, includingprosecutingthe cases ofseven prisonersconvicted ofdrug traffickingwho werehanged on thesame day on 3January 2010 inKermanshah'scentral prison.

10.10.2011

50. OMIDI Mehrdad(a.k.a. Reza;OMIDI Reza)

Head of sectionVI of the police,investigationdepartment.Former Head ofthe IntelligenceServices withinthe IranianPolice. FormerHead of theComputerCrimes Unitof the IranianPolice. He wasresponsible for

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thousands ofinvestigationsand indictmentsof reformistsand politicalopponents usingthe Internet.He was thusresponsible forgrave humanrights violationsin the repressionof personswho speak outin defence oftheir legitimaterights, includingfreedom ofexpressionduring and afterthe 2009 GreenMovement.

51. SALARKIAMahmoud

Former directorof TehranFootball Club“Persepolis”

Former Headof the Petroland Transportcommissionof the Cityof Tehran.Deputy to theProsecutor-General ofTehran forPrison Affairsduring thecrackdownof 2009. AsDeputy to theProsecutor-General ofTehran forPrison Affairshe was directlyresponsible formany of thearrest warrantsagainst innocent,peacefulprotesters andactivists. Manyreports fromhuman rightsdefenders show

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that virtually allthose arrestedwere, on hisinstruction, heldincommunicadowithout accessto their lawyeror families,and withoutcharge, forvarying lengthsof time, oftenin conditionsamountingto enforceddisappearance.Their familieshave often notbeen notified ofthe arrest.

52. KHODAEISOURIHojatollah

POB: Selseleh(Iran)DOB: 1964

Member ofthe NationalSecurity andForeign policyCommittee.Parliamentarydeputy forLorestanProvince.Member of theParliamentaryCommissionfor Foreignand SecurityPolicy. Headof Evin prisonuntil 2012.Torture was acommon practicein Evin prisonwhile Souriwas its head.In Ward 209,many activistswere held fortheir peacefulactivities inoppositionto the rulinggovernment.

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54. TAMADDONMorteza (a.k.a.

POB: ShahrKord-Isfahan

Former Headof Tehran

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TAMADONMorteza)

DOB: 1959 provincialPublic SecurityCouncil. FormerIRGC Governor-General ofTehran Province.In his capacityas governor andhead of TehranprovincialPublic SecurityCouncil, hebore overallresponsibilityfor all repressiveactivitiesundertaken bythe IRGC inTehran province,includingcracking downon politicalprotests sinceJune 2009.Currentlyboard memberat KhajehNasireddin TusiUniversity ofTechnology.

55. ZEBHI Hossein First DeputyAdvisor to theJudiciary andJudge of theSupreme Court.Deputy to theProsecutor-General of Iran(2007-2015). Inthis role he wasresponsible forjudicial casesbrought afterthe post-electionprotests in 2009which wereconducted incontravention ofhuman rights.Also in this rolehe has condonedexcessive

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punishments fordrug offences.

56. BAHRAMIMohammad-Kazem

Head of theadministrativejustice court. Hewas complicit inthe repressionof peacefuldemonstratorsin 2009 as headof the judiciarybranch of thearmed forces.

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57. HAJMOHAM-MADI Aziz

Judge atthe TehranProvincialCriminalCourt. He wasinvolved inseveral trials ofdemonstrators,inter alia, thatof Abdol-RezaGhanbari, ateacher arrestedin January 2010and sentencedto death forhis politicalactivities.

10.10.2011

58. BAGHERIMohammad-Bagher

Vice-chairmanof the judiciaryadministration ofSouth Khorasanprovince, incharge of crimeprevention. Inaddition to hisacknowledging,in June 2011,140 executionsfor capitaloffences betweenMarch 2010 andMarch 2011,about 100 otherexecutions arereported to havetaken place inthe same periodand in the same

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province ofSouth Khorasanwithout eitherthe familiesor the lawyersbeing notified.He was,therefore,complicit in agrave violationof the right todue process,contributing to ahigh number ofdeath sentences.

60. HOSSEINI DrMohammad(a.k.a.HOSSEYNI,Dr SeyyedMohammad;Seyed, Sayyedand Sayyid)

POB: Rafsanjan,KermanDOB: 1961

Advisor toFormer PresidentMahmoudAhmadinejadandspokespersonfor YEKTAhardline politicalfaction. Ministerof Cultureand IslamicGuidance(2009-2013). Ex-IRGC, he wascomplicit in therepression ofjournalists.

10.10.2011

64. KAZEMI Toraj Chief of theEU-designatedCyber Police.In this capacity,he announceda campaign forthe recruitmentof governmenthackers inorder to achievebetter controlof informationon the internetand attack“dangerous”sites.

23.3.2012

65. LARIJANI Sadeq POB: Najaf(Iraq)

Named Head ofthe ExpediencyCouncil on

23.3.2012




DOB: 1960 orAugust 1961

29 December2018. Head ofthe Judiciaryfrom 2009.The Head ofthe Judiciaryis requiredto consent toand sign offevery qisas(retribution),hodoud (crimesagainst God) andta'zirat (crimesagainst the state)punishment.This includessentencesattracting thedeath penalty,floggings andamputations. Inthis regard, hehas personallysigned offnumerousdeath penaltysentences,contraveninginternationalstandards,includingstoning,executions bysuspensionstrangulation,executionof juveniles,and publicexecutionssuch as thosewhere prisonershave been hungfrom bridges infront of crowdsof thousands.Therefore, hehas contributedto a high numberof executions.He has alsopermittedcorporal


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punishmentsentences suchas amputationsand the drippingof acid intothe eyes of theconvicted. SinceSadeq Larijanitook office,arbitrary arrestsof politicalprisoners, humanrights defendersand minoritieshave increasedmarkedly.Sadeq Larijanialso bearsresponsibility forsystemic failuresin the Iranianjudicial processto respect theright to a fairtrial.

69. MORTAZAVISeyyed Solat

POB: Farsan,Tchar Mahal-o-Bakhtiari(South) - (Iran)DOB: 1967

Former mayorof the secondlargest city ofIran, Mashad,where publicexecutionsregularlyhappen. FormerDeputy InteriorMinister forPolitical Affairs,appointed in2009. In thiscapacity, hewas responsiblefor directingrepression ofpersons whospoke up indefence oftheir legitimaterights, includingfreedom ofexpression. Laterappointed asHead of theIranian Election

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Committeefor theparliamentarianelections in2012 and forthe presidentialelections in2013.

73. FAHRADI Ali Deputy head ofInspectorate ofLegal Affairsand PublicInspection ofthe Ministryof Justice ofTehran. Formerprosecutorof Karaj.Responsible forgrave violationsof humanrights, includingprosecuting trialsin which thedeath penaltywas passed.There were ahigh numberof executionsin Karaj regionduring his timeas prosecutor.

23.3.2012

79. RASHIDIAGHDAMAli Ashraf(a.k.a. AliAshraf RostamiAghdam)

Former headof Evin Prison,appointed inmid-2012.Duringhis tenure,conditionsin the prisondeterioratedand reportsreferencedintensified ill-treatment ofprisoners. InOctober 2012,nine femaleprisoners wenton hunger strikein protest ofthe violation of

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their rights andviolent treatmentby prison guards.

83. JAFARIAsadollah

As Prosecutorof MazandaranProvince,Jafari hasrecommendedthe imposition ofthe death penaltyin cases he hasprosecuted,which hasresulted in manyexecutionsincluding publicexecutions andin circumstanceswhere theimposition ofthe death penaltyis contrary tointernationalhuman rights,includingby beingdisproportionateand excessivepunishment.Jafari has alsobeen responsiblefor illegal arrestsand violationsof the rights ofBaha'i detaineesfrom initialarrest to keepingthem in solitaryconfinement inthe IntelligenceDetentionCentre.

12.3.2013

85. HAMLBARRahim

Judge of Branch1 of TabrizRevolutionaryCourt.Responsible forheavy sentencesagainst Azeriethnic minorityand workers'rights activists,

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accusing themof spying,acts againstnational security,propagandaagainst theIranian regimeand insulting theleader of Iran.A high profilecase involved20 volunteerearthquakerelief workers(following anearthquake inIran in August2012) to whomhe gave prisonsentences fortheir attempts toassist earthquakevictims. Thecourt found theworkers guiltyof “collaborationin assemblyand collusion tocommit crimesagainst nationalsecurity.”

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‘1. Cyber Police Location:Tehran, IranWebsite: http://www.cyberpolice.ir

The IranianCyber Police,founded inJanuary 2011,is a unit of theIslamic Republicof Iran Police,which fromthe time ofits inceptionuntil early 2015was headed byEsmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam(listed). Ahmadi-Moqaddam

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underlinedthat the CyberPolice wouldtake on anti-revolutionaryand dissidentgroups whoused internet-based socialnetworks in2009 to triggerprotests againstthe re-electionof PresidentMahmoudAhmadinejad.In January2012, the CyberPolice issuednew guidelinesfor internetcafés, requiringusers to providepersonalinformation thatwould be kept bycafé owners forsix months, aswell as a recordof the websitesthey visited. Therules also requirecafé owners toinstall closed-circuit televisioncameras andmaintain therecordings forsix months.These new rulesmay create alogbook thatauthorities canuse to trackdown activistsor whoeveris deemed athreat to nationalsecurity.In June 2012,Iranian mediareported thatthe Cyber




Police wouldbe launchinga crackdownon virtualprivate networks(VPNs). On 30October 2012,the Cyber Policearrested theblogger SattarBeheshti withouta warrantfor “actionsagainst nationalsecurity onsocial networksand Facebook”.Beheshti hadcriticisedthe Iraniangovernmentin his blog.Beheshti wasfound dead inhis prison cellon 3 November2012, and isbelieved to havebeen torturedto death by theCyber Policeauthorities.

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