Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘19.

JAFARI-DOLATABADI Abbas

POB: Yazd (Iran)

DOB: 1953

Gender: male

Jafari-Dolatabadi is a licensed lawyer at the Bar of Tehran. He is the former advisor to the Supreme Disciplinary Court of judges (29 April 2019-at least 2020). Former Prosecutor General of Tehran (August 2009-April 2019). Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi’s office indicted a large number of protesters, including individuals who took part in the December 2009 Ashura 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 office charged protesters with “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”, which carries the death penalty, and denied due process to those facing the death penalty. 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.

12.4.2011

28.

YASAGHI Ali-Akbar

Gender: male

Ali-Akbar Yasaghi is the Head of Branch 26 of Iran’s Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court is the highest court in Iran’s judicial system and is tasked with the correct application of the law. The Supreme Court bears the responsibility for upholding sentences from lower-level courts which, procedurally or in terms of their content, have grossly violated human rights. The Supreme Court consistently upholds death sentences and dismisses challenges against them without much deliberation.

Ali-Akbar Yasaghi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

12.4.2011

59.

BAKHTIARI Seyyed Morteza

POB: Mashhad (Iran)

DOB: 1952

Gender: male

Seyyed Bakhtiari is the President of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (IKRF). The IKRF is a regime-linked charity foundation involved in weapon deliveries on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Forces. The IKRF derives part of its income from the seizure of assets from religious minorities. Furthermore, the IKRF has enabled sexual abuse and exploitation of women by making aid for widows and unprotected women conditional on those women entering into a temporary marriage.

Seyyed Bakhtiari is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

10.10.2011

78.

RESHTE-AHMADI Bahram

Gender: male

Bahram Reshte-Ahmadi is Head of the General Directorate for Public Participation and Social Capital of Iran’s Judiciary. Throughout his career in Iran’s judiciary, he has held positions such as Deputy Prosecutor in Tehran, Deputy Head of the Office of Prison Affairs of Tehran Province and Supervisor of the Public Prosecution Office in Tehran. In those roles, he was directly involved in human rights violations, denying defendants access to legal counsel and contact with their families. In all the positions he has held, including the current one, he has supported Iran’s judicial system, that systematically ignores and violates the fundamental rights of the defendants.

Bahram Reshte-Ahmadi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

23.3.2012’

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘1.

Cyber Police

Location: Tehran (Iran)

Website: http://www.cyberpolice.ir

The Iranian Cyber Police (FATA) is a unit of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police. It is tasked with policing online activity and plays a key role in monitoring social media and prosecuting citizens on the basis of digital content. FATA frequently targets dissidents and regime opponents, as well as important cultural figures who do not conform to strict social and gender roles, such as female artists. FATA suppresses freedom of expression and enforces censorship by shutting down social media pages or by arresting individuals voicing or promoting opinions not supported by the regime. FATA is headed by Vahid Majid, who has repeatedly publicly warned citizens that even ordinary discussions with relatives regarding developments in the country and regarding politics will be monitored, stoking a climate of intimidation and fear.

FATA is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

12.3.2013

25.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Operational Base Karbala

کربلا

سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی

Address: Southwest Iran (provinces of Khusestan, Lorestan, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad)

Type of entity: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military unit

Principal place of activity: Iran

Other associated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Operational Base Karbala is the IRGC’s regional headquarters operating in Southwest Iran, covering the provinces of Khusestan, Lorestan, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.

The IRGC Operational Base Karbala has repeatedly violently cracked down on protests in the region, working closely with Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and Basij forces. It has also monitored and targeted activities of ethnic minorities in the provinces.

The IRGC Operational Base Karbala is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

23.1.2023’