# Official Journal L 51I/2023

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ISSN 1977-0677

Official Journal

of the European Union

L 051I

English edition

Legislation

Volume 6620 February 2023

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| | | REGULATIONS |
| | * | Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/378 of 20 February 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma | 1 |
| | * | Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/379 of 20 February 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran | 13 |
| | | DECISIONS |
| | * | Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/380 of 20 February 2023 amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma | 27 |
| | * | Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2023/381 of 20 February 2023 implementing Decision 2011/235/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran | 36 |

Contents

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REGULATIONS

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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/378 of 20 February 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma

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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/379 of 20 February 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran

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DECISIONS

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Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/380 of 20 February 2023 amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma

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Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2023/381 of 20 February 2023 implementing Decision 2011/235/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran

36

| EN | Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.
  The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk. |
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Acts whose titles are printed in light type are those relating to day-to-day management of agricultural matters, and are generally valid for a limited period.

The titles of all other Acts are printed in bold type and preceded by an asterisk.

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REGULATIONS

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20.2.2023

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Official Journal of the European Union

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/378

of 20 February 2023

implementing Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma

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 401/2013 of 2 May 2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma and repealing Regulation (EC) No 194/2008 (1), and in particular Article 4i thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 2 May 2013, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 401/2013. |
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(1)

On 2 May 2013, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) No 401/2013.

| (2) | On 25 July 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a declaration on behalf of the Union strongly condemning the execution of pro-democracy and opposition leaders in Myanmar/Burma. The High Representative also declared that these politically motivated executions represent yet another step towards the complete dismantling of the rule of law and a further blatant violation of human rights in Myanmar/Burma. |
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(2)

On 25 July 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a declaration on behalf of the Union strongly condemning the execution of pro-democracy and opposition leaders in Myanmar/Burma. The High Representative also declared that these politically motivated executions represent yet another step towards the complete dismantling of the rule of law and a further blatant violation of human rights in Myanmar/Burma.

| (3) | The Union is deeply concerned by the continuing escalation of violence and the evolution towards a protracted conflict with regional implications. The Union condemns the continuing grave human rights violations including torture, sexual and gender-based violence, the continued persecution of civil society, human rights defenders and journalists, and attacks on the civilian population, including ethnic and religious minorities by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). |
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(3)

The Union is deeply concerned by the continuing escalation of violence and the evolution towards a protracted conflict with regional implications. The Union condemns the continuing grave human rights violations including torture, sexual and gender-based violence, the continued persecution of civil society, human rights defenders and journalists, and attacks on the civilian population, including ethnic and religious minorities by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

| (4) | In the absence of any swift progress in the situation in Myanmar/Burma, the Union expressed several times its readiness to adopt further restrictive measures against those responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law and for the serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma. |
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In the absence of any swift progress in the situation in Myanmar/Burma, the Union expressed several times its readiness to adopt further restrictive measures against those responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law and for the serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma.

| (5) | In view of the continuing grave situation in Myanmar/Burma, nine persons and seven entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013. |
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(5)

In view of the continuing grave situation in Myanmar/Burma, nine persons and seven entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013.

| (6) | Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(6)

Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 is amended as set out in 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, 20 February 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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ANNEX

Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 401/2013 is amended as follows:

| (1) | the following entries are added to the list headed ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Article 4a’: | Name | Identifying information | Statement of Reasons | Date of listing |
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| ‘85. | Aung Hlaing Oo | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Date of birth: 11.6.1977;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Passport no.: 12/LaMaTa(Nine)025897 | Aung Hlaing Oo has been the Chair of Myanmar Chemical and Machinery (MCM) Company Limited and other subsidiaries since he founded the company in 2001.
  He has used his commercial and personal position to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against their own population in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his chairmanship of MCM, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including in 2019 and 2020. He has also participated in delegations for arms procurement for the Myanmar military, including in June 2021. Such materials, including helicopters and spare parts for aircrafts, are used in the bombing of civilians in several States and regions.
  Aung Hlaing Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing serious human rights violations. As Chair of MCM, Aung Hlaing Oo has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, including in Rakhine State. He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Aung Hlaing Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes. | 20.2.2023 |
| 86. | Sit Taing Aung
  (a.k.a Sitt Taing Aung) | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Date of birth: 13.11.1971;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Passport no.: 12/YaKaNa(n)006213 | Sit Taing Aung was the Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company and Suntac Group of Companies between the establishment of these companies and their disbanding in November 2021. Sit Taing Aung continued his activities after the 2021 coup.
  He has used his commercial and personal position as well as his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against civilians, including the bombing of schools. Through his position as a director of now-disbanded Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, he has represented a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector.
  Sit Taing Aung has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods for the Myanmar Armed Forces and he poses a risk of continuing to do so in the future. As Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, Sit Taing Aung has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma and thereby provided support for actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Sit Taing Aung is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes. | 20.2.2023 |
| 87. | Kyaw Min Oo | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Date of birth: 18.1.1982;
  Gender: male;
  Passport no.: 14/MaMaKa(N)140703 | Kyaw Min Oo has been the Director of Sky Aviator since 2014 when he founded the company. It pursued activities after the 2021 coup.
  Due to his commercial and personal position, he has provided support for violence by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his control of Sky Aviator, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including spare parts enabling military aircrafts to be used in operations targeting civilian-populated areas.
  Kyaw Min Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing human rights violations. As Director of Sky Aviator, Kyaw Min Oo has provided support for Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, thereby supporting actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Kyaw Min Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes, including EU-listed Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. | 20.2.2023 |
| 88. | Moe Aung | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Admiral | Admiral Moe Aung is the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy. He is one of the highest-ranking officers in the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), closely associated with the regime’s State Administrative Council including Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and Deputy-Commander-in-Chief Soe Win and the Government.
  Moe Aung also takes part in the governance of EU-listed entity MEHL, a military-owned conglomerate that provides the military with economic and material resources facilitating their actions. Under his authority and in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Communication, soldiers and weapons were transported by boats/ships to the northern part of the country by waterway.
  As a high-ranking member of the military regime, Moe Aung is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations. | 20.2.2023 |
| 89. | Maung Maung Aye | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: General | General Maung Maung Aye is the Chief of General Staff for the Myanmar army, navy, and air force. This is the third most senior role in the Myanmar military. In this position, Maung Maung Aye forms part of the regime, which seized power and overthrew legitimately elected leaders in Myanmar/Burma in February 2021.
  He is actively participating in the purchase of arms from Russia. Further, he also helps to strengthen the Myanmar Armed Forces international positioning through meetings with counterparts from other countries.
  He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations. | 20.2.2023 |
| 90. | Myo Myint Aung | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel Myo Myint Aung has been the Yangon Region economic Minister of the State Administration Council (SAC) since 2 September 2022. As the Minister of the Yangon Region, he is directly involved in and responsible for decision making concerning Yangon region.
  Additionally, he previously served as Yangon Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge since the establishment of military courts until September 2022.
  In this capacity, he was allegedly involved in the process of death sentences and execution of four democracy activists in July 2022. During his tenure as Military Judge, numerous members of the opposition were sentenced to death and prison terms.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations since the 2021 coup in the SAC and as a Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge. | 20.2.2023 |
| 91. | Zin Min Htet | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Major General | Major General Zin Min Htet is the Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. He was directly involved in and is responsible for decision making concerning the Yangon region.
  Zin Min Htet replaced his predecessor Than Hlaing on 2 May 2022, as Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. Previously he was the military’s Joint Adjutant General (2019-2022). He also served as head of the Defence Services Computer and Technological University.
  As Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force, he is a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Additionally, police forces acting under his authority have committed serious human rights violations, restricting freedom of assembly and of expression, arbitrary arrests and detention of opposition leaders and opponents of the coup. Zin Min Htet is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations. | 20.2.2023 |
| 92. | Ko Ko Maung | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Major General | Major General Ko Ko Maung is Regional Military Commander in Kachin State in the Northern part of the country. Previously, he served as Regional Military Commander in the South and was transferred to the Northern Command in August 2022.
  As Regional Military Commander, Ko Ko Maung oversees air strikes, massacres, raids, arson and the use of human shields committed by the military in Kachin.
  Major General Ko Ko Maung is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma. | 20.2.2023 |
| 93. | Myo Myint Oo | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male | Myo Myint Oo has been the Union Minister for Energy since 5 August 2022. As Government Minister, he forms part of the military regime.
  Under his authority, EU-listed entity Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) generates revenue for the EU-listed State Administration Council (SAC) and Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise, which has a joint venture with Puma Energy (called NEPAS). It engages in import and distribution of aviation fuel including for fighter jets and other military aircraft.
  As Minister for Energy, he is in charge of enabling the investment and cooperation with foreign partners in the oil and gas sectors, which creates revenue for the SAC, thereby contributing to securing the financial needs of the military regime and to importing aviation fuel for the military which enables the military airstrikes against civilians.
  He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. | 20.2.2023’; |

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the following entries are added to the list headed ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Article 4a’:

Name

Identifying information

Statement of Reasons

Date of listing

‘85.

Aung Hlaing Oo

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Date of birth: 11.6.1977;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Passport no.: 12/LaMaTa(Nine)025897

Aung Hlaing Oo has been the Chair of Myanmar Chemical and Machinery (MCM) Company Limited and other subsidiaries since he founded the company in 2001.

He has used his commercial and personal position to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against their own population in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his chairmanship of MCM, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including in 2019 and 2020. He has also participated in delegations for arms procurement for the Myanmar military, including in June 2021. Such materials, including helicopters and spare parts for aircrafts, are used in the bombing of civilians in several States and regions.

Aung Hlaing Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing serious human rights violations. As Chair of MCM, Aung Hlaing Oo has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, including in Rakhine State. He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Aung Hlaing Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes.

20.2.2023

86.

Sit Taing Aung

(a.k.a Sitt Taing Aung)

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Date of birth: 13.11.1971;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Passport no.: 12/YaKaNa(n)006213

Sit Taing Aung was the Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company and Suntac Group of Companies between the establishment of these companies and their disbanding in November 2021. Sit Taing Aung continued his activities after the 2021 coup.

He has used his commercial and personal position as well as his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against civilians, including the bombing of schools. Through his position as a director of now-disbanded Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, he has represented a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector.

Sit Taing Aung has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods for the Myanmar Armed Forces and he poses a risk of continuing to do so in the future. As Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, Sit Taing Aung has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma and thereby provided support for actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Sit Taing Aung is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes.

20.2.2023

87.

Kyaw Min Oo

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Date of birth: 18.1.1982;

Gender: male;

Passport no.: 14/MaMaKa(N)140703

Kyaw Min Oo has been the Director of Sky Aviator since 2014 when he founded the company. It pursued activities after the 2021 coup.

Due to his commercial and personal position, he has provided support for violence by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his control of Sky Aviator, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including spare parts enabling military aircrafts to be used in operations targeting civilian-populated areas.

Kyaw Min Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing human rights violations. As Director of Sky Aviator, Kyaw Min Oo has provided support for Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, thereby supporting actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Kyaw Min Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes, including EU-listed Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

20.2.2023

88.

Moe Aung

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Admiral

Admiral Moe Aung is the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy. He is one of the highest-ranking officers in the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), closely associated with the regime’s State Administrative Council including Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and Deputy-Commander-in-Chief Soe Win and the Government.

Moe Aung also takes part in the governance of EU-listed entity MEHL, a military-owned conglomerate that provides the military with economic and material resources facilitating their actions. Under his authority and in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Communication, soldiers and weapons were transported by boats/ships to the northern part of the country by waterway.

As a high-ranking member of the military regime, Moe Aung is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations.

20.2.2023

89.

Maung Maung Aye

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: General

General Maung Maung Aye is the Chief of General Staff for the Myanmar army, navy, and air force. This is the third most senior role in the Myanmar military. In this position, Maung Maung Aye forms part of the regime, which seized power and overthrew legitimately elected leaders in Myanmar/Burma in February 2021.

He is actively participating in the purchase of arms from Russia. Further, he also helps to strengthen the Myanmar Armed Forces international positioning through meetings with counterparts from other countries.

He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations.

20.2.2023

90.

Myo Myint Aung

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel Myo Myint Aung has been the Yangon Region economic Minister of the State Administration Council (SAC) since 2 September 2022. As the Minister of the Yangon Region, he is directly involved in and responsible for decision making concerning Yangon region.

Additionally, he previously served as Yangon Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge since the establishment of military courts until September 2022.

In this capacity, he was allegedly involved in the process of death sentences and execution of four democracy activists in July 2022. During his tenure as Military Judge, numerous members of the opposition were sentenced to death and prison terms.

He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations since the 2021 coup in the SAC and as a Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge.

20.2.2023

91.

Zin Min Htet

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Major General

Major General Zin Min Htet is the Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. He was directly involved in and is responsible for decision making concerning the Yangon region.

Zin Min Htet replaced his predecessor Than Hlaing on 2 May 2022, as Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. Previously he was the military’s Joint Adjutant General (2019-2022). He also served as head of the Defence Services Computer and Technological University.

As Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force, he is a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Additionally, police forces acting under his authority have committed serious human rights violations, restricting freedom of assembly and of expression, arbitrary arrests and detention of opposition leaders and opponents of the coup. Zin Min Htet is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

20.2.2023

92.

Ko Ko Maung

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Major General

Major General Ko Ko Maung is Regional Military Commander in Kachin State in the Northern part of the country. Previously, he served as Regional Military Commander in the South and was transferred to the Northern Command in August 2022.

As Regional Military Commander, Ko Ko Maung oversees air strikes, massacres, raids, arson and the use of human shields committed by the military in Kachin.

Major General Ko Ko Maung is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma.

20.2.2023

93.

Myo Myint Oo

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male

Myo Myint Oo has been the Union Minister for Energy since 5 August 2022. As Government Minister, he forms part of the military regime.

Under his authority, EU-listed entity Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) generates revenue for the EU-listed State Administration Council (SAC) and Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise, which has a joint venture with Puma Energy (called NEPAS). It engages in import and distribution of aviation fuel including for fighter jets and other military aircraft.

As Minister for Energy, he is in charge of enabling the investment and cooperation with foreign partners in the oil and gas sectors, which creates revenue for the SAC, thereby contributing to securing the financial needs of the military regime and to importing aviation fuel for the military which enables the military airstrikes against civilians.

He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma.

20.2.2023’;

| (2) | the following entries are added to the list headed ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 4a’: | Name | Identifying information | Statement of Reasons | Date of listing |
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| ‘12. | Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General | Address: Ministry of Defence, Building 24, Naypyitaw, Myanmar;
  Type of entity: public;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;
  Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo;
  Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense;
  Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) | The Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) that is involved in arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).
  As such, the Quarter Master General Office is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It acts as a key enabler of the violence and human rights violations the Myanmar military has inflicted upon Myanmar civilians and therefore has contributed to fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the 2021 coup.
  The office of the Quarter Master General is also involved in the management of economic assets that benefit the junta.
  The Office of the Quarter Master General is linked to several figures and entities listed by the EU, including commander-in-chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC). | 20.2.2023 |
| 13. | Myanmar Directorate of Defense Industries | Address: Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar;
  Type of entity: state-owned enterprise (SOE);
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;
  Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;
  Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo;
  Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense | The Myanmar Directorate of Defense Industries is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) that also acts as the only Myanmar entity in charge of arms production for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).
  The Directorate of Defense Industries is headed by Lt-Gen. Thein Htay, a member of the Myanmar military. It falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, EU-listed Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and is linked to several military-linked or military- appointed figures, such as the commander-in-chief and his deputy.
  As such, the Directorate of Defense Industries is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar since the coup. | 20.2.2023 |
| 14. | Myanmar Directorate of Defense Procurement | Address: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar;
  Type of entity: administration department;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;
  Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;
  Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo;
  Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense | The Myanmar Directorate of Defense Procurement is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) which also acts as a Myanmar entity in charge of arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).
  The Directorate of Defense Procurement falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, and is therefore linked to several EU-listed individuals and entities, including Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing.
  As such, the Directorate of Defense Procurement is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the coup. | 20.2.2023 |
| 15. | Asia Sun Group | Other associated entities: Asia Sun Trading; Asia Sun Energy | Asia Sun Group is involved in the supply chain of aviation fuel to the military. Asia Sun Group of companies through its subsidiaries, Asia Sun Trading and Asia Sun Energy, is involved in the import of aviation fuel. Asia Sun Trading was involved at least twice in 2022 in importing aviation fuel from Thailand for use by the Myanmar Air Force.
  The Myanmar military regime has deliberately and indiscriminately attacked civilian targets using helicopters, jet fighters and drones, inflicting heavy casualties on local residents including children. The junta carried out at least 268 air strikes targeting the civilian population across Myanmar/Burma between October 2021 and September 2022. The strikes have killed at least 155 civilians, injured at least 190 and destroyed houses and religious buildings.
  Asia Sun Group is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023 |
| 16. | Dynasty International Company Limited
  (a.k.a. Dynasty Group of Companies) | Address: Waizayangdar Rd., no. 15, Ngwe Kyar Yan Quarter, South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Aung Moe Myint (Owner);
  Myo Thitsar (Director);
  Email: dynastygroup@myanmar.com.mm | Dynasty International Company Limited is a Burmese company that was founded by arms broker Aung Moe Myint.
  It has been used to facilitate arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts in support of the Myanmar air force for air raids against villages and civilian infrastructure.
  Dynasty International Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023 |
| 17. | International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG) | Address: No 19, Kyaik Wine Pagoda Road, Myaing Hay Wun Housing, 8-Mile, Mayangone, Yangon;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individual: Naing Htut Aung (founder) | International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG) contributed funds to the Myanmar Security Forces in 2017, at fundraising events for the Rakhine ‘clearance operations’ held by Commander in Chief, Min Aung Hlaing. IGG has made resources available directly to or for the benefit of the Myanmar Regime.
  In 2017, the Myanmar Security Forces murdered, raped and tortured thousands of Rohingya during the Rakhine ‘clearance operations’. 740 000 Rohingya were forced over the border into Bangladesh. The Myanmar Security Forces have also contributed to other serious human rights violations and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar/Burma. On 1 February 2021 the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar/Burma.
  IGG-director Naing Htut Aung is a central figure in Myanmar’s arms trade who facilitates air force and navy contracts with suppliers, notably in China. IGG/Naing Htut Aung are listed by the National Unity Government on a blacklist of businesses/owners allegedly supporting the military through arms trade.
  IGG is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023 |
| 18. | Sky Aviator Company Limited | Address: No.(204/2), (14/1)Ward, Myinthar (11)th Street, Southokkalapa, Yangon, Myanmar;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individual: Kyaw Min Oo (Managing Director) | Sky Aviator Company Limited is a company founded by Kyaw Min Oo.
  It has facilitated arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts. Under Kyaw Min Oo’s control, Sky Aviator is a key supplier of military aircraft parts to Burma’s military. Since the February 2021 coup, Sky Aviator has received multiple arms shipments from sanctioned entities.
  Sky Aviator Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023’. |

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the following entries are added to the list headed ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 4a’:

Name

Identifying information

Statement of Reasons

Date of listing

‘12.

Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General

Address: Ministry of Defence, Building 24, Naypyitaw, Myanmar;

Type of entity: public;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;

Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo;

Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense;

Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC)

The Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) that is involved in arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

As such, the Quarter Master General Office is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It acts as a key enabler of the violence and human rights violations the Myanmar military has inflicted upon Myanmar civilians and therefore has contributed to fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the 2021 coup.

The office of the Quarter Master General is also involved in the management of economic assets that benefit the junta.

The Office of the Quarter Master General is linked to several figures and entities listed by the EU, including commander-in-chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC).

20.2.2023

13.

Myanmar Directorate of Defense Industries

Address: Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar;

Type of entity: state-owned enterprise (SOE);

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;

Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;

Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo;

Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense

The Myanmar Directorate of Defense Industries is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) that also acts as the only Myanmar entity in charge of arms production for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

The Directorate of Defense Industries is headed by Lt-Gen. Thein Htay, a member of the Myanmar military. It falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, EU-listed Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and is linked to several military-linked or military- appointed figures, such as the commander-in-chief and his deputy.

As such, the Directorate of Defense Industries is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar since the coup.

20.2.2023

14.

Myanmar Directorate of Defense Procurement

Address: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar;

Type of entity: administration department;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;

Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;

Minister of Defense General Mya Htun Oo;

Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defense

The Myanmar Directorate of Defense Procurement is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) which also acts as a Myanmar entity in charge of arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

The Directorate of Defense Procurement falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, and is therefore linked to several EU-listed individuals and entities, including Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing.

As such, the Directorate of Defense Procurement is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the coup.

20.2.2023

15.

Asia Sun Group

Other associated entities: Asia Sun Trading; Asia Sun Energy

Asia Sun Group is involved in the supply chain of aviation fuel to the military. Asia Sun Group of companies through its subsidiaries, Asia Sun Trading and Asia Sun Energy, is involved in the import of aviation fuel. Asia Sun Trading was involved at least twice in 2022 in importing aviation fuel from Thailand for use by the Myanmar Air Force.

The Myanmar military regime has deliberately and indiscriminately attacked civilian targets using helicopters, jet fighters and drones, inflicting heavy casualties on local residents including children. The junta carried out at least 268 air strikes targeting the civilian population across Myanmar/Burma between October 2021 and September 2022. The strikes have killed at least 155 civilians, injured at least 190 and destroyed houses and religious buildings.

Asia Sun Group is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023

16.

Dynasty International Company Limited

(a.k.a. Dynasty Group of Companies)

Address: Waizayangdar Rd., no. 15, Ngwe Kyar Yan Quarter, South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Aung Moe Myint (Owner);

Myo Thitsar (Director);

Email: dynastygroup@myanmar.com.mm

Dynasty International Company Limited is a Burmese company that was founded by arms broker Aung Moe Myint.

It has been used to facilitate arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts in support of the Myanmar air force for air raids against villages and civilian infrastructure.

Dynasty International Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023

17.

International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG)

Address: No 19, Kyaik Wine Pagoda Road, Myaing Hay Wun Housing, 8-Mile, Mayangone, Yangon;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individual: Naing Htut Aung (founder)

International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG) contributed funds to the Myanmar Security Forces in 2017, at fundraising events for the Rakhine ‘clearance operations’ held by Commander in Chief, Min Aung Hlaing. IGG has made resources available directly to or for the benefit of the Myanmar Regime.

In 2017, the Myanmar Security Forces murdered, raped and tortured thousands of Rohingya during the Rakhine ‘clearance operations’. 740 000 Rohingya were forced over the border into Bangladesh. The Myanmar Security Forces have also contributed to other serious human rights violations and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar/Burma. On 1 February 2021 the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar/Burma.

IGG-director Naing Htut Aung is a central figure in Myanmar’s arms trade who facilitates air force and navy contracts with suppliers, notably in China. IGG/Naing Htut Aung are listed by the National Unity Government on a blacklist of businesses/owners allegedly supporting the military through arms trade.

IGG is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023

18.

Sky Aviator Company Limited

Address: No.(204/2), (14/1)Ward, Myinthar (11)th Street, Southokkalapa, Yangon, Myanmar;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individual: Kyaw Min Oo (Managing Director)

Sky Aviator Company Limited is a company founded by Kyaw Min Oo.

It has facilitated arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts. Under Kyaw Min Oo’s control, Sky Aviator is a key supplier of military aircraft parts to Burma’s military. Since the February 2021 coup, Sky Aviator has received multiple arms shipments from sanctioned entities.

Sky Aviator Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023’.

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/379

of 20 February 2023

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. |
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(1)

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

| (2) | On 25 September 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a declaration on behalf of the Union deploring the widespread and disproportionate use of force by the Iranian security forces against non-violent protestors, noting that it had resulted in the loss of lives as well as a large number of injuries. The declaration also spelled out that those responsible for the killing of Mahsa Amini must be held accountable, and called on the Iranian authorities to ensure transparent and credible investigations to clarify the number of deaths and arrests, to release all non-violent protestors and to provide due process to all detainees. Furthermore, the declaration stressed that Iran’s decision to severely restrict internet access and block instant messaging platforms blatantly violates the freedom of expression. Finally, the declaration stated that the Union will consider all the options at its disposal to address the killing of Mahsa Amini and the way in which Iranian security forces have responded to the ensuing demonstrations. |
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(2)

On 25 September 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a declaration on behalf of the Union deploring the widespread and disproportionate use of force by the Iranian security forces against non-violent protestors, noting that it had resulted in the loss of lives as well as a large number of injuries. The declaration also spelled out that those responsible for the killing of Mahsa Amini must be held accountable, and called on the Iranian authorities to ensure transparent and credible investigations to clarify the number of deaths and arrests, to release all non-violent protestors and to provide due process to all detainees. Furthermore, the declaration stressed that Iran’s decision to severely restrict internet access and block instant messaging platforms blatantly violates the freedom of expression. Finally, the declaration stated that the Union will consider all the options at its disposal to address the killing of Mahsa Amini and the way in which Iranian security forces have responded to the ensuing demonstrations.

| (3) | In this context, and in line with the Union’s commitment to address all issues of concern with Iran, including the human rights situation, as confirmed in the Council Conclusions of 12 December 2022, 32 persons and two entities should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011. |
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(3)

In this context, and in line with the Union’s commitment to address all issues of concern with Iran, including the human rights situation, as confirmed in the Council Conclusions of 12 December 2022, 32 persons and two entities should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011.

| (4) | Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(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 as set out in 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, 20 February 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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  OJ L 100, 14.4.2011, p. 1.

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ANNEX

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 |
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| ‘174. | ESMAEILI Mohammad Mehdi
  محمد مهدی اسماعیلی | DOB: 1975
  POB: Kabudarahang, Hamedan, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
  Associated entity: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili is the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
  Under his authority, the Ministry has threatened artists/musicians who do not follow the government line with travel and work bans. He has personally and publicly threatened filmmakers who had published a statement asking the security forces to show restraint against peaceful protesters with arrest and work bans. An important number of artists and journalists have been arrested under trumped up charges since he became Minister, indicating that the repressive threats were followed by repressive acts. Esmaeili also works on curtailing freedom of expression even further by currently pushing a bill through Parliament that will criminalise the sharing of any information deemed critical of the regime or any reporting deemed critical of the regime. Under Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili’s authority and with his stated approval, numerous Iranian artists, musicians, filmmakers and journalists were threatened, arrested and prosecuted on trumped charges and their freedom of expression was further significantly curtailed.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 175. | NOURI Yousef
  یوسف نوری | DOB: 1961
  POB: Ilam, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Minister of Education
  Associated entities: Ministry of Education Iran; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Yousef Nouri has been Iran`s Minister of Education since November 2021.
  Under his responsibility, Iranian students’ education is continuously aligned to the government’s opinions and Ayatollah Chamenei’s teachings. In September and October 2022, security forces were seen taking Iranian school pupils into custody for allegedly being involved in anti-Hijab-protests. As Education Minister, Nouri is responsible for the detention of students in correctional facilities. Nouri confirmed that some school students had already been arrested. He said they were sent to “psychological institutions” which hold students to “reform and re-educate” them to prevent “anti-social” behaviour. He added that students could only return to school after being “reformed.”
  By being responsible for students’ arbitrary detention in order to reverse anti-government opinions, Nouri violates the basic human right to education by which education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 176. | KARIMI Farzin
  فرزین کریمی مزلقان چای
  (a.k.a. KARIMI MAZLGHANCHAY Farzin) | DOB: 07.12.1992
  POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  ID number: 0440273961
  Function: Member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy | Farzin Karimi is a member of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.
  The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.
  Farzin Karimi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 177. | MOSTAFAVI Seyed Mojtaba
  سید مجتبی مصطفوی
  (a.k.a. MORTAZAVI, Mojtaba; MOSTAF, Mojtaba) | DOB: 02.04.1987
  POB: Tehran, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  National ID: No 0080467741 (Iran)
  Function: member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy | Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is a member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.
  The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.
  Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 178. | ESMAELI Vali
  ولی اسماعیلی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: head of the parliament’s Social Commission | Vali Esmaeli is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as head of the Iranian parliament’s Social Commission.
  He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. Esmaeli called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Esmaeli has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 179. | NADERI Ahmad
  احمد نادری | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Member of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium | Ahmad Naderi is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors.
  He is one of the 227 members of parliament (MP) who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”.
  Reading out a statement of 233 MPs in the public session of the parliament on 2 October 2022, he praised and supported the performance of the security and law enforcement forces in suppressing the protesters. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Naderi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 180. | ELAHIAN Zohreh
  الهیان زهره | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: female
  Function: Member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament | Zohreh Elahian is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian parliament.
  She is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Elahian supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the 2022 nationwide protests in Iran.
  She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 181. | FARAHANI Ahmad Amirabadi
  احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium | Amirabadi Farahani is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors. He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Farahani has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 182. | DELKHOSH-ABATARI Seyyed Kazem
  سید کاظم دلخوش اباتری | POB: Someh, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament | Seyyed Kazem Delkhosh-Abatari is the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he helped develop a plan to prosecute journalists and media outlets that publish news not conforming to the official narrative of the Islamic Republic. The repression of journalists in Iran has intensified since the early days of the 2022 protests as nearly 70 journalists have been arrested so far. As the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Delkhosh-Abatari has been involved in suppressing the media and journalists following the eruption of protests across Iran in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 183. | JALALI Hossein
  حسین جلالی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Member of parliament | Hossein Jalali is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament.
  He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a letter praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He personally confirmed the existence of the respective letter and has reaffirmed its demands. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Jalali has personally called for the execution of protestors.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 184. | MOUSAVI Seyyed Nezamoldin
  سید نظام الدین موسوی
  (a.k.a MOUSAVI Nezam) | POB: Khorramabad, Iran
  Gender: male
  Function: Spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s board of directors | Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi is the spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium/board of directors.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he held a meeting with judicial authorities and legislators with the aim of accelerating the execution of the sentences handed down to arrested protesters. As the spokesman of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors, Mousavi has urged the judiciary to speed up trials and accelerate the executions of sentences handed down to protestors, thereby defying their right to a fair trial and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
  Mousavi is also one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mousavi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 185. | NESARI Habibollah Jan
  حبیب الله جان نثاری | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: deputy of training and education of the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) | Habibollah Jan Nesari is currently the deputy of training and education of the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF).
  Between 2016 and 30 December 2019, he served as a deputy commander of the Special Units of the LEF.
  In his capacity as deputy commander, he was responsible for supervising the forces in using lethal and non-lethal weapons during the nationwide protests in November 2019, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of protestors. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s Atrocities for his role in the crackdown on protesters in his capacity as deputy commander. As part of the security forces, the police forces are found to have designed and implemented a plan to commit crimes against humanity as well as murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture and sexual violence in order to quell the protests and conceal the crimes committed during the November 2019 protests.
  As deputy commander, Nesari is personally responsible for the human rights violations carried out by the LEF. The LEF, who he is currently training, is part of the violent crackdown on protestors during the protests that erupted in September 2022, including by the deadly use of force against Iranian protesters.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 186. | BABAEI Hassan
  حسن بابایی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties | Hassan Babaei is the is the Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties and a senior figure in the Iranian judiciary.
  In this functions, Hassan Babaei is responsible for numerous violations of the right to fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests in Iran.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 187. | GHANNAD Qazi
  قاض قناد
  (a.k.a. QANAD Qazi) | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge | Qazi Ghannad is a Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he violated the right to fair trial and sentenced protestors to death who were later executed by the Iranian regime. As prosecutor, he handed down the death sentence in the case of Majid Rahnavard in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 188. | MANSOURI Seyed Hadi
  منصوری هادی سید | POB: Mashhad, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad | Seyed Hadi Mansouri has been a judge and head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad since December 2017.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the campaign of death sentences pronounced against protesters, thereby also violating their right to a fair trial.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 189. | HOSSEINI Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein
  حسینی الاسلام حسین حجت | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Head of the Judiciary for the Kurdistan province | Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein Hosseini is the Head of the Judiciary in the Kurdistan region.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the repression of the demonstrations and is responsible for implementing grave human rights violations in the repression of peaceful demonstrators. He is complicit in implementing those violations, including torture, cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 190. | JABARI Mohammad
  محمد جباری | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Prosecutor of Kurdistan province | Mohammad Jabari is the prosecutor for the Kurdistan province.
  In this function, he is responsible for several human rights violations since the 2019 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 191. | MOSTAFAVINIA Hojjat al-Eslam Ali
  نیا مصطفوی علی الاسلام هجت
  (a.k.a. MOSTAFAVI (Hojjatoleslam) Ali) | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: cleric; General Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province
  Address: Zahedan | Hojjat-al-Eslam Ali Mostafavinia is a cleric and the Chief Prosecutor for Sistan and Baluchestan province. He previously served as a prosecutor in Sistan andBaluchestan, as well as in South Khorasan.
  In his capacity, he was in charge of prosecuting demonstrators who were arbitrarily detained during the Zahedan protests, which took place in October 2022 and were bloodily repressed by police forces causing deaths and casualties.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 192. | SHAMSABAD Mehdi
  آباد شمس مهدی
  (a.k.a. SHAMSABAD Mahdi) | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province | Mehdi Shamsabad is the prosecutor of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan province.
  In this capacity, he is responsible for serious human rights violations during the 2022/2023 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations, and issuing degrading punishment including death penalty by flogging.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 193. | HARIKANDI Hossein Fazeli
  هریکندی فاضلی حسین | POB: Babol, Mazandaran province
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: general prosecutor of Alborz province | Hossein Fazeli Harikandi is the general prosecutor of Alborz province.
  In this function, he responsible for condemning several hundreds of demonstrators to the crime of “corruption on earth” during the 2022/2023 protests, putting them at risk of death penalty.
  He also corroborated the government’s thesis of the death of M. Sarina Ismailzadeh in 2022. She died as a result of police violence. However, the state issued a statement saying she committed suicide and therefore did not die as a result of the violent repression of demonstrations in the Alborz province.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 194. | MADADI Hassan
  حسن مددی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: acting prosecutor in Alborz province | Hassan Madadi has been the acting prosecutor in Alborz province since at least 2020.
  In this capacity, he is responsible for several serious human rights violations, most notably that of the denial of the right to a fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 195. | TAGHANAKI Soghra Khodadadi
  صغری خدادادی | DOB: 27.03.1971
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: female
  Function: Director of Qarchak Women’s Prison
  Passport number: B50799950 (Iran) (individual)
  Address: Varamin, Tehran, Iran | Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is the director/warden in the Qarchak Women’s Prison.
  The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, food shortages, excessive use of force against prisoners, torture, sexual assault and extrajudicial killings.
  Qarchak prison is one of the main places where women arrested during the peaceful 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police are being held.
  Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 196. | PASANDIDEH Heidar
  حیدر پسندیده | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: warden of Sanandaj prison | Heidar Pasandideh has been the warden of Sanandaj Central Prison in the Kurdistan province of Iran since 2020.
  Under his administration, prisoners have been arbitrarily executed in Sanandaj Central Prison. As a warden, he has overseen and therefore bears responsibility for the detention and torture of prisoners arrested during 2022/2023 protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.
  Therefore he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 197. | PIRI Morteza
  مرتضی پیری | DOB: 05.07.1977
  POB: Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: warden of Zahedan Central Prison
  ID number: 4072307122
  Address: Zahedan, Iran | Morteza Piri is the warden of Zahedan Central Prison in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
  The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan Prison has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority. In his capacity, he has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.
  Morteza Piri is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 198. | AZIZI Allah-Karam
  اللهکرم عزیزی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: head of the Rajai Shahr Prison
  Address: Moazzen Blvd, Gohardasht, Karaj City, Alborz Province, Iran
  Associated entities: Rajai Shahr Prison | Allah-Karam Azizi is the head of EU-listed Rajaee Shahr Prison (a.k.a. Rajai Shahr Prison, Rajaishahr, Raja’i Shahr, Reja’i Shahr, Rajayi Shahr, Gorhardasht Prison, Gohar Dasht Prison) in Iran.
  In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran, namely torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as mistreatment and torture of prisoners.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 199. | KHOSRAVI Mohammad Hossein
  محمد حسین خسروی | DOB: 23.09.1974
  POB: Birjand, South Khorasan province, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Director-General of Sistan and Baluchestan Province Prisons, Former Warden of Zahedan Central Prison
  ID number: 0653027761
  Address: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran | As Director-General of Sistan and BaluchestanProvince Prisons, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi oversees prisons in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
  Prisons in the province, including Zahedan Central Prison are known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan prison alone has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority and has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.
  Mohammad Hossein Khosravi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 200. | CHEHARMAHALI Ali
  علی چهارمحالی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: director general of Alborz prisons
  Address: Alvand Building, Below Mader Square, Karaj, Mehravila, Iran | Ali Cheharmahali is the director general of prisons in the province of Alborz and former Director of EU-listed Evin Prison.
  In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran including torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment during the 2022/2023 protests.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 201. | FADAVI Ali
  علی فدوی | DOB: 1961
  POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Ali Fadavi is the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.
  In his role, Fadavi is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.
  Therefore, Ali Fadavi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 202. | SHARIF Ramezan
  شریف رمظان | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman | Ramezan Sharif is a spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.
  In his role, Sharif is covering up and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.
  Therefore, Ramezan Sharif is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 203. | JOMEIRI Fathollah
  فتح الله جمیری | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Head of Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Security Unit of the IRGC | Fathollah Jomeiri is the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also called the Security Unit of the IRGC.
  This unit is responsible for protecting vital infrastructure and key areas of the country, important individuals, such as regime VIPs, but above all protecting the regime.
  The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.
  In his role, Jomeiri is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.
  Therefore, Fathollah Jomeiri is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 204. | KAAMFAR Behdad
  کامفر بهداد | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office | Behdad Kaamfar is a prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office which prosecutes cases in the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
  In that function, he is responsible for exercising repression against protesters through severe penalties, including the death penalty. The Iranian judicial authorities in particular use the criminal charge of “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God” which allows for the death penalty for opposing state organs and that is frequently used for repression against protesters.
  In particular, Kaamfar represented the prosecution in a case in November/December 2022, in which a number of protesters were convicted ostensibly of attacks against the Basij. In that trial, Kaamfar led the prosecution to a number of death penalties for “Muharebeh”, in particular against Mohammad Mehdi Karimi, Amid Mehdi Shokrollahi, Reza Aria Farzaneh Gharehassanlou, Hamid Gharehassanlou, Ali Moazzami Goudarzi and Hossein Mehdi Mohammadi.
  In leading such prosecutions and employing such criminal offences contrary to principles of justice, and thus causing the death of individuals opposing the Iranian states, Behdad Kaamfar is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 205. | FATHI Murad
  مراد فتحی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Director of prisons for the province of West Azerbaijan | Murad Fathi has been the Director of prisons of West Azerbaijan province since 22 November 2022.
  He has previously held the same position in Kordestan province. In prisons under his control, cases of torture of prisoners have taken place during the 2022/2023 protests, leading in some instances to the death of detainees from torture and/or lack of medical care. Those detained and tortured include protesters arrested in both those provinces.
  In participating in the repression of protesters and overseeing torture in prison facilities under his command, in some cases leading to the death of prisoners, Murad Fathi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023’ |

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ESMAEILI Mohammad Mehdi

محمد مهدی اسماعیلی

DOB: 1975

POB: Kabudarahang, Hamedan, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance

Associated entity: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili is the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

Under his authority, the Ministry has threatened artists/musicians who do not follow the government line with travel and work bans. He has personally and publicly threatened filmmakers who had published a statement asking the security forces to show restraint against peaceful protesters with arrest and work bans. An important number of artists and journalists have been arrested under trumped up charges since he became Minister, indicating that the repressive threats were followed by repressive acts. Esmaeili also works on curtailing freedom of expression even further by currently pushing a bill through Parliament that will criminalise the sharing of any information deemed critical of the regime or any reporting deemed critical of the regime. Under Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili’s authority and with his stated approval, numerous Iranian artists, musicians, filmmakers and journalists were threatened, arrested and prosecuted on trumped charges and their freedom of expression was further significantly curtailed.

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

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175.

NOURI Yousef

یوسف نوری

DOB: 1961

POB: Ilam, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Minister of Education

Associated entities: Ministry of Education Iran; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Yousef Nouri has been Iran`s Minister of Education since November 2021.

Under his responsibility, Iranian students’ education is continuously aligned to the government’s opinions and Ayatollah Chamenei’s teachings. In September and October 2022, security forces were seen taking Iranian school pupils into custody for allegedly being involved in anti-Hijab-protests. As Education Minister, Nouri is responsible for the detention of students in correctional facilities. Nouri confirmed that some school students had already been arrested. He said they were sent to “psychological institutions” which hold students to “reform and re-educate” them to prevent “anti-social” behaviour. He added that students could only return to school after being “reformed.”

By being responsible for students’ arbitrary detention in order to reverse anti-government opinions, Nouri violates the basic human right to education by which education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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

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176.

KARIMI Farzin

فرزین کریمی مزلقان چای

(a.k.a. KARIMI MAZLGHANCHAY Farzin)

DOB: 07.12.1992

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

ID number: 0440273961

Function: Member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy

Farzin Karimi is a member of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.

The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.

Farzin Karimi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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177.

MOSTAFAVI Seyed Mojtaba

سید مجتبی مصطفوی

(a.k.a. MORTAZAVI, Mojtaba; MOSTAF, Mojtaba)

DOB: 02.04.1987

POB: Tehran, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

National ID: No 0080467741 (Iran)

Function: member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy

Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is a member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.

The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.

Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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178.

ESMAELI Vali

ولی اسماعیلی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: head of the parliament’s Social Commission

Vali Esmaeli is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as head of the Iranian parliament’s Social Commission.

He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. Esmaeli called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Esmaeli has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

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179.

NADERI Ahmad

احمد نادری

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Member of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium

Ahmad Naderi is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors.

He is one of the 227 members of parliament (MP) who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”.

Reading out a statement of 233 MPs in the public session of the parliament on 2 October 2022, he praised and supported the performance of the security and law enforcement forces in suppressing the protesters. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Naderi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

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180.

ELAHIAN Zohreh

الهیان زهره

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: female

Function: Member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament

Zohreh Elahian is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian parliament.

She is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Elahian supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the 2022 nationwide protests in Iran.

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

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181.

FARAHANI Ahmad Amirabadi

احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium

Amirabadi Farahani is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors. He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Farahani has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

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182.

DELKHOSH-ABATARI Seyyed Kazem

سید کاظم دلخوش اباتری

POB: Someh, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament

Seyyed Kazem Delkhosh-Abatari is the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he helped develop a plan to prosecute journalists and media outlets that publish news not conforming to the official narrative of the Islamic Republic. The repression of journalists in Iran has intensified since the early days of the 2022 protests as nearly 70 journalists have been arrested so far. As the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Delkhosh-Abatari has been involved in suppressing the media and journalists following the eruption of protests across Iran in 2022.

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

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183.

JALALI Hossein

حسین جلالی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Member of parliament

Hossein Jalali is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament.

He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a letter praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He personally confirmed the existence of the respective letter and has reaffirmed its demands. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Jalali has personally called for the execution of protestors.

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

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184.

MOUSAVI Seyyed Nezamoldin

سید نظام الدین موسوی

(a.k.a MOUSAVI Nezam)

POB: Khorramabad, Iran

Gender: male

Function: Spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s board of directors

Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi is the spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium/board of directors.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he held a meeting with judicial authorities and legislators with the aim of accelerating the execution of the sentences handed down to arrested protesters. As the spokesman of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors, Mousavi has urged the judiciary to speed up trials and accelerate the executions of sentences handed down to protestors, thereby defying their right to a fair trial and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

Mousavi is also one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mousavi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

20.2.2023

185.

NESARI Habibollah Jan

حبیب الله جان نثاری

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: deputy of training and education of the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF)

Habibollah Jan Nesari is currently the deputy of training and education of the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF).

Between 2016 and 30 December 2019, he served as a deputy commander of the Special Units of the LEF.

In his capacity as deputy commander, he was responsible for supervising the forces in using lethal and non-lethal weapons during the nationwide protests in November 2019, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of protestors. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s Atrocities for his role in the crackdown on protesters in his capacity as deputy commander. As part of the security forces, the police forces are found to have designed and implemented a plan to commit crimes against humanity as well as murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture and sexual violence in order to quell the protests and conceal the crimes committed during the November 2019 protests.

As deputy commander, Nesari is personally responsible for the human rights violations carried out by the LEF. The LEF, who he is currently training, is part of the violent crackdown on protestors during the protests that erupted in September 2022, including by the deadly use of force against Iranian protesters.

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

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186.

BABAEI Hassan

حسن بابایی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties

Hassan Babaei is the is the Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties and a senior figure in the Iranian judiciary.

In this functions, Hassan Babaei is responsible for numerous violations of the right to fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests in Iran.

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

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187.

GHANNAD Qazi

قاض قناد

(a.k.a. QANAD Qazi)

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge

Qazi Ghannad is a Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he violated the right to fair trial and sentenced protestors to death who were later executed by the Iranian regime. As prosecutor, he handed down the death sentence in the case of Majid Rahnavard in 2022.

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

20.2.2023

188.

MANSOURI Seyed Hadi

منصوری هادی سید

POB: Mashhad, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad

Seyed Hadi Mansouri has been a judge and head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad since December 2017.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the campaign of death sentences pronounced against protesters, thereby also violating their right to a fair trial.

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

20.2.2023

189.

HOSSEINI Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein

حسینی الاسلام حسین حجت

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Head of the Judiciary for the Kurdistan province

Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein Hosseini is the Head of the Judiciary in the Kurdistan region.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the repression of the demonstrations and is responsible for implementing grave human rights violations in the repression of peaceful demonstrators. He is complicit in implementing those violations, including torture, cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment.

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

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190.

JABARI Mohammad

محمد جباری

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Prosecutor of Kurdistan province

Mohammad Jabari is the prosecutor for the Kurdistan province.

In this function, he is responsible for several human rights violations since the 2019 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations.

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

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191.

MOSTAFAVINIA Hojjat al-Eslam Ali

نیا مصطفوی علی الاسلام هجت

(a.k.a. MOSTAFAVI (Hojjatoleslam) Ali)

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: cleric; General Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province

Address: Zahedan

Hojjat-al-Eslam Ali Mostafavinia is a cleric and the Chief Prosecutor for Sistan and Baluchestan province. He previously served as a prosecutor in Sistan andBaluchestan, as well as in South Khorasan.

In his capacity, he was in charge of prosecuting demonstrators who were arbitrarily detained during the Zahedan protests, which took place in October 2022 and were bloodily repressed by police forces causing deaths and casualties.

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

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192.

SHAMSABAD Mehdi

آباد شمس مهدی

(a.k.a. SHAMSABAD Mahdi)

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province

Mehdi Shamsabad is the prosecutor of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

In this capacity, he is responsible for serious human rights violations during the 2022/2023 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations, and issuing degrading punishment including death penalty by flogging.

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

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193.

HARIKANDI Hossein Fazeli

هریکندی فاضلی حسین

POB: Babol, Mazandaran province

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: general prosecutor of Alborz province

Hossein Fazeli Harikandi is the general prosecutor of Alborz province.

In this function, he responsible for condemning several hundreds of demonstrators to the crime of “corruption on earth” during the 2022/2023 protests, putting them at risk of death penalty.

He also corroborated the government’s thesis of the death of M. Sarina Ismailzadeh in 2022. She died as a result of police violence. However, the state issued a statement saying she committed suicide and therefore did not die as a result of the violent repression of demonstrations in the Alborz province.

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

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194.

MADADI Hassan

حسن مددی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: acting prosecutor in Alborz province

Hassan Madadi has been the acting prosecutor in Alborz province since at least 2020.

In this capacity, he is responsible for several serious human rights violations, most notably that of the denial of the right to a fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests.

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

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195.

TAGHANAKI Soghra Khodadadi

صغری خدادادی

DOB: 27.03.1971

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: female

Function: Director of Qarchak Women’s Prison

Passport number: B50799950 (Iran) (individual)

Address: Varamin, Tehran, Iran

Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is the director/warden in the Qarchak Women’s Prison.

The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, food shortages, excessive use of force against prisoners, torture, sexual assault and extrajudicial killings.

Qarchak prison is one of the main places where women arrested during the peaceful 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police are being held.

Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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196.

PASANDIDEH Heidar

حیدر پسندیده

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: warden of Sanandaj prison

Heidar Pasandideh has been the warden of Sanandaj Central Prison in the Kurdistan province of Iran since 2020.

Under his administration, prisoners have been arbitrarily executed in Sanandaj Central Prison. As a warden, he has overseen and therefore bears responsibility for the detention and torture of prisoners arrested during 2022/2023 protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Therefore he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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197.

PIRI Morteza

مرتضی پیری

DOB: 05.07.1977

POB: Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: warden of Zahedan Central Prison

ID number: 4072307122

Address: Zahedan, Iran

Morteza Piri is the warden of Zahedan Central Prison in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan Prison has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority. In his capacity, he has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.

Morteza Piri is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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198.

AZIZI Allah-Karam

اللهکرم عزیزی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: head of the Rajai Shahr Prison

Address: Moazzen Blvd, Gohardasht, Karaj City, Alborz Province, Iran

Associated entities: Rajai Shahr Prison

Allah-Karam Azizi is the head of EU-listed Rajaee Shahr Prison (a.k.a. Rajai Shahr Prison, Rajaishahr, Raja’i Shahr, Reja’i Shahr, Rajayi Shahr, Gorhardasht Prison, Gohar Dasht Prison) in Iran.

In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran, namely torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as mistreatment and torture of prisoners.

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

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199.

KHOSRAVI Mohammad Hossein

محمد حسین خسروی

DOB: 23.09.1974

POB: Birjand, South Khorasan province, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Director-General of Sistan and Baluchestan Province Prisons, Former Warden of Zahedan Central Prison

ID number: 0653027761

Address: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

As Director-General of Sistan and BaluchestanProvince Prisons, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi oversees prisons in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Prisons in the province, including Zahedan Central Prison are known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan prison alone has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority and has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.

Mohammad Hossein Khosravi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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200.

CHEHARMAHALI Ali

علی چهارمحالی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: director general of Alborz prisons

Address: Alvand Building, Below Mader Square, Karaj, Mehravila, Iran

Ali Cheharmahali is the director general of prisons in the province of Alborz and former Director of EU-listed Evin Prison.

In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran including torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment during the 2022/2023 protests.

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

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201.

FADAVI Ali

علی فدوی

DOB: 1961

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Ali Fadavi is the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

In his role, Fadavi is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.

Therefore, Ali Fadavi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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202.

SHARIF Ramezan

شریف رمظان

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman

Ramezan Sharif is a spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

In his role, Sharif is covering up and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.

Therefore, Ramezan Sharif is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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203.

JOMEIRI Fathollah

فتح الله جمیری

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Head of Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Security Unit of the IRGC

Fathollah Jomeiri is the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also called the Security Unit of the IRGC.

This unit is responsible for protecting vital infrastructure and key areas of the country, important individuals, such as regime VIPs, but above all protecting the regime.

The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

In his role, Jomeiri is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.

Therefore, Fathollah Jomeiri is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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204.

KAAMFAR Behdad

کامفر بهداد

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office

Behdad Kaamfar is a prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office which prosecutes cases in the Karaj Revolutionary Court.

In that function, he is responsible for exercising repression against protesters through severe penalties, including the death penalty. The Iranian judicial authorities in particular use the criminal charge of “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God” which allows for the death penalty for opposing state organs and that is frequently used for repression against protesters.

In particular, Kaamfar represented the prosecution in a case in November/December 2022, in which a number of protesters were convicted ostensibly of attacks against the Basij. In that trial, Kaamfar led the prosecution to a number of death penalties for “Muharebeh”, in particular against Mohammad Mehdi Karimi, Amid Mehdi Shokrollahi, Reza Aria Farzaneh Gharehassanlou, Hamid Gharehassanlou, Ali Moazzami Goudarzi and Hossein Mehdi Mohammadi.

In leading such prosecutions and employing such criminal offences contrary to principles of justice, and thus causing the death of individuals opposing the Iranian states, Behdad Kaamfar is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

20.2.2023

205.

FATHI Murad

مراد فتحی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Director of prisons for the province of West Azerbaijan

Murad Fathi has been the Director of prisons of West Azerbaijan province since 22 November 2022.

He has previously held the same position in Kordestan province. In prisons under his control, cases of torture of prisoners have taken place during the 2022/2023 protests, leading in some instances to the death of detainees from torture and/or lack of medical care. Those detained and tortured include protesters arrested in both those provinces.

In participating in the repression of protesters and overseeing torture in prison facilities under his command, in some cases leading to the death of prisoners, Murad Fathi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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Entities

Entities

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ‘32. | Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation
  بنیاد تعاون فراجا
  بنیاد تعاون ناجا
  (a.k.a. NAJA Cooperation Foundation) | Address: Marzdaran Blvd, Teheran, Tehran, Iran
  Type of entity: Cooperation Foundation associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic
  Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA)
  فرماندهی انتظامی جمهورى اسلامی ایران | Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation is an economic collaborative controlled by the EU-listed LEF (also known as NAJA) and is active in Iran’s energy, construction, services, technology, and banking industries.
  The LEF Cooperation Foundation is an important financing arm of the LEF, consists de facto of a financial holding that provides and channels funds and is used to circumvent sanctions. Additionally the Cooperation Foundation with its subsidiaries is one of the few suppliers exclusively involved in manufacturing and importing equipment that is used to suppress protests in Iran.
  The LEF Cooperation Foundation therefore provides financial resources and equipment for repression to the LEF which uses the support to commit serious human rights violations.
  The LEF Cooperation Foundation is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 33. | Police Science and Social Studies Institute
  پژوهشگاه علوم انتظامی و مطالعات اجتماعی فراجا | Place of registration: Tehran, Iran
  Address: QCC3+HPP District 3, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
  Type of entity: Institute associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic (LEF)
  Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA) | The Police Science and Social Studies Institute, affiliated with the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (also known as NAJA) produces “anti-riot drones” that are used by law enforcement forces in suppressing peaceful protesters. Additionally, the institute promotes and conducts research on the use of drones for police forces.
  The Police Science and Social Studies Institute is associated to the Law Enforcement Forces of Iran and provides equipment that is used to commit serious human rights violations.
  It is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023’ |

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘32.

Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation

بنیاد تعاون فراجا

بنیاد تعاون ناجا

(a.k.a. NAJA Cooperation Foundation)

Address: Marzdaran Blvd, Teheran, Tehran, Iran

Type of entity: Cooperation Foundation associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic

Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA)

فرماندهی انتظامی جمهورى اسلامی ایران

Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation is an economic collaborative controlled by the EU-listed LEF (also known as NAJA) and is active in Iran’s energy, construction, services, technology, and banking industries.

The LEF Cooperation Foundation is an important financing arm of the LEF, consists de facto of a financial holding that provides and channels funds and is used to circumvent sanctions. Additionally the Cooperation Foundation with its subsidiaries is one of the few suppliers exclusively involved in manufacturing and importing equipment that is used to suppress protests in Iran.

The LEF Cooperation Foundation therefore provides financial resources and equipment for repression to the LEF which uses the support to commit serious human rights violations.

The LEF Cooperation Foundation is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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33.

Police Science and Social Studies Institute

پژوهشگاه علوم انتظامی و مطالعات اجتماعی فراجا

Place of registration: Tehran, Iran

Address: QCC3+HPP District 3, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Type of entity: Institute associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic (LEF)

Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA)

The Police Science and Social Studies Institute, affiliated with the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (also known as NAJA) produces “anti-riot drones” that are used by law enforcement forces in suppressing peaceful protesters. Additionally, the institute promotes and conducts research on the use of drones for police forces.

The Police Science and Social Studies Institute is associated to the Law Enforcement Forces of Iran and provides equipment that is used to commit serious human rights violations.

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

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DECISIONS

| 20.2.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | LI 51/27 |
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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

LI 51/27

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COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2023/380

of 20 February 2023

amending Decision 2013/184/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma

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 from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

| (1) | On 22 April 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/184/CFSP (1). |
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(1)

On 22 April 2013, the Council adopted Decision 2013/184/CFSP (1).

| (2) | On 25 July 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a declaration on behalf of the Union strongly condemning the execution of pro-democracy and opposition leaders in Myanmar/Burma. The High Representative also declared that these politically motivated executions represent yet another step towards the complete dismantling of the rule of law and a further blatant violation of human rights in Myanmar/Burma. |
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(2)

On 25 July 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a declaration on behalf of the Union strongly condemning the execution of pro-democracy and opposition leaders in Myanmar/Burma. The High Representative also declared that these politically motivated executions represent yet another step towards the complete dismantling of the rule of law and a further blatant violation of human rights in Myanmar/Burma.

| (3) | The Union is deeply concerned by the continuing escalation of violence and the evolution towards a protracted conflict with regional implications. The Union condemns the continuing grave human rights violations including torture, sexual and gender-based violence, the continued persecution of civil society, human rights defenders and journalists, and attacks on the civilian population, including ethnic and religious minorities by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). |
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(3)

The Union is deeply concerned by the continuing escalation of violence and the evolution towards a protracted conflict with regional implications. The Union condemns the continuing grave human rights violations including torture, sexual and gender-based violence, the continued persecution of civil society, human rights defenders and journalists, and attacks on the civilian population, including ethnic and religious minorities by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

| (4) | In the absence of any swift progress in the situation in Myanmar/Burma, the Union expressed several times its readiness to adopt further restrictive measures against those responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law and for the serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma. |
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(4)

In the absence of any swift progress in the situation in Myanmar/Burma, the Union expressed several times its readiness to adopt further restrictive measures against those responsible for undermining democracy and the rule of law and for the serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma.

| (5) | In view of the continuing grave situation in Myanmar/Burma, nine persons and seven entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in the Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP. |
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(5)

In view of the continuing grave situation in Myanmar/Burma, nine persons and seven entities should be added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in the Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP.

| (6) | Decision 2013/184/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(6)

Decision 2013/184/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP 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, 20 February 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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(1)  Council Decision 2013/184/CFSP of 22 April 2013 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Myanmar/Burma (OJ L 111, 23.4.2013, p. 75).

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ANNEX

The Annex to Decision 2013/184/CFSP is amended as follows:

| (1) | the following entries are added to the list headed ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Articles 5(1) and 6(1)’: | Name | Identifying information | Statement of Reasons | Date of listing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ‘85. | Aung Hlaing Oo | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Date of birth: 11.6.1977;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Passport No: 12/LaMaTa(Nine)025897 | Aung Hlaing Oo has been the Chair of Myanmar Chemical and Machinery (MCM) Company Limited and other subsidiaries since he founded the company in 2001.
  He has used his commercial and personal position to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against their own population in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his chairmanship of MCM, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including in 2019 and 2020. He has also participated in delegations for arms procurement for the Myanmar military, including in June 2021. Such materials, including helicopters and spare parts for aircrafts, are used in the bombing of civilians in several States and regions.
  Aung Hlaing Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing serious human rights violations. As Chair of MCM, Aung Hlaing Oo has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, including in Rakhine State. He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Aung Hlaing Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes. | 20.2.2023 |
| 86. | Sit Taing Aung
  (a.k.a. Sitt Taing Aung) | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Date of birth: 13.11.1971;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Passport No: 12/YaKaNa(n)006213 | Sit Taing Aung was the Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company and Suntac Group of Companies between the establishment of these companies and their disbanding in November 2021. Sit Taing Aung continued his activities after the 2021 coup.
  He has used his commercial and personal position as well as his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against civilians, including the bombing of schools. Through his position as a director of now-disbanded Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, he has represented a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector.
  Sit Taing Aung has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods for the Myanmar Armed Forces and he poses a risk of continuing to do so in the future. As Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, Sit Taing Aung has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma and thereby provided support for actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Sit Taing Aung is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes. | 20.2.2023 |
| 87. | Kyaw Min Oo | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Date of birth: 18.1.1982;
  Gender: male;
  Passport No: 14/MaMaKa(N)140703 | Kyaw Min Oo has been the Director of Sky Aviator since 2014 when he founded the company. It pursued activities after the 2021 coup.
  Due to his commercial and personal position, he has provided support for violence by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his control of Sky Aviator, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including spare parts enabling military aircrafts to be used in operations targeting civilian-populated areas.
  Kyaw Min Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing human rights violations. As Director of Sky Aviator, Kyaw Min Oo has provided support for Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, thereby supporting actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Kyaw Min Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes, including EU-listed Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. | 20.2.2023 |
| 88. | Moe Aung | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Admiral | Admiral Moe Aung is the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy. He is one of the highest-ranking officers in the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), closely associated with the regime’s State Administrative Council including Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and Deputy-Commander-in-Chief Soe Win and the Government.
  Moe Aung also takes part in the governance of EU-listed entity MEHL, a military-owned conglomerate that provides the military with economic and material resources facilitating their actions. Under his authority and in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Communication, soldiers and weapons were transported by boats/ships to the northern part of the country by waterway.
  As a high-ranking member of the military regime, Moe Aung is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations. | 20.2.2023 |
| 89. | Maung Maung Aye | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: General | General Maung Maung Aye is the Chief of General Staff for the Myanmar army, navy, and air force. This is the third most senior role in the Myanmar military. In this position, Maung Maung Aye forms part of the regime, which seized power and overthrew legitimately elected leaders in Myanmar/Burma in February 2021.
  He is actively participating in the purchase of arms from Russia. Further, he also helps to strengthen the Myanmar Armed Forces international positioning through meetings with counterparts from other countries.
  He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations. | 20.2.2023 |
| 90. | Myo Myint Aung | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel Myo Myint Aung has been the Yangon Region economic Minister of the State Administration Council (SAC) since 2 September 2022. As the Minister of the Yangon Region, he is directly involved in and responsible for decision making concerning Yangon region.
  Additionally, he previously served as Yangon Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge since the establishment of military courts until September 2022.
  In this capacity, he was allegedly involved in the process of death sentences and execution of four democracy activists in July 2022. During his tenure as Military Judge, numerous members of the opposition were sentenced to death and prison terms.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations since the 2021 coup in the SAC and as a Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge. | 20.2.2023 |
| 91. | Zin Min Htet | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Major General | Major General Zin Min Htet is the Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. He was directly involved in and is responsible for decision making concerning the Yangon region.
  Zin Min Htet replaced his predecessor Than Hlaing on 2 May 2022, as Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. Previously he was the military’s Joint Adjutant General (2019-2022). He also served as head of the Defence Services Computer and Technological University.
  As Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force, he is a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Additionally, police forces acting under his authority have committed serious human rights violations, restricting freedom of assembly and of expression, arbitrary arrests and detention of opposition leaders and opponents of the coup. Zin Min Htet is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations. | 20.2.2023 |
| 92. | Ko Ko Maung | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male;
  Rank: Major General | Major General Ko Ko Maung is Regional Military Commander in Kachin State in the Northern part of the country. Previously, he served as Regional Military Commander in the South and was transferred to the Northern Command in August 2022.
  As Regional Military Commander, Ko Ko Maung oversees air strikes, massacres, raids, arson and the use of human shields committed by the military in Kachin.
  Major General Ko Ko Maung is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma. | 20.2.2023 |
| 93. | Myo Myint Oo | Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;
  Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;
  Gender: male | Myo Myint Oo has been the Union Minister for Energy since 5 August 2022. As Government Minister, he forms part of the military regime.
  Under his authority, EU-listed entity Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) generates revenue for the EU-listed State Administration Council (SAC) and Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise, which has a joint venture with Puma Energy (called NEPAS). It engages in import and distribution of aviation fuel including for fighter jets and other military aircraft.
  As Minister for Energy, he is in charge of enabling the investment and cooperation with foreign partners in the oil and gas sectors, which creates revenue for the SAC, thereby contributing to securing the financial needs of the military regime and to importing aviation fuel for the military which enables the military airstrikes against civilians.
  He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. | 20.2.2023’ |

(1)

the following entries are added to the list headed ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Articles 5(1) and 6(1)’:

Name

Identifying information

Statement of Reasons

Date of listing

‘85.

Aung Hlaing Oo

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Date of birth: 11.6.1977;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Passport No: 12/LaMaTa(Nine)025897

Aung Hlaing Oo has been the Chair of Myanmar Chemical and Machinery (MCM) Company Limited and other subsidiaries since he founded the company in 2001.

He has used his commercial and personal position to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against their own population in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his chairmanship of MCM, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including in 2019 and 2020. He has also participated in delegations for arms procurement for the Myanmar military, including in June 2021. Such materials, including helicopters and spare parts for aircrafts, are used in the bombing of civilians in several States and regions.

Aung Hlaing Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing serious human rights violations. As Chair of MCM, Aung Hlaing Oo has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, including in Rakhine State. He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Aung Hlaing Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes.

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86.

Sit Taing Aung

(a.k.a. Sitt Taing Aung)

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Date of birth: 13.11.1971;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Passport No: 12/YaKaNa(n)006213

Sit Taing Aung was the Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company and Suntac Group of Companies between the establishment of these companies and their disbanding in November 2021. Sit Taing Aung continued his activities after the 2021 coup.

He has used his commercial and personal position as well as his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods to provide support for violence perpetrated by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) against civilians, including the bombing of schools. Through his position as a director of now-disbanded Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, he has represented a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector.

Sit Taing Aung has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods for the Myanmar Armed Forces and he poses a risk of continuing to do so in the future. As Director of Yatanarpon Aviation Support Company, Sit Taing Aung has provided support for the Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma and thereby provided support for actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Sit Taing Aung is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes.

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87.

Kyaw Min Oo

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Date of birth: 18.1.1982;

Gender: male;

Passport No: 14/MaMaKa(N)140703

Kyaw Min Oo has been the Director of Sky Aviator since 2014 when he founded the company. It pursued activities after the 2021 coup.

Due to his commercial and personal position, he has provided support for violence by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) in his role as an importer and broker of arms and dual use goods. Through his control of Sky Aviator, he acts as a key source of weapons and commercial support for the junta, including through his close political/commercial ties with various companies in the military equipment sector, including spare parts enabling military aircrafts to be used in operations targeting civilian-populated areas.

Kyaw Min Oo has therefore been involved in the supply of restricted goods and/or restricted technology, and dual-use goods, causing human rights violations. As Director of Sky Aviator, Kyaw Min Oo has provided support for Tatmadaw in committing serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, thereby supporting actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Furthermore, Kyaw Min Oo is associated with the military through his extensive links with the former and current junta regimes, including EU-listed Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

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88.

Moe Aung

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Admiral

Admiral Moe Aung is the Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Navy. He is one of the highest-ranking officers in the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), closely associated with the regime’s State Administrative Council including Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and Deputy-Commander-in-Chief Soe Win and the Government.

Moe Aung also takes part in the governance of EU-listed entity MEHL, a military-owned conglomerate that provides the military with economic and material resources facilitating their actions. Under his authority and in cooperation with the Ministry of Transport and Communication, soldiers and weapons were transported by boats/ships to the northern part of the country by waterway.

As a high-ranking member of the military regime, Moe Aung is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations.

20.2.2023

89.

Maung Maung Aye

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: General

General Maung Maung Aye is the Chief of General Staff for the Myanmar army, navy, and air force. This is the third most senior role in the Myanmar military. In this position, Maung Maung Aye forms part of the regime, which seized power and overthrew legitimately elected leaders in Myanmar/Burma in February 2021.

He is actively participating in the purchase of arms from Russia. Further, he also helps to strengthen the Myanmar Armed Forces international positioning through meetings with counterparts from other countries.

He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. He is also responsible for numerous human rights violations.

20.2.2023

90.

Myo Myint Aung

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Colonel Myo Myint Aung has been the Yangon Region economic Minister of the State Administration Council (SAC) since 2 September 2022. As the Minister of the Yangon Region, he is directly involved in and responsible for decision making concerning Yangon region.

Additionally, he previously served as Yangon Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge since the establishment of military courts until September 2022.

In this capacity, he was allegedly involved in the process of death sentences and execution of four democracy activists in July 2022. During his tenure as Military Judge, numerous members of the opposition were sentenced to death and prison terms.

He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations since the 2021 coup in the SAC and as a Military Recruitment Commander and Military Judge.

20.2.2023

91.

Zin Min Htet

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Major General

Major General Zin Min Htet is the Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. He was directly involved in and is responsible for decision making concerning the Yangon region.

Zin Min Htet replaced his predecessor Than Hlaing on 2 May 2022, as Chief of the Myanmar Police Force. Previously he was the military’s Joint Adjutant General (2019-2022). He also served as head of the Defence Services Computer and Technological University.

As Deputy Minister for Home Affairs and Chief of the Myanmar Police Force, he is a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma. Additionally, police forces acting under his authority have committed serious human rights violations, restricting freedom of assembly and of expression, arbitrary arrests and detention of opposition leaders and opponents of the coup. Zin Min Htet is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

20.2.2023

92.

Ko Ko Maung

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male;

Rank: Major General

Major General Ko Ko Maung is Regional Military Commander in Kachin State in the Northern part of the country. Previously, he served as Regional Military Commander in the South and was transferred to the Northern Command in August 2022.

As Regional Military Commander, Ko Ko Maung oversees air strikes, massacres, raids, arson and the use of human shields committed by the military in Kachin.

Major General Ko Ko Maung is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma.

20.2.2023

93.

Myo Myint Oo

Nationality: Myanmar/Burma;

Place of birth: Myanmar/Burma;

Gender: male

Myo Myint Oo has been the Union Minister for Energy since 5 August 2022. As Government Minister, he forms part of the military regime.

Under his authority, EU-listed entity Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) generates revenue for the EU-listed State Administration Council (SAC) and Myanmar Petroleum Enterprise, which has a joint venture with Puma Energy (called NEPAS). It engages in import and distribution of aviation fuel including for fighter jets and other military aircraft.

As Minister for Energy, he is in charge of enabling the investment and cooperation with foreign partners in the oil and gas sectors, which creates revenue for the SAC, thereby contributing to securing the financial needs of the military regime and to importing aviation fuel for the military which enables the military airstrikes against civilians.

He is therefore a natural person whose actions, policies or activities undermine democracy or the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, or who engages in, or provides support for, actions that threaten the peace, security or stability of Myanmar/Burma.

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| (2) | the following entries are added to the list headed ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6(1)’: | Name | Identifying information | Statement of Reasons | Date of listing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ‘12. | Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General | Address: Ministry of Defence, Building 24, Naypyitaw, Myanmar;
  Type of entity: public;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;
  Minister of Defence General Mya Htun Oo;
  Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence;
  Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC) | The Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that is involved in arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).
  As such, the Quarter Master General Office is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It acts as a key enabler of the violence and human rights violations the Myanmar military has inflicted upon Myanmar civilians and therefore has contributed to fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the 2021 coup.
  The office of the Quarter Master General is also involved in the management of economic assets that benefit the junta.
  The Office of the Quarter Master General is linked to several figures and entities listed by the EU, including commander-in-chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC). | 20.2.2023 |
| 13. | Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries | Address: Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar;
  Type of entity: state-owned enterprise (SOE);
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;
  Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;
  Minister of Defence General Mya Htun Oo;
  Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence | The Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that also acts as the only Myanmar entity in charge of arms production for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).
  The Directorate of Defence Industries is headed by Lt-Gen. Thein Htay, a member of the Myanmar military. It falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, EU-listed Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and is linked to several military-linked or military- appointed figures, such as the commander-in-chief and his deputy.
  As such, the Directorate of Defence Industries is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar since the coup. | 20.2.2023 |
| 14. | Myanmar Directorate of Defence Procurement | Address: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar;
  Type of entity: administration department;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;
  Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;
  Minister of Defence General Mya Htun Oo;
  Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence | The Myanmar Directorate of Defence Procurement is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) which also acts as a Myanmar entity in charge of arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).
  The Directorate of Defence Procurement falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, and is therefore linked to several EU-listed individuals and entities, including Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing.
  As such, the Directorate of Defence Procurement is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the coup. | 20.2.2023 |
| 15. | Asia Sun Group | Other associated entities: Asia Sun Trading; Asia Sun Energy | Asia Sun Group is involved in the supply chain of aviation fuel to the military. Asia Sun Group of companies through its subsidiaries, Asia Sun Trading and Asia Sun Energy, is involved in the import of aviation fuel. Asia Sun Trading was involved at least twice in 2022 in importing aviation fuel from Thailand for use by the Myanmar Air Force.
  The Myanmar military regime has deliberately and indiscriminately attacked civilian targets using helicopters, jet fighters and drones, inflicting heavy casualties on local residents including children. The junta carried out at least 268 air strikes targeting the civilian population across Myanmar/Burma between October 2021 and September 2022. The strikes have killed at least 155 civilians, injured at least 190 and destroyed houses and religious buildings.
  Asia Sun Group is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023 |
| 16. | Dynasty International Company Limited
  (a.k.a. Dynasty Group of Companies) | Address: Waizayangdar Rd., No 15, Ngwe Kyar Yan Quarter, South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individuals: Aung Moe Myint (Owner);
  Myo Thitsar (Director);
  Email: dynastygroup@myanmar.com.mm | Dynasty International Company Limited is a Burmese company that was founded by arms broker Aung Moe Myint.
  It has been used to facilitate arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts in support of the Myanmar air force for air raids against villages and civilian infrastructure.
  Dynasty International Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023 |
| 17. | International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG) | Address: No 19, Kyaik Wine Pagoda Road, Myaing Hay Wun Housing, 8-Mile, Mayangone, Yangon;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individual: Naing Htut Aung (founder) | International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG) contributed funds to the Myanmar Security Forces in 2017, at fundraising events for the Rakhine “clearance operations” held by Commander in Chief, Min Aung Hlaing. IGG has made resources available directly to or for the benefit of the Myanmar Regime.
  In 2017, the Myanmar Security Forces murdered, raped and tortured thousands of Rohingya during the Rakhine “clearance operations”. 740 000 Rohingya were forced over the border into Bangladesh. The Myanmar Security Forces have also contributed to other serious human rights violations and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar/Burma. On 1 February 2021 the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar/Burma.
  IGG-director Naing Htut Aung is a central figure in Myanmar’s arms trade who facilitates air force and navy contracts with suppliers, notably in China. IGG/Naing Htut Aung are listed by the National Unity Government on a blacklist of businesses/owners allegedly supporting the military through arms trade.
  IGG is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023 |
| 18. | Sky Aviator Company Limited | Address: No(204/2), (14/1)Ward, Myinthar (11)th Street, Southokkalapa, Yangon, Myanmar;
  Place of registration: Myanmar;
  Associated individual: Kyaw Min Oo (Managing Director) | Sky Aviator Company Limited is a company founded by Kyaw Min Oo.
  It has facilitated arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts. Under Kyaw Min Oo’s control, Sky Aviator is a key supplier of military aircraft parts to Burma’s military. Since the February 2021 coup, Sky Aviator has received multiple arms shipments from sanctioned entities.
  Sky Aviator Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). | 20.2.2023’ |

(2)

the following entries are added to the list headed ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 6(1)’:

Name

Identifying information

Statement of Reasons

Date of listing

‘12.

Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General

Address: Ministry of Defence, Building 24, Naypyitaw, Myanmar;

Type of entity: public;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;

Minister of Defence General Mya Htun Oo;

Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence;

Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC)

The Myanmar Office of the Quarter Master General is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that is involved in arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

As such, the Quarter Master General Office is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It acts as a key enabler of the violence and human rights violations the Myanmar military has inflicted upon Myanmar civilians and therefore has contributed to fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the 2021 coup.

The office of the Quarter Master General is also involved in the management of economic assets that benefit the junta.

The Office of the Quarter Master General is linked to several figures and entities listed by the EU, including commander-in-chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and Myanmar Economic Corporation (MEC).

20.2.2023

13.

Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries

Address: Shwedagon Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar;

Type of entity: state-owned enterprise (SOE);

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;

Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;

Minister of Defence General Mya Htun Oo;

Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence

The Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) that also acts as the only Myanmar entity in charge of arms production for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

The Directorate of Defence Industries is headed by Lt-Gen. Thein Htay, a member of the Myanmar military. It falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, EU-listed Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing and is linked to several military-linked or military- appointed figures, such as the commander-in-chief and his deputy.

As such, the Directorate of Defence Industries is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar since the coup.

20.2.2023

14.

Myanmar Directorate of Defence Procurement

Address: Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar;

Type of entity: administration department;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing;

Lieutenant-General Thein Htay;

Minister of Defence General Mya Htun Oo;

Other associated entities: Myanmar’s Ministry of Defence

The Myanmar Directorate of Defence Procurement is a department under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) which also acts as a Myanmar entity in charge of arms and military equipment procurement for the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

The Directorate of Defence Procurement falls under the authority of the Commander-in-chief of the Tatmadaw, Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing, and is therefore linked to several EU-listed individuals and entities, including Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing.

As such, the Directorate of Defence Procurement is organically under the control of the Myanmar Armed Forces including since the 1 February 2021 coup. It enables the Myanmar military to carry out violence against Myanmar civilians and therefore plays a key role in fuelling the spiral of violence that has engulfed Myanmar/Burma since the coup.

20.2.2023

15.

Asia Sun Group

Other associated entities: Asia Sun Trading; Asia Sun Energy

Asia Sun Group is involved in the supply chain of aviation fuel to the military. Asia Sun Group of companies through its subsidiaries, Asia Sun Trading and Asia Sun Energy, is involved in the import of aviation fuel. Asia Sun Trading was involved at least twice in 2022 in importing aviation fuel from Thailand for use by the Myanmar Air Force.

The Myanmar military regime has deliberately and indiscriminately attacked civilian targets using helicopters, jet fighters and drones, inflicting heavy casualties on local residents including children. The junta carried out at least 268 air strikes targeting the civilian population across Myanmar/Burma between October 2021 and September 2022. The strikes have killed at least 155 civilians, injured at least 190 and destroyed houses and religious buildings.

Asia Sun Group is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023

16.

Dynasty International Company Limited

(a.k.a. Dynasty Group of Companies)

Address: Waizayangdar Rd., No 15, Ngwe Kyar Yan Quarter, South Okkalapa Township, Yangon Region, Myanmar;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individuals: Aung Moe Myint (Owner);

Myo Thitsar (Director);

Email: dynastygroup@myanmar.com.mm

Dynasty International Company Limited is a Burmese company that was founded by arms broker Aung Moe Myint.

It has been used to facilitate arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts in support of the Myanmar air force for air raids against villages and civilian infrastructure.

Dynasty International Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023

17.

International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG)

Address: No 19, Kyaik Wine Pagoda Road, Myaing Hay Wun Housing, 8-Mile, Mayangone, Yangon;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individual: Naing Htut Aung (founder)

International Gateways Group of Company Limited (IGG) contributed funds to the Myanmar Security Forces in 2017, at fundraising events for the Rakhine “clearance operations” held by Commander in Chief, Min Aung Hlaing. IGG has made resources available directly to or for the benefit of the Myanmar Regime.

In 2017, the Myanmar Security Forces murdered, raped and tortured thousands of Rohingya during the Rakhine “clearance operations”. 740 000 Rohingya were forced over the border into Bangladesh. The Myanmar Security Forces have also contributed to other serious human rights violations and the repression of the civilian population in Myanmar/Burma. On 1 February 2021 the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw), led by Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing, staged a coup in Myanmar/Burma.

IGG-director Naing Htut Aung is a central figure in Myanmar’s arms trade who facilitates air force and navy contracts with suppliers, notably in China. IGG/Naing Htut Aung are listed by the National Unity Government on a blacklist of businesses/owners allegedly supporting the military through arms trade.

IGG is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023

18.

Sky Aviator Company Limited

Address: No(204/2), (14/1)Ward, Myinthar (11)th Street, Southokkalapa, Yangon, Myanmar;

Place of registration: Myanmar;

Associated individual: Kyaw Min Oo (Managing Director)

Sky Aviator Company Limited is a company founded by Kyaw Min Oo.

It has facilitated arms deals on behalf of the Burmese military, including the import of aircraft parts. Under Kyaw Min Oo’s control, Sky Aviator is a key supplier of military aircraft parts to Burma’s military. Since the February 2021 coup, Sky Aviator has received multiple arms shipments from sanctioned entities.

Sky Aviator Company Limited is therefore a legal person, entity or body owned or controlled by the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw), or generating revenue for, providing support to or benefiting from the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw).

20.2.2023’

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Official Journal of the European Union

LI 51/36

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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2023/381

of 20 February 2023

implementing 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 31(2) thereof,

Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 3(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 Decision 2011/235/CFSP. |
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(1)

On 12 April 2011, the Council adopted Decision 2011/235/CFSP.

| (2) | On 25 September 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a declaration on behalf of the Union deploring the widespread and disproportionate use of force by the Iranian security forces against non-violent protestors, noting that it had resulted in the loss of lives as well as a large number of injuries. The declaration also spelled out that those responsible for the killing of Mahsa Amini must be held accountable, and called on the Iranian authorities to ensure transparent and credible investigations to clarify the number of deaths and arrests, to release all non-violent protestors and to provide due process to all detainees. Furthermore, the declaration stressed that Iran’s decision to severely restrict internet access and block instant messaging platforms blatantly violates the freedom of expression. Finally, the declaration stated that the Union will consider all the options at its disposal to address the killing of Mahsa Amini and the way in which Iranian security forces have responded to the ensuing demonstrations. |
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(2)

On 25 September 2022, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued a declaration on behalf of the Union deploring the widespread and disproportionate use of force by the Iranian security forces against non-violent protestors, noting that it had resulted in the loss of lives as well as a large number of injuries. The declaration also spelled out that those responsible for the killing of Mahsa Amini must be held accountable, and called on the Iranian authorities to ensure transparent and credible investigations to clarify the number of deaths and arrests, to release all non-violent protestors and to provide due process to all detainees. Furthermore, the declaration stressed that Iran’s decision to severely restrict internet access and block instant messaging platforms blatantly violates the freedom of expression. Finally, the declaration stated that the Union will consider all the options at its disposal to address the killing of Mahsa Amini and the way in which Iranian security forces have responded to the ensuing demonstrations.

| (3) | In this context, and in line with the Union’s commitment to address all issues of concern with Iran, including the human rights situation, as confirmed in the Council Conclusions of 12 December 2022, 32 persons and two entities should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures in the Annex to Decision 2011/235/CFSP. |
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(3)

In this context, and in line with the Union’s commitment to address all issues of concern with Iran, including the human rights situation, as confirmed in the Council Conclusions of 12 December 2022, 32 persons and two entities should be included in the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures in the Annex to Decision 2011/235/CFSP.

| (4) | Decision 2011/235/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

Decision 2011/235/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2011/235/CFSP 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, 20 February 2023.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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(1)  
  OJ L 100, 14.4.2011, p. 51.

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ANNEX

The following persons and entities are added to the list of persons and entities set out in the Annex to Decision 2011/235/CFSP:

Persons

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ‘174. | ESMAEILI Mohammad Mehdi
  محمد مهدی اسماعیلی | DOB: 1975
  POB: Kabudarahang, Hamedan, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
  Associated entity: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili is the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance. | 20.2.2023 |
| Under his authority, the Ministry has threatened artists/musicians who do not follow the government line with travel and work bans. He has personally and publicly threatened filmmakers who had published a statement asking the security forces to show restraint against peaceful protesters with arrest and work bans. An important number of artists and journalists have been arrested under trumped up charges since he became Minister, indicating that the repressive threats were followed by repressive acts. Esmaeili also works on curtailing freedom of expression even further by currently pushing a bill through Parliament that will criminalise the sharing of any information deemed critical of the regime or any reporting deemed critical of the regime. Under Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili’s authority and with his stated approval, numerous Iranian artists, musicians, filmmakers and journalists were threatened, arrested and prosecuted on trumped charges and their freedom of expression was further significantly curtailed.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. |
| 175. | NOURI Yousef
  یوسف نوری | DOB: 1961
  POB: Ilam, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Minister of Education
  Associated entities: Ministry of Education Iran; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Yousef Nouri has been Iran`s Minister of Education since November 2021.
  Under his responsibility, Iranian students’ education is continuously aligned to the government’s opinions and Ayatollah Chamenei’s teachings. In September and October 2022, security forces were seen taking Iranian school pupils into custody for allegedly being involved in anti-Hijab-protests. As Education Minister, Nouri is responsible for the detention of students in correctional facilities. Nouri confirmed that some school students had already been arrested. He said they were sent to “psychological institutions” which hold students to “reform and re-educate” them to prevent “anti-social” behaviour. He added that students could only return to school after being “reformed.” | 20.2.2023 |
| By being responsible for students’ arbitrary detention in order to reverse anti-government opinions, Nouri violates the basic human right to education by which education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. |
| 176. | KARIMI Farzin
  فرزین کریمی مزلقان چای
  (a.k.a. KARIMI MAZLGHANCHAY Farzin) | DOB: 07.12.1992
  POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  ID number: 0440273961
  Function: Member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy | Farzin Karimi is a member of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.
  The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.
  Farzin Karimi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 177. | MOSTAFAVI Seyed Mojtaba
  سید مجتبی مصطفوی
  (a.k.a. MORTAZAVI, Mojtaba; MOSTAF, Mojtaba) | DOB: 02.04.1987
  POB: Tehran, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  National ID: No 0080467741 (Iran)
  Function: member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy | Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is a member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.
  The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.
  Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 178. | ESMAELI Vali
  ولی اسماعیلی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: head of the parliament’s Social Commission | Vali Esmaeli is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as head of the Iranian parliament’s Social Commission.
  He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. Esmaeli called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Esmaeli has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 179. | NADERI Ahmad
  احمد نادری | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Member of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium | Ahmad Naderi is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors.
  He is one of the 227 members of parliament (MP) who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”.
  Reading out a statement of 233 MPs in the public session of the parliament on 2 October 2022, he praised and supported the performance of the security and law enforcement forces in suppressing the protesters. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Naderi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 180. | ELAHIAN Zohreh
  الهیان زهره | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: female
  Function: Member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament | Zohreh Elahian is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian parliament.
  She is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Elahian supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the 2022 nationwide protests in Iran.
  She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 181. | FARAHANI Ahmad Amirabadi
  احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium | Amirabadi Farahani is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors. He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Farahani has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 182. | DELKHOSH-ABATARI Seyyed Kazem
  سید کاظم دلخوش اباتری | POB: Someh, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament | Seyyed Kazem Delkhosh-Abatari is the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he helped develop a plan to prosecute journalists and media outlets that publish news not conforming to the official narrative of the Islamic Republic. The repression of journalists in Iran has intensified since the early days of the 2022 protests as nearly 70 journalists have been arrested so far. As the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Delkhosh-Abatari has been involved in suppressing the media and journalists following the eruption of protests across Iran in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 183. | JALALI Hossein
  حسین جلالی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Member of parliament | Hossein Jalali is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament.
  He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a letter praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He personally confirmed the existence of the respective letter and has reaffirmed its demands. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Jalali has personally called for the execution of protestors.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 184. | MOUSAVI Seyyed Nezamoldin
  سید نظام الدین موسوی
  (a.k.a MOUSAVI Nezam) | POB: Khorramabad, Iran
  Gender: male
  Function: Spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s board of directors | Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi is the spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium/board of directors.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he held a meeting with judicial authorities and legislators with the aim of accelerating the execution of the sentences handed down to arrested protesters. As the spokesman of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors, Mousavi has urged the judiciary to speed up trials and accelerate the executions of sentences handed down to protestors, thereby defying their right to a fair trial and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| Mousavi is also one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mousavi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. |
| 185. | NESARI Habibollah Jan
  حبیب الله جان نثاری | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: deputy of training and education of the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) | Habibollah Jan Nesari is currently the deputy of training and education of the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF).
  Between 2016 and 30 December 2019, he served as a deputy commander of the Special Units of the LEF.
  In his capacity as deputy commander, he was responsible for supervising the forces in using lethal and non-lethal weapons during the nationwide protests in November 2019, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of protestors. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s Atrocities for his role in the crackdown on protesters in his capacity as deputy commander. As part of the security forces, the police forces are found to have designed and implemented a plan to commit crimes against humanity as well as murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture and sexual violence in order to quell the protests and conceal the crimes committed during the November 2019 protests. | 20.2.2023 |
| As deputy commander, Nesari is personally responsible for the human rights violations carried out by the LEF. The LEF, who he is currently training, is part of the violent crackdown on protestors during the protests that erupted in September 2022, including by the deadly use of force against Iranian protesters.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. |
| 186. | BABAEI Hassan
  حسن بابایی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties | Hassan Babaei is the is the Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties and a senior figure in the Iranian judiciary.
  In this functions, Hassan Babaei is responsible for numerous violations of the right to fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests in Iran.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 187. | GHANNAD Qazi
  قاض قناد
  (a.k.a. QANAD Qazi) | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge | Qazi Ghannad is a Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he violated the right to fair trial and sentenced protestors to death who were later executed by the Iranian regime. As prosecutor, he handed down the death sentence in the case of Majid Rahnavard in 2022.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 188. | MANSOURI Seyed Hadi
  منصوری هادی سید | POB: Mashhad, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad | Seyed Hadi Mansouri has been a judge and head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad since December 2017.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the campaign of death sentences pronounced against protesters, thereby also violating their right to a fair trial.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 189. | HOSSEINI Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein
  حسینی الاسلام حسین حجت | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Head of the Judiciary for the Kurdistan province | Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein Hosseini is the Head of the Judiciary in the Kurdistan region.
  During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the repression of the demonstrations and is responsible for implementing grave human rights violations in the repression of peaceful demonstrators. He is complicit in implementing those violations, including torture, cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 190. | JABARI Mohammad
  محمد جباری | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Prosecutor of Kurdistan province | Mohammad Jabari is the prosecutor for the Kurdistan province.
  In this function, he is responsible for several human rights violations since the 2019 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 191. | MOSTAFAVINIA Hojjat al-Eslam Ali
  نیا مصطفوی علی الاسلام هجت
  (a.k.a. MOSTAFAVI (Hojjatoleslam) Ali) | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: cleric; General Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province
  Address: Zahedan | Hojjat-al-Eslam Ali Mostafavinia is a cleric and the Chief Prosecutor for Sistan and Baluchestan province. He previously served as a prosecutor in Sistan andBaluchestan, as well as in South Khorasan.
  In his capacity, he was in charge of prosecuting demonstrators who were arbitrarily detained during the Zahedan protests, which took place in October 2022 and were bloodily repressed by police forces causing deaths and casualties.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 192. | SHAMSABAD Mehdi
  آباد شمس مهدی
  (a.k.a. SHAMSABAD Mahdi) | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province | Mehdi Shamsabad is the prosecutor of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan province.
  In this capacity, he is responsible for serious human rights violations during the 2022/2023 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations, and issuing degrading punishment including death penalty by flogging.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 193. | HARIKANDI Hossein Fazeli
  هریکندی فاضلی حسین | POB: Babol, Mazandaran province
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: general prosecutor of Alborz province | Hossein Fazeli Harikandi is the general prosecutor of Alborz province.
  In this function, he responsible for condemning several hundreds of demonstrators to the crime of “corruption on earth” during the 2022/2023 protests, putting them at risk of death penalty.
  He also corroborated the government’s thesis of the death of M. Sarina Ismailzadeh in 2022. She died as a result of police violence. However, the state issued a statement saying she committed suicide and therefore did not die as a result of the violent repression of demonstrations in the Alborz province.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 194. | MADADI Hassan
  حسن مددی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: acting prosecutor in Alborz province | Hassan Madadi has been the acting prosecutor in Alborz province since at least 2020.
  In this capacity, he is responsible for several serious human rights violations, most notably that of the denial of the right to a fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 195. | TAGHANAKI Soghra Khodadadi
  صغری خدادادی | DOB: 27.03.1971
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: female
  Function: Director of Qarchak Women’s Prison
  Passport number: B50799950 (Iran) (individual)
  Address: Varamin, Tehran, Iran | Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is the director/warden in the Qarchak Women’s Prison.
  The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, food shortages, excessive use of force against prisoners, torture, sexual assault and extrajudicial killings.
  Qarchak prison is one of the main places where women arrested during the peaceful 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police are being held.
  Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 196. | PASANDIDEH Heidar
  حیدر پسندیده | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: warden of Sanandaj prison | Heidar Pasandideh has been the warden of Sanandaj Central Prison in the Kurdistan province of Iran since 2020.
  Under his administration, prisoners have been arbitrarily executed in Sanandaj Central Prison. As a warden, he has overseen and therefore bears responsibility for the detention and torture of prisoners arrested during 2022/2023 protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.
  Therefore he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 197. | PIRI Morteza
  مرتضی پیری | DOB: 05.07.1977
  POB: Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: warden of Zahedan Central Prison
  ID number: 4072307122
  Address: Zahedan, Iran | Morteza Piri is the warden of Zahedan Central Prison in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
  The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan Prison has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority. In his capacity, he has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.
  Morteza Piri is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 198. | AZIZI Allah-Karam
  اللهکرم عزیزی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: head of the Rajai Shahr Prison
  Address: Moazzen Blvd, Gohardasht, Karaj City, Alborz Province, Iran
  Associated entities: Rajai Shahr Prison | Allah-Karam Azizi is the head of EU-listed Rajaee Shahr Prison (a.k.a. Rajai Shahr Prison, Rajaishahr, Raja’i Shahr, Reja’i Shahr, Rajayi Shahr, Gorhardasht Prison, Gohar Dasht Prison) in Iran.
  In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran, namely torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as mistreatment and torture of prisoners.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 199. | KHOSRAVI Mohammad Hossein
  محمد حسین خسروی | DOB: 23.09.1974
  POB: Birjand, South Khorasan province, Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Director-General of Sistan and Baluchestan Province Prisons, Former Warden of Zahedan Central Prison
  ID number: 0653027761
  Address: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran | As Director-General of Sistan and BaluchestanProvince Prisons, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi oversees prisons in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
  Prisons in the province, including Zahedan Central Prison are known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan prison alone has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority and has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.
  Mohammad Hossein Khosravi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 200. | CHEHARMAHALI Ali
  علی چهارمحالی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: director general of Alborz prisons
  Address: Alvand Building, Below Mader Square, Karaj, Mehravila, Iran | Ali Cheharmahali is the director general of prisons in the province of Alborz and former Director of EU-listed Evin Prison.
  In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran including torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment during the 2022/2023 protests.
  He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 201. | FADAVI Ali
  علی فدوی | DOB: 1961
  POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) | Ali Fadavi is the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.
  In his role, Fadavi is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.
  Therefore, Ali Fadavi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 202. | SHARIF Ramezan
  شریف رمظان | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman | Ramezan Sharif is a spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
  The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.
  In his role, Sharif is covering up and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.
  Therefore, Ramezan Sharif is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 203. | JOMEIRI Fathollah
  فتح الله جمیری | POB: Iran
  Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Head of Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Security Unit of the IRGC | Fathollah Jomeiri is the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also called the Security Unit of the IRGC.
  This unit is responsible for protecting vital infrastructure and key areas of the country, important individuals, such as regime VIPs, but above all protecting the regime.
  The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.
  In his role, Jomeiri is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.
  Therefore, Fathollah Jomeiri is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| 204. | KAAMFAR Behdad
  کامفر بهداد | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office | Behdad Kaamfar is a prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office which prosecutes cases in the Karaj Revolutionary Court.
  In that function, he is responsible for exercising repression against protesters through severe penalties, including the death penalty. The Iranian judicial authorities in particular use the criminal charge of “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God” which allows for the death penalty for opposing state organs and that is frequently used for repression against protesters.
  In particular, Kaamfar represented the prosecution in a case in November/December 2022, in which a number of protesters were convicted ostensibly of attacks against the Basij. In that trial, Kaamfar led the prosecution to a number of death penalties for “Muharebeh”, in particular against Mohammad Mehdi Karimi, Amid Mehdi Shokrollahi, Reza Aria Farzaneh Gharehassanlou, Hamid Gharehassanlou, Ali Moazzami Goudarzi and Hossein Mehdi Mohammadi. | 20.2.2023 |
| In leading such prosecutions and employing such criminal offences contrary to principles of justice, and thus causing the death of individuals opposing the Iranian states, Behdad Kaamfar is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. |
| 205. | FATHI Murad
  مراد فتحی | Nationality: Iranian
  Gender: male
  Function: Director of prisons for the province of West Azerbaijan | Murad Fathi has been the Director of prisons of West Azerbaijan province since 22 November 2022.
  He has previously held the same position in Kordestan province. In prisons under his control, cases of torture of prisoners have taken place during the 2022/2023 protests, leading in some instances to the death of detainees from torture and/or lack of medical care. Those detained and tortured include protesters arrested in both those provinces.
  In participating in the repression of protesters and overseeing torture in prison facilities under his command, in some cases leading to the death of prisoners, Murad Fathi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023’ |

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ESMAEILI Mohammad Mehdi

محمد مهدی اسماعیلی

DOB: 1975

POB: Kabudarahang, Hamedan, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance

Associated entity: Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili is the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

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Under his authority, the Ministry has threatened artists/musicians who do not follow the government line with travel and work bans. He has personally and publicly threatened filmmakers who had published a statement asking the security forces to show restraint against peaceful protesters with arrest and work bans. An important number of artists and journalists have been arrested under trumped up charges since he became Minister, indicating that the repressive threats were followed by repressive acts. Esmaeili also works on curtailing freedom of expression even further by currently pushing a bill through Parliament that will criminalise the sharing of any information deemed critical of the regime or any reporting deemed critical of the regime. Under Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili’s authority and with his stated approval, numerous Iranian artists, musicians, filmmakers and journalists were threatened, arrested and prosecuted on trumped charges and their freedom of expression was further significantly curtailed.

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

175.

NOURI Yousef

یوسف نوری

DOB: 1961

POB: Ilam, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Minister of Education

Associated entities: Ministry of Education Iran; Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Yousef Nouri has been Iran`s Minister of Education since November 2021.

Under his responsibility, Iranian students’ education is continuously aligned to the government’s opinions and Ayatollah Chamenei’s teachings. In September and October 2022, security forces were seen taking Iranian school pupils into custody for allegedly being involved in anti-Hijab-protests. As Education Minister, Nouri is responsible for the detention of students in correctional facilities. Nouri confirmed that some school students had already been arrested. He said they were sent to “psychological institutions” which hold students to “reform and re-educate” them to prevent “anti-social” behaviour. He added that students could only return to school after being “reformed.”

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By being responsible for students’ arbitrary detention in order to reverse anti-government opinions, Nouri violates the basic human right to education by which education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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

176.

KARIMI Farzin

فرزین کریمی مزلقان چای

(a.k.a. KARIMI MAZLGHANCHAY Farzin)

DOB: 07.12.1992

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

ID number: 0440273961

Function: Member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy

Farzin Karimi is a member of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.

The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.

Farzin Karimi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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177.

MOSTAFAVI Seyed Mojtaba

سید مجتبی مصطفوی

(a.k.a. MORTAZAVI, Mojtaba; MOSTAF, Mojtaba)

DOB: 02.04.1987

POB: Tehran, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

National ID: No 0080467741 (Iran)

Function: member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS); co-founder of Ravin Academy

Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is a member of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and co-founder of EU-listed Ravin Academy, an entity that trains individuals in cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the MOIS.

The MOIS is widely involved in infiltrating internal opposition groups, monitoring domestic threats and expatriate dissents and arresting alleged spies and dissidents.

Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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178.

ESMAELI Vali

ولی اسماعیلی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: head of the parliament’s Social Commission

Vali Esmaeli is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as head of the Iranian parliament’s Social Commission.

He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. Esmaeli called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Esmaeli has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

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179.

NADERI Ahmad

احمد نادری

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Member of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium

Ahmad Naderi is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors.

He is one of the 227 members of parliament (MP) who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”.

Reading out a statement of 233 MPs in the public session of the parliament on 2 October 2022, he praised and supported the performance of the security and law enforcement forces in suppressing the protesters. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Naderi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

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180.

ELAHIAN Zohreh

الهیان زهره

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: female

Function: Member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament

Zohreh Elahian is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian parliament.

She is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Elahian supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the 2022 nationwide protests in Iran.

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

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181.

FARAHANI Ahmad Amirabadi

احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium

Amirabadi Farahani is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors. He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Farahani has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

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182.

DELKHOSH-ABATARI Seyyed Kazem

سید کاظم دلخوش اباتری

POB: Someh, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament

Seyyed Kazem Delkhosh-Abatari is the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian parliament.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he helped develop a plan to prosecute journalists and media outlets that publish news not conforming to the official narrative of the Islamic Republic. The repression of journalists in Iran has intensified since the early days of the 2022 protests as nearly 70 journalists have been arrested so far. As the spokesman of the Judiciary and Legal Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Delkhosh-Abatari has been involved in suppressing the media and journalists following the eruption of protests across Iran in 2022.

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

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183.

JALALI Hossein

حسین جلالی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Member of parliament

Hossein Jalali is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the Iranian parliament.

He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a letter praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He personally confirmed the existence of the respective letter and has reaffirmed its demands. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Jalali has personally called for the execution of protestors.

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

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184.

MOUSAVI Seyyed Nezamoldin

سید نظام الدین موسوی

(a.k.a MOUSAVI Nezam)

POB: Khorramabad, Iran

Gender: male

Function: Spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s board of directors

Seyyed Nezamoldin Mousavi is the spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s presidium/board of directors.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he held a meeting with judicial authorities and legislators with the aim of accelerating the execution of the sentences handed down to arrested protesters. As the spokesman of the Iranian parliament’s presidium/board of directors, Mousavi has urged the judiciary to speed up trials and accelerate the executions of sentences handed down to protestors, thereby defying their right to a fair trial and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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Mousavi is also one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God”. He called protestors “foreign agents” and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mousavi has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022.

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

185.

NESARI Habibollah Jan

حبیب الله جان نثاری

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: deputy of training and education of the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF)

Habibollah Jan Nesari is currently the deputy of training and education of the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF).

Between 2016 and 30 December 2019, he served as a deputy commander of the Special Units of the LEF.

In his capacity as deputy commander, he was responsible for supervising the forces in using lethal and non-lethal weapons during the nationwide protests in November 2019, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of protestors. He was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the International People’s Tribunal on Iran’s Atrocities for his role in the crackdown on protesters in his capacity as deputy commander. As part of the security forces, the police forces are found to have designed and implemented a plan to commit crimes against humanity as well as murder, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture and sexual violence in order to quell the protests and conceal the crimes committed during the November 2019 protests.

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As deputy commander, Nesari is personally responsible for the human rights violations carried out by the LEF. The LEF, who he is currently training, is part of the violent crackdown on protestors during the protests that erupted in September 2022, including by the deadly use of force against Iranian protesters.

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

186.

BABAEI Hassan

حسن بابایی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties

Hassan Babaei is the is the Head of the State Organization for Registration of Deeds and Properties and a senior figure in the Iranian judiciary.

In this functions, Hassan Babaei is responsible for numerous violations of the right to fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests in Iran.

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

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187.

GHANNAD Qazi

قاض قناد

(a.k.a. QANAD Qazi)

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge

Qazi Ghannad is a Revolutionary Court prosecutor and judge.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he violated the right to fair trial and sentenced protestors to death who were later executed by the Iranian regime. As prosecutor, he handed down the death sentence in the case of Majid Rahnavard in 2022.

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

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188.

MANSOURI Seyed Hadi

منصوری هادی سید

POB: Mashhad, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad

Seyed Hadi Mansouri has been a judge and head of the fourth branch of the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad since December 2017.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the campaign of death sentences pronounced against protesters, thereby also violating their right to a fair trial.

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

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189.

HOSSEINI Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein

حسینی الاسلام حسین حجت

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Head of the Judiciary for the Kurdistan province

Hojjat al-Eslam Hossein Hosseini is the Head of the Judiciary in the Kurdistan region.

During the 2022/2023 protests, he participated in the repression of the demonstrations and is responsible for implementing grave human rights violations in the repression of peaceful demonstrators. He is complicit in implementing those violations, including torture, cruel and inhuman and degrading treatment.

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

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190.

JABARI Mohammad

محمد جباری

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Prosecutor of Kurdistan province

Mohammad Jabari is the prosecutor for the Kurdistan province.

In this function, he is responsible for several human rights violations since the 2019 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations.

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

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191.

MOSTAFAVINIA Hojjat al-Eslam Ali

نیا مصطفوی علی الاسلام هجت

(a.k.a. MOSTAFAVI (Hojjatoleslam) Ali)

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: cleric; General Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province

Address: Zahedan

Hojjat-al-Eslam Ali Mostafavinia is a cleric and the Chief Prosecutor for Sistan and Baluchestan province. He previously served as a prosecutor in Sistan andBaluchestan, as well as in South Khorasan.

In his capacity, he was in charge of prosecuting demonstrators who were arbitrarily detained during the Zahedan protests, which took place in October 2022 and were bloodily repressed by police forces causing deaths and casualties.

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

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192.

SHAMSABAD Mehdi

آباد شمس مهدی

(a.k.a. SHAMSABAD Mahdi)

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Prosecutor of Sistan and Baluchestan province

Mehdi Shamsabad is the prosecutor of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan province.

In this capacity, he is responsible for serious human rights violations during the 2022/2023 protests, including death sentences and repression of demonstrations, and issuing degrading punishment including death penalty by flogging.

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

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193.

HARIKANDI Hossein Fazeli

هریکندی فاضلی حسین

POB: Babol, Mazandaran province

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: general prosecutor of Alborz province

Hossein Fazeli Harikandi is the general prosecutor of Alborz province.

In this function, he responsible for condemning several hundreds of demonstrators to the crime of “corruption on earth” during the 2022/2023 protests, putting them at risk of death penalty.

He also corroborated the government’s thesis of the death of M. Sarina Ismailzadeh in 2022. She died as a result of police violence. However, the state issued a statement saying she committed suicide and therefore did not die as a result of the violent repression of demonstrations in the Alborz province.

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

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194.

MADADI Hassan

حسن مددی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: acting prosecutor in Alborz province

Hassan Madadi has been the acting prosecutor in Alborz province since at least 2020.

In this capacity, he is responsible for several serious human rights violations, most notably that of the denial of the right to a fair trial during the 2022/2023 protests.

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

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195.

TAGHANAKI Soghra Khodadadi

صغری خدادادی

DOB: 27.03.1971

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: female

Function: Director of Qarchak Women’s Prison

Passport number: B50799950 (Iran) (individual)

Address: Varamin, Tehran, Iran

Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is the director/warden in the Qarchak Women’s Prison.

The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, food shortages, excessive use of force against prisoners, torture, sexual assault and extrajudicial killings.

Qarchak prison is one of the main places where women arrested during the peaceful 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police are being held.

Soghra Khodadadi Taghanaki is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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196.

PASANDIDEH Heidar

حیدر پسندیده

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: warden of Sanandaj prison

Heidar Pasandideh has been the warden of Sanandaj Central Prison in the Kurdistan province of Iran since 2020.

Under his administration, prisoners have been arbitrarily executed in Sanandaj Central Prison. As a warden, he has overseen and therefore bears responsibility for the detention and torture of prisoners arrested during 2022/2023 protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Therefore he is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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197.

PIRI Morteza

مرتضی پیری

DOB: 05.07.1977

POB: Zabol, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: warden of Zahedan Central Prison

ID number: 4072307122

Address: Zahedan, Iran

Morteza Piri is the warden of Zahedan Central Prison in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

The prison is known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan Prison has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority. In his capacity, he has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.

Morteza Piri is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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198.

AZIZI Allah-Karam

اللهکرم عزیزی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: head of the Rajai Shahr Prison

Address: Moazzen Blvd, Gohardasht, Karaj City, Alborz Province, Iran

Associated entities: Rajai Shahr Prison

Allah-Karam Azizi is the head of EU-listed Rajaee Shahr Prison (a.k.a. Rajai Shahr Prison, Rajaishahr, Raja’i Shahr, Reja’i Shahr, Rajayi Shahr, Gorhardasht Prison, Gohar Dasht Prison) in Iran.

In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran, namely torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as mistreatment and torture of prisoners.

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

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199.

KHOSRAVI Mohammad Hossein

محمد حسین خسروی

DOB: 23.09.1974

POB: Birjand, South Khorasan province, Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Director-General of Sistan and Baluchestan Province Prisons, Former Warden of Zahedan Central Prison

ID number: 0653027761

Address: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran

As Director-General of Sistan and BaluchestanProvince Prisons, Mohammad Hossein Khosravi oversees prisons in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan.

Prisons in the province, including Zahedan Central Prison are known for inhumane detention conditions, including poor health and sanitary conditions, refusal of medical care, excessive use of force against prisoners and extrajudicial killings. Under his administration, Zahedan prison alone has conducted numerous executions with a disproportionate number of them targeting Iran’s Baluchi minority and has been involved in the crackdown of 2022/2023 protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s Morality Police.

Mohammad Hossein Khosravi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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200.

CHEHARMAHALI Ali

علی چهارمحالی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: director general of Alborz prisons

Address: Alvand Building, Below Mader Square, Karaj, Mehravila, Iran

Ali Cheharmahali is the director general of prisons in the province of Alborz and former Director of EU-listed Evin Prison.

In his position, he is responsible for committing serious human rights violations in Iran including torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment during the 2022/2023 protests.

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

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201.

FADAVI Ali

علی فدوی

DOB: 1961

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

Ali Fadavi is the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

In his role, Fadavi is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.

Therefore, Ali Fadavi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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202.

SHARIF Ramezan

شریف رمظان

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman

Ramezan Sharif is a spokesman of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

In his role, Sharif is covering up and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.

Therefore, Ramezan Sharif is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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203.

JOMEIRI Fathollah

فتح الله جمیری

POB: Iran

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Head of Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Security Unit of the IRGC

Fathollah Jomeiri is the head of the Intelligence Protection Organization of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also called the Security Unit of the IRGC.

This unit is responsible for protecting vital infrastructure and key areas of the country, important individuals, such as regime VIPs, but above all protecting the regime.

The IRGC has been heavily involved in the active and violent suppression of the 2022/2023 protests in Iran and is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations.

In his role, Jomeiri is steering, facilitating and condoning serious human rights violations committed by the IRGC.

Therefore, Fathollah Jomeiri is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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204.

KAAMFAR Behdad

کامفر بهداد

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office

Behdad Kaamfar is a prosecutor at the Karaj Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office which prosecutes cases in the Karaj Revolutionary Court.

In that function, he is responsible for exercising repression against protesters through severe penalties, including the death penalty. The Iranian judicial authorities in particular use the criminal charge of “Muharebeh”, or “enmity against God” which allows for the death penalty for opposing state organs and that is frequently used for repression against protesters.

In particular, Kaamfar represented the prosecution in a case in November/December 2022, in which a number of protesters were convicted ostensibly of attacks against the Basij. In that trial, Kaamfar led the prosecution to a number of death penalties for “Muharebeh”, in particular against Mohammad Mehdi Karimi, Amid Mehdi Shokrollahi, Reza Aria Farzaneh Gharehassanlou, Hamid Gharehassanlou, Ali Moazzami Goudarzi and Hossein Mehdi Mohammadi.

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In leading such prosecutions and employing such criminal offences contrary to principles of justice, and thus causing the death of individuals opposing the Iranian states, Behdad Kaamfar is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

205.

FATHI Murad

مراد فتحی

Nationality: Iranian

Gender: male

Function: Director of prisons for the province of West Azerbaijan

Murad Fathi has been the Director of prisons of West Azerbaijan province since 22 November 2022.

He has previously held the same position in Kordestan province. In prisons under his control, cases of torture of prisoners have taken place during the 2022/2023 protests, leading in some instances to the death of detainees from torture and/or lack of medical care. Those detained and tortured include protesters arrested in both those provinces.

In participating in the repression of protesters and overseeing torture in prison facilities under his command, in some cases leading to the death of prisoners, Murad Fathi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

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Entities

Entities

| | Name | Identifying information | Reasons | Date of listing |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ‘32. | Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation
  بنیاد تعاون فراجا
  بنیاد تعاون ناجا
  (a.k.a. NAJA Cooperation Foundation) | Address: Marzdaran Blvd, Teheran, Tehran, Iran
  Type of entity: Cooperation Foundation associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic
  Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA)
  فرماندهی انتظامی جمهورى اسلامی ایران | Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation is an economic collaborative controlled by the EU-listed LEF (also known as NAJA) and is active in Iran’s energy, construction, services, technology, and banking industries.
  The LEF Cooperation Foundation is an important financing arm of the LEF, consists de facto of a financial holding that provides and channels funds and is used to circumvent sanctions. Additionally the Cooperation Foundation with its subsidiaries is one of the few suppliers exclusively involved in manufacturing and importing equipment that is used to suppress protests in Iran. | 20.2.2023 |
| The LEF Cooperation Foundation therefore provides financial resources and equipment for repression to the LEF which uses the support to commit serious human rights violations.
  The LEF Cooperation Foundation is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. |
| 33. | Police Science and Social Studies Institute
  پژوهشگاه علوم انتظامی و مطالعات اجتماعی فراجا | Place of registration: Tehran, Iran
  Address: QCC3+HPP District 3, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
  Type of entity: Institute associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic (LEF)
  Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA) | The Police Science and Social Studies Institute, affiliated with the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (also known as NAJA) produces “anti-riot drones” that are used by law enforcement forces in suppressing peaceful protesters. Additionally, the institute promotes and conducts research on the use of drones for police forces.
  The Police Science and Social Studies Institute is associated to the Law Enforcement Forces of Iran and provides equipment that is used to commit serious human rights violations.
  It is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. | 20.2.2023’ |

Name

Identifying information

Reasons

Date of listing

‘32.

Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation

بنیاد تعاون فراجا

بنیاد تعاون ناجا

(a.k.a. NAJA Cooperation Foundation)

Address: Marzdaran Blvd, Teheran, Tehran, Iran

Type of entity: Cooperation Foundation associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic

Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA)

فرماندهی انتظامی جمهورى اسلامی ایران

Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) Cooperation Foundation is an economic collaborative controlled by the EU-listed LEF (also known as NAJA) and is active in Iran’s energy, construction, services, technology, and banking industries.

The LEF Cooperation Foundation is an important financing arm of the LEF, consists de facto of a financial holding that provides and channels funds and is used to circumvent sanctions. Additionally the Cooperation Foundation with its subsidiaries is one of the few suppliers exclusively involved in manufacturing and importing equipment that is used to suppress protests in Iran.

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The LEF Cooperation Foundation therefore provides financial resources and equipment for repression to the LEF which uses the support to commit serious human rights violations.

The LEF Cooperation Foundation is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.

33.

Police Science and Social Studies Institute

پژوهشگاه علوم انتظامی و مطالعات اجتماعی فراجا

Place of registration: Tehran, Iran

Address: QCC3+HPP District 3, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Type of entity: Institute associated with the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic (LEF)

Associated entities: Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (a.k.a. NAJA; FARAJA)

The Police Science and Social Studies Institute, affiliated with the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (also known as NAJA) produces “anti-riot drones” that are used by law enforcement forces in suppressing peaceful protesters. Additionally, the institute promotes and conducts research on the use of drones for police forces.

The Police Science and Social Studies Institute is associated to the Law Enforcement Forces of Iran and provides equipment that is used to commit serious human rights violations.

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

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