UK sanctions: Iran sanctions
572 designations under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023: 307 people, 265 companies and groups, as listed on the UK Sanctions List dated 03-Nov-2026. The newest designation is dated 12 October 2026.
Names, positions, sanctions and reasons are quoted from the list. Dates of birth, passport numbers and addresses are left out. Being on the list is a government designation, not a criminal conviction.
| Name and position | Type | Designated | Sanctions | UK statement of reasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad-Kazem Bahrami Former Head of the Administrative Justice Court | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former head of the administrative justice court. He was complicit in the repression of peaceful demonstrators in 2009 as head of the judiciary branch of the armed forces. |
| Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri Vice-chairman of the judiciary administration of South Khorasan province, in charge of crime prevention. | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Vice-chairman of the judiciary administration of South Khorasan province, in charge of crime prevention. In addition to his acknowledging, in June 2011, 140 executions for capital offences between March 2010 and March 2011, about 100 other executions are The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025. |
| Mohammad-Ali Ramin Secretary-General of the World Holocaust Foundation. Former Vice Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in charge of the press (Nov 2009 – Dec 2010) | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Secretary-general of the World Holocaust Foundation, established at the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust in 2006, which Ramin was responsible for organising on behalf of the Iranian Government. Main figure responsible for censorship as Vice-Minister in charge of the Press up to December 2013, being directly responsible for the closure of many reforming newspape |
| Mohammad Ali Jafari Former General Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps 36 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former General Commander of the IRGC. IRGC and the Sarollah Base commanded by General Aziz Jafari has played a key role in illegally interfering with the 2009 Presidential Elections, arresting and detaining political activists, as well as clashing with protestors in the streets. |
| Seyed Mohammad Soltani Head of the Organisation for Islamic Propaganda in the province of Khorasan-Razavi. Former Judge, of Mashhad Revolutionary Court, until 2013. | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of the Organisation for Islamic Propaganda in the province of Khorasan-Razavi. Judge, Mashhad Revolutionary Court until 2013. Trials under his jurisdiction have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance of fair hearing procedures. |
| Mohammad Sarafraz Former member of the Supreme Council of Cyber Space. Former president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) (2014-2016) Former Head of IRIB World Service and press TV, responsible for all programming decisions. 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former member of the Supreme Council of Cyber Space. Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). Former Head of IRIB World Service and Press TV, responsible for all programming decisions. Closely associated with the state security apparatus. Under his direction Press TV, along with IRIB, has worked with the Iranian security services and prosecutors to broadcast forced con |
| Mohammad Salah Jokar Deputy for Parliamentary Affairs of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) 5 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Deputy for Parliamentary Affairs of the Revolutionary Guards. From 2011 until 2016 parliamentary deputy for Yazd Province and Member of the parliamentary Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy. Former Commander of Student Basij Forces. In this role he was actively involved in suppressing protests and indoctrinating children and young people with a view to continuing suppression of free |
| Mohammad Reza Naqdi Deputy Coordinator of the IRGC | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Coordinating Deputy to the IRGC Commander, formally Deputy Chief of the IRGC for cultural and social affairs. Also former Commander of the Basij. As commander of the IRGC's Basij Forces, Naqdi was responsible for or complicit in Basij abuses occurring in late 2009, including the violent response to the December 2009 Ashura Day protests, which resulted in up to 15 deaths and the arrests of hund |
| Mohammad Reza Habibi Attorney General of Isfahan. Former Deputy Prosecutor of Isfahan | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of the Ministry of Justice office in Yazd. Former Deputy Prosecutor of Isfahan. Complicit in proceedings denying defendants a fair trial — such as Abdollah Fathi, executed in May 2011 after his right to be heard and mental health issues were ignored by Habibi during his trial in March 2010. He was, therefore, complicit in a grave violation of the right to due process, contributing to a sharp |
| Mohammad Moghisseh Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 28 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 28. Also considered responsible for condemnations of members of the Baha'i community. He has dealt with post-election cases. He issued long prison sentences during unfair trials for social, political activists and journalists and several death sentences for protesters and social and political activists. |
| Mohammad Hosseini Doctor Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 24 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and spokesperson for YEKTA hardline political faction. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance (2009-2013). Ex-IRGC, he was complicit in the repression of journalists. |
| Mohammad Ali Zanjirei Senior advisor to Head and Deputy Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Senior Advisor to Head, and Deputy Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation, responsible for serious human rights violations against prisoners. Administered a system in which prisoners suffered abuse, torture and inhuman/degrading treatment and were accommodated in very poor living conditions. |
| Mohamed Sadeghi Director of the Center to Investigate Organised Crime | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Colonel and Deputy of IRGC technical and cyber intelligence and in charge of the centre of analysis and fight against organized crime within the IRGC. Responsible for the arrests and torture of bloggers/journalists. |
| Mehrdad Omidi Head of section VI of the police, investigation department. 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of section VI of the police, investigation department. Former Head of the Intelligence Services within the Iranian Police. Former Head of the Computer Crimes Unit of the Iranian Police. He was responsible for thousands of investigations and indictments of reformists and political opponents using the Internet. He was thus responsible for grave human rights violations in the repression of perso |
| Massoud Jazayeri Advisor to the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Massoud Jazayeri, in his capacity as a senior figure within the Iranian armed forces, and his position as official spokesman, was responsible for supporting and promoting the repression of protests in 2009. He has openly called for repression of foreign mass media outlets, Iranians working for such outlets and the political opposition, and issued threats against protestors, both inside and outside |
| Malek Adjar Sharifi Judge at the Supreme Court, head of the 43rd section | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Judge at the Supreme Court, head of the 43rd section. Former Head of East Azerbaidjan Judiciary. He was responsible for Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani's trial. |
| Mahmoud Salarkia Former Head of the Petrol and Transport commission of the City of Tehran | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Deputy to the Prosecutor-General of Tehran for Prison Affairs during the crackdown of 2009. As Deputy to the Prosecutor-General of Tehran for Prison Affairs he was responsible, by virtue of his senior position, for many of the arrest warrants against innocent, peaceful protesters and activists. Reports show that virtually all those arrested were held incommunicado without access to their lawyer or |
| Mahmoud Abbaszadeh-Meshkini Former Governor of Ilam Province (2012-2013) 3 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Advisor to Iran's High Council for Human Rights. Former secretary of the High Council for Human Rights. Former governor of Ilam Province. Former Interior Ministry's political director. As Head of the Article 10 Committee of the Law on Activities of Political Parties and Groups he was in charge of authorising demonstrations and other public events and registering political parties. In 2010, |
| Yadollah Javani IRGC Deputy Commander For Political Affairs | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Political Head of the IRGC. Has made numerous attempts to suppress free speech and free discourse through his public statements supporting the arrest and punishment of protesters and dissenters. One of the first high-ranking officials to demand in 2009 Moussavi, Karroubi and Khatami's arrest. Has supported the use of techniques that breach rights to a fair trial including public confessions an |
| Jaber Baneshi Head of Branch 22 of the Appeals Court of Shiraz since November 2011 | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of Branch 22 of the Appeals Court of Shiraz from November 2011. Former Prosecutor of Shiraz until October 2011. Prosecutor during the Shiraz bombing case in 2008, which was used by the regime to sentence to death other unconnected persons. He has pursued capital charges and other severe penalties against minorities, such as to constitute, inter alia, a violation of their human rights to fair |
| Hossein Zebhi First Deputy Advisor to the Judiciary | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | First Deputy Advisor to the Judiciary and Judge of the Supreme Court. Deputy to the Prosecutor-General of Iran (2007-2015). In this role he was responsible for judicial cases brought after the post-election protests in 2009 which were conducted in contravention of human rights. Also in this role he has condoned excessive punishments for drug offences. |
| Hossein Tala Former Mayor; Former Mayor of Eslamshahr. Former Iranian MP. Former Governor-General (‘Farmandar’) of Tehran Province | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Governor-General (‘Farmandar’) of Tehran Province until September 2010, he was responsible for the intervention of police forces and therefore for the repression of demonstrations. He received a prize in December 2010 for his role in the post-election repression. |
| Hossein Taeb Former Commander of the Basij until October 2009 | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of IRGC Intelligence since October 2009. Commander of the Basij until October 2009. Forces under his command participated in mass beatings, murders, detentions and tortures of peaceful protestors. |
| Hossein Sajedi-Nia Police Operations Deputy Commander. | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Police Operations Deputy Commander. Former head of Tehran Police, former Deputy Chief of Iran's National Police responsible for Police Operations. He is in charge of coordinating, for the Ministry of Interior, repression operations in the Iranian capital. |
| Hossein Allahkaram Head of Ansar-e Hezbollah Coordination Council. 3 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Ansar-e Hezbollah Chief and Colonel in the IRGC. He co-founded Ansar-e Hezbollah. This paramilitary force was responsible for extreme violence during crackdown against students and universities in 1999, 2002 and 2009. He maintains his senior role in an organisation which is ready to commit human rights violations against the public, including promoting aggression against women for their choice of |
| Hojatollah Khodaei Souri Former Head of Evin prison until 2012. 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Member of the National Security and Foreign policy Committee. Parliamentary deputy for Lorestan Province. Member of the Parliamentary Commission for Foreign and Security Policy. Head of Evin prison until 2012. Torture was a common practice in Evin prison while Souri was its head. In Ward 209, many activists were held for their peaceful activities in opposition to the ruling government. |
| Heydar Moslehi Deputy Head of the Political and Ideological Office of the Supreme Leader 8 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Minister of Intelligence (2009-2013). Under his leadership, the Ministry of Intelligence continued the practices of widespread arbitrary detention and persecution of protesters and dissidents. The Ministry of Intelligence runs Ward 209 of Evin Prison, where many activists have been held on account of their peaceful activities in opposition to the government in power. Interrogators from the |
| Hassan Akharian Former keeper of Ward 1 of Radjaishahr prison (aka Rajai/Rajaei Shahr prison, aka Gohardasht prison), Karadj until 2010 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Keeper of Ward 1 of Radjaishahr prison, Karadj until July 2010. Several former detainees have denounced the use of torture by him, as well as orders he gave to prevent inmates receiving medical assistance. According to a transcript of one reported detainee in the Radjaishahr prison, wardens all beat him severely, with Akharian’s full knowledge. There is also at least one reported case of ill treat |
| Hamid Reza Emadi Director Press TV Newsroom 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Press TV Newsroom Director. Former Press TV Senior Producer. Responsible for producing and broadcasting the forced confessions of detainees, including journalists, political activists, persons belonging to Kurdish and Arab minorities, violating internationally recognised rights to a fair trial and due process. Independent broadcast regulator OFCOM fined Press TV in the UK GBP 100 000 for broadcast |
| Ghorban-Ali Dorri-Nadjafabadi Member of the Assembly of Experts and representative of the Supreme Leader in Markazi ('Central') Province|Former Prosecutor General of Iran until Sept 2009.|Former Intelligence minister under Khatami presidency. 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Member of the Assembly of Experts and representative of the Supreme Leader in Markazi, Central Province, and Head of the Supreme Administrative Court. Prosecutor General of Iran until September 2009, as well as former Intelligence minister under Khatami presidency. As Prosecutor General of Iran, he ordered and supervised the show trials following the first post-election protests, where the accused |
| Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei Chief Justice of Iran | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Prosecutor General of Iran and Deputy Head and spokesman of the Judiciary. Former Intelligence minister during the 2009 elections. While he was Intelligence minister during the 2009 election, intelligence agents under his command were responsible for detention, torture and extraction of false confessions under pressure from hundreds of activists, journalists, dissidents, and reformist polit |
| Gholam-Hossein Esmaili Former Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of the Tehran Judiciary. Former Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation. In this capacity, he was complicit to the massive detention of political protesters and covering up abuses performed in the jailing system. |
| Gholamhosein Ramezani Chief of the Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence since 2011 | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Since 2011 Chief of the Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence. Ramezani has held a number of senior roles in Military Intelligence and security for IRGC including Commander and Deputy Commander of Intelligence of IRGC and Head of Protection and Intelligence. Involved in the suppression of freedom of expression, including by being associated with those responsible for the arrests of bloggers/jour |
| Farajollah Sedaqat Assistant Secretary of the General Prison Administration in Tehran | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Assistant Secretary of the General Prison Administration in Tehran. Head of Evin’s prison, Tehran until Oct 2010 during which time torture took place. He was warden and threatened and exerted pressure on prisoners numerous times. |
| Ezzatollah Zarghami Former Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) until November 2014 | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council and Cultural Revolution Council. Former Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) until November 2014. Under his tenure at IRIB, he was responsible for all programming decisions. IRIB has broadcast forced confessions of detainees and a series of ‘show trials’ in August 2009 and December 2011. These constitute a clear violation of international pr |
| Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam Adviser to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces 18 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Senior Advisor for Security Affairs to the Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff. Chief of Iran's National Police from 2005 until early 2015. Also Head of the Iranian Cyber Police (listed) from January 2011 until early 2015. Forces under his command led brutal attacks on peaceful protests, and a violent night time attack on the dormitories of Tehran University on 15 June 2009 |
| Behrouz Kamalian Head of the 'Ashiyaneh' cyber group, linked with the Iranian regime | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of the 'Ashiyaneh' cyber group linked with the Iranian regime. The 'Ashiyaneh' Digital Security, founded by Behrouz Kamalian, is responsible for intensive cyber attacks both on domestic opponents and reformists and foreign institutions. Kamalian’s Ashiyane organisation’s work has assisted the regime’s crackdown against the opposition which has involved numerous serious human r |
| Bahram Reshte-Ahmadi Deputy Head of the Office of Prison Affairs of Tehran Province. | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Judge of an ordinary court of northern Tehran. Former Supervisor of Public Prosecution Office in Tehran. Deputy Head of the Office of Prison Affairs of Tehran Province. Former Deputy Prosecutor in Tehran until 2013. He ran Evin prosecution centre. Was responsible for the denial of rights, including visits and other prisoner's rights, to human rights defenders and political prisoners. |
| Bahram Hosseini Motlagh Head of the Security and Disciplinary Planning and Operations Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Head of the Army Command and General Staff College (DAFOOS). Former Head of the IRGC’s Seyyed al-Shohada Corps, Tehran Province. The Seyyed al-Shohada Corps played a key role in organising the repression of protests in 2009. |
| Azizollah Rajabzadeh Advisor to the Mayor of Tehran | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Head of Tehran Disaster Mitigation Organisation (TDMO). As Head of Tehran Police until January 2010, he was responsible for violent police attacks on protesters and students. As Commander of the Law Enforcement Forces in the Greater Tehran, Azizollah Rajabzadeh was the highest ranking accused in the case of abuses in Kahrizak Detention Centre in December 2009. |
| Aziz Hajmoham-Madi Judge at the Tehran Provincial Criminal Court 5 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Judge at the Tehran Provincial Criminal Court. He was involved in several trials of demonstrators, inter alia, that of Abdol-Reza Ghanbari, a teacher arrested in January 2010 and sentenced to death for his political activities. |
| Asadollah Jafari Head of Judicial Administration in North Khorasan province 2 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Prosecutor of Mazandaran Province, Jafari has recommended the imposition of the death penalty in cases he has prosecuted, which has resulted in many executions including public executions and in circumstances where the imposition of the death penalty is contrary to international human rights, including by being disproportionate and excessive punishment. As Head of Judicial Administration in Nor |
| Amir Mortazavi Deputy Head of the Unit for Social Affairs and Crime Prevention at the judiciary in the province of Khorasan-Razavi. 4 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Deputy head of the Unit for Social Affairs and Crime Prevention at the judiciary in the province of Khorasan-Razavi. Deputy Prosecutor of Mashhad until at least 2015. Trials under his prosecution have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse, death sentences were issued without proper observance |
| Ali-Reza Seyyed Avaee Supreme Court Judge (2014-2015) 55 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Minister of Justice. Former Director of the special investigations office. Until July 2016 Deputy Minister of Interior and head of the public register. Advisor to the Disciplinary Court for Judges since April 2014. Former President of the Tehran Judiciary. As President of the Tehran Judiciary he has been responsible for human rights violations, arbitrary arrests, denials of prisoners' r |
| Ali-Reza Akbarshahi Former Commander of Tehran Police | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Director-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (aka: Anti-Narcotics Headquarters). Former Commander of Tehran Police. Under his leadership, the police force was responsible for the use of extrajudicial force on suspects during arrest and pre-trial detention. The Tehran police were also implicated in raids on Tehran university dorms in June 2009, when according to an Iranian Majlis |
| Ali-Akbar Yasaghi Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Setad-e Dieh Foundation | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Judge of the Supreme Court, head of the 44th section. Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Setad-e Dieh Foundation. Chief Judge, Mashhad Revolutionary Court (2001-2011). Trials under his jurisdiction have been conducted summarily and inside closed session, without adherence to basic rights of the accused. As execution rulings were issued en masse (up to 550 between summer 2009 and summer 2011), death |
| Ali-Akbar Heydarifar Former Judge, Tehran Revolutionary Court. | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Judge, Tehran Revolutionary Court. He participated in protesters trials. He was questioned by the Judiciary about Kahrizak abuses. He was instrumental in issuing detention orders to consign detainees to Kahrizak Detention Centre in 2009. In November 2014, his role in the deaths of detainees was officially recognised by the Iranian authorities. |
| Ali Saeedi Head of the Political and Ideological Office of the Supreme Leader 4 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Representative of the Guide for the Pasdaran since 1995 after spending his whole career within the institution of the military, and specifically in the Pasdaran intelligence service. This official role makes him the key figure in the transmission of orders emanating from the Office of the Guide to the Pasdaran's repression apparatus. |
| Ali Rezvanma-Nesh Deputy prosecutor, province of Karaj, region of Alborz 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | As Deputy Prosecutor for the province of Karaj, in the region of Alborz, he is responsible for grave violations of human rights, including involvement in the execution of a juvenile. |
| Ali Mirhejazi Deputy Chief of the Supreme Leader’s Office and Head of Security 17 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Part of the Supreme Leader's inner circle, one of those responsible for planning the suppression of protests which has been implemented since 2009, and associated with those responsible for suppressing the protests. |
| Ali Khalili Chairman of the Technical Committee of Sarollah Base | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | IRGC General, in a senior role within the Sarollah Base. He signed a letter sent to the Ministry of Health June 26, 2009 forbidding the submission of documents or medical records to anyone injured or hospitalized during post-elections events. |
| Ali Fazli Brigadier General Chief, Imam Hossein Cadet College | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Head of the IRGC’s Seyyed al-Shohada Corps, Tehran Province. The Seyyed al-Shohada Corps is in charge of security in Tehran province and played a key role in brutal repression of protesters in 2009. |
| Ali Fahradi Deputy head of Inspectorate of Legal Affairs and Public Inspection of the Ministry of Justice of Tehran. 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Deputy head of Inspectorate of Legal Affairs and Public Inspection of the Ministry of Justice of Tehran. Former prosecutor of Karaj. Responsible for grave violations of human rights, including prosecuting trials in which the death penalty was passed. There were a high number of executions in Karaj region during his time as prosecutor. |
| Ali Ashraf Rashidi Aghdam Deputy Director General for Health and Rehabilitation of the General Directorate of the Prisons of Tehran 1 other name on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Head of Evin Prison, appointed in mid-2012. During his tenure, conditions in the prison deteriorated and reports referenced intensified ill-treatment of prisoners. In October 2012, nine female prisoners went on hunger strike in protest of the violation of their rights and violent treatment by prison guards. |
| Ahmad-Reza Radan Deputy Chief of Iran's National Police | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Formerly Deputy Chief of Iran's National Police until June 2014. As Deputy Chief of National Police from 2008, Radan was responsible for beatings, murder, and arbitrary arrests and detentions against protestors that were committed by the police forces. |
| Abdolsamad Khoramabadi (1) Head of 'Commission to Determine the Instances of Criminal Content' 3 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Abdolsamad Khoramabadi, as Head of the ‘Commission to Determine the Instances of Criminal Content’, is or has been involved in a governmental organization in charge of online censorship and cyber crime. Under his leadership the Commission defined ‘cybercrime’ by a number of vague categories that criminalize creation and publication of content deemed inappropriate by the regime. He is responsible f |
| Abdollah Araghi Brigadier General Former Deputy Head of IRGC's Ground Forces 7 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Former Deputy Head of IRGC's Ground Forces. He had a direct and personal responsibility in the crackdown of protests all through the summer of 2009. |
| Abdolghassem Salavati 7 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, Branch 15. Committing Judge in the Tehran Tribunal. In charge of the post-election cases, he was the judge presiding the ‘show trials’ in summer 2009. He condemned to death two monarchists that appeared in the show trials. He has sentenced more than a hundred political prisoners, human rights activists and demonstrators to lengthy prison sentences. In 201 |
| Abbas Pir-Abassi Magistrate of a Criminal Chamber 5 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Magistrate of a Criminal chamber. Former Judge, Tehran Revolutionary Court, branch 26. He was in charge of post-election cases, he issued long prison sentences during unfair trials against human rights activists and issued several death sentences for protesters. |
| Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi Former prosecutor general of Tehran ( Aug 2009-Apr 2019) 4 other names on the list | Individual | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction | Prosecutor General of Tehran from August 2009 until May 2019. Dolatabadi's office indicted a large number of protesters, including individuals who took part in the December 2009 Ashura Day protests. He ordered the closure of Karroubi's office in September 2009 and the arrest of several reformist politicians, and he banned two reformist political parties in June 2010. His office charged pro |
| Cyber Police 4 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The Iranian Cyber Police, founded in January 2011, is a unit of the Islamic Republic of Iran Police, which at the time of its inception until early 2015 was headed by Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam (listed). Ahmadi-Moqaddam underlined that the Cyber Police would take on anti-revolutionary and dissident groups who used internet-based social networks in 2009 to trigger protests against the re-election of Pr |
| Yasa Part 54 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | A company that has procured materials for Iran's nuclear programme. |
| Yarsanat 120 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Procurement company involved in purchasing equipment with an application in the Iranian nuclear programme. |
| Turbine Engineering Manufacturing (TEM) 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Used as a front company by Iran Aircraft Industries (IACI) for covert procurement activities |
| Tosse Silooha 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in construction projects at a uranium enrichment facility in Iran |
| Test Tafsir 4 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in Iran's proliferation sensitive nuclear activities at uranium enrichment facilities in Iran |
| Centre for Innovation and Technology Cooperation 48 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Has undertaken procurement in support of Iran's nuclear and missile programmes |
| Taghtiran 2940 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Engineering firm that has procured equipment for Iran's heavy water research reactor |
| SURENA 4 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Company for constructing and commissioning of nuclear power plants. |
| Sun Middle East FZ Company 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | A company that has procured sensitive goods for entities directly involved in Iran's restricted weapons related activities. |
| STEP Standart Teknik Parca San ve TIC 2660 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | A company run by Milad Jafari, who has supplied goods, mostly metals, to UN designated Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) through front companies. |
| Simatec Development Company 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Simatec Development Company has procured frequency inverters used to power uranium enrichment centrigues for UN designated Kalaye Electric Company (KEC). |
| Shakhese Behbud Sanat 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in the production of equipment and parts for the nuclear fuel cycle. |
| Shahid Beheshti University 120 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Carries out scientific research in relation to Iran’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities. |
| Shahid Ahmad Kazemi Industrial Group (SAKIG) 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Entity subordinate to Iran's Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) which has developed and produced missiles for Iran's military. |
| Schiller Novin 64 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Acting on behalf of MODAFL subsidiaries. |
| Saman Tose'e Asia (SATA) | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | An engineering firm that has been involved in a range of industrial projects in Iran's uranium enrichment programme, including work at the Qom/Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. |
| Saman Nasb Zayendeh Rood 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in the Iranian nuclear programme at uranium enrichment facilities in Iran. |
| Rosmachin 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Front company of Sad Export Import Company. Has supported entities involved in Iran's nuclear activities through its involvement in an illicit arms transfer aboard M/V Monchegorsk |
| Research Centre for Explosion and Impact 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | An entity associated with MODAFL that has carried out research into technologies with an application in Iran's nuclear programme. |
| RAKA 2 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | A department of UN designated Kalaye Electric Company (KEC). Established in late 2006, it was responsible for the construction of the Fuel Enrichment Plant at Fordow (Qom). |
| Raad Iran 32 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | A company involved in procurement of inverters for Iran's uranium enrichment programme. |
| Iranian National Centre for Laser Science and Technology 5 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | An entity that has supplied materials for use in gas centrifuge component production, and has been directly involved in construction planning for one of Iran's uranium enrichment sites. Fomerly known as Paya Partov. |
| Passive Defence Organisation 4 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in the construction of facilities in Iran that could lead to the development of nuclear weapons in, or for use by, Iran. |
| Parto Sanat Co 432 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in the procurement of frequency inverters with an application in the enrichment of uranium. |
| Noavaran Pooyamoj 14 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Has been involved in procurement of materials that are controlled and have direct applications in the manufacture of centrifuges for Iran's uranium enrichment programme. |
| Naserin Vahid 20 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) front company which has produced weapons parts on its behalf |
| Multimat LC Ve Dis Ticaret Pazarlama Limited Sirketi 42 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | A company run by Milad Jafari who has supplied goods, mostly metals, to UN designated Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) through front companies. |
| Modern Technologies FZC 18 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in procurement and supply of restricted goods, in contravention of sanctions. |
| Mechanic Industries Group 5 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Entity subordinate to Iran's Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) |
| MATSA (Mohandesi Toseh Sokht Atomi Company) 4 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | An Iranian company which has been contracted by UN designated Kalaye Electric Company to provide design and engineering services across the nuclear fuel cycle, including at Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant. |
| Marou Sanat 6 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in the procurement of specialist materials that have direct application in the Iranian nuclear programme. |
| Macpar Makina San Ve Tic 720 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | A company run by Milad Jafari who has supplied goods, mostly metals, to UN designated Shahid Hemmat Industries Group (SHIG) through front companies. |
| MAAA Synergy 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in procurement for designated entities that support Iran’s nuclear activities. |
| Khala Afarin Pars 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Involved in procurement of materials on behalf of an entity directly involved in Iran's restricted weapons related activity |
| Karanir 12 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Has been involved in purchasing equipment and materials which have direct applications in the Iranian nuclear programme. |
| Jelvesazan Company 4 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Jelvesazan Company assisted designated entities to violate the provisions of UN and EU sanctions on Iran and directly supported Iran's proliferation sensitive nuclear activities. As of early 2012 Jelvesazan intended to supply controlled vacuum pumps to Iran Centrifuge Technology Company (TESA). |
| Javedan Mehr Toos 1 other name on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Engineering firm that has procured for UN designated Kalaye Electric Company, an AEOI subsidiary. |
| Isfahan Optics 56 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | Owned or controlled by, or acts on behalf of Iran Electronics Industries. |
| Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Al Ghadir Missile Command 5 other names on the list | Entity | 31 December 2020 | Asset freeze, Director Disqualification Sanction | The IRGC-Air Force Al Ghadir Missile Command is a specific element within the IRGC Air Force that has been working with SBIG (designated under UNSCR 1737) with the FATEH 110, short range ballistic missile as well as Ashura medium range ballistic missile. This command appears to be the entity that actually has the operational control of the missiles. Controlled by the IRGC. |
Where this comes from
The UK Sanctions List (FCDO, GOV.UK); CSV read 4 November 2026 (saved copy). Every UK sanctions regime.