Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1779 of 15 September 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

ANNEX

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
‘234.
PARVAR Gholamhossein Gheib
Function: Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Imam Ali Central Security Headquarters
Nationality: Iranian
Gender: male
Gholamhossein Gheib Parvar is the Deputy to the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Imam Ali Central Security Headquarters. In this capacity at the Imam Ali Central Security Headquarters, which was formed with the aim of suppressing popular protests, he was responsible for killing and suppressing protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests. In his previous function, as head of the Basij Organisation, he was responsible for the killing and brutal suppression of protesters by forces under his command during the nationwide protests in Iran from December 2017 to January 2018.
Gholamhossein Gheib Parvar is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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235.
SHAHRESTANI Hassan Mofakhami
حسن مفخمی شهرستانی
(a.ka. MOFAKHAMI-SHAHRESTANI Hassan; MOFAKHAMISHAHRESRANI Hassan)
Function: Police Commander of Mazandaran Province
Nationality: Iranian
Gender: male
Hassan Mofakhami Shahrestani is the police commander of the Mazandaran Province. He has a long track record of functions related to violently suppressing peaceful protests. In June 2023, he explicitly ordered people to break the neck of anyone seeking to defy hijab norms.
Hassan Mofakhami Shahrestani is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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236.
HABIBI Roham Bakhsh
رهام بخش حبیبی
(a.k.a. HABIBI Roham-Bakhsh; HABIBI Rohambakhsh)
Function: Police Commander of Fars Province
Nationality: Iranian
Gender: male
Roham Bakhsh Habibi is the police commander of the Fars Province and has a track record related to violently suppressing peaceful protests. As police commander of the Fars province, he is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters in this province during the nationwide protests of November 2019. It is reported that forces under his command in the Fars Province violently suppressed protests in November 2019 and killed people.
Roham Bakhsh Habibi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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237.
TAHAMI Seyyed Javad
سید جواد تهامی
(a.k.a. TAHAMI Seyed Javad)
(a.k.a. سید جواد تهامی)
Function: Prison Official of Fardis prison /Kachui Prison
Nationality: Iranian
Gender: male
Seyyed Javad Tahami is the head of Kachui Prison, also known as Fardis Prison, and, in this capacity, he oversees all activities within the prison. Kachui prison is an institution controlled by the Prison Division of the Judiciary and is frequently used to detain political prisoners and house them in inadequate conditions which violate their human rights. Furthermore, the evidence confirms that executions have occurred within the penitentiary.
Seyyed Javad Tahami is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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Entities
Name
Identifying information
Reasons
Date of listing
‘38.
Tasnim Cultural Institution Organization
(a.k.a. Tasnim News Agency)
خبرگزاری تسنیم
Type of entity: Media outlet
Place of registration: Iran
Date of registration: June 30, 2012
Tasnim News agency is the largest Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) affiliated media outlet and serves as a propaganda machine for the Iranian regime whose coverage frequently reflects hard-line Iranian views. The news outlet is responsible for publishing false confessions by protesters on its website and social media accounts as well as for posting pictures of protestors on social media and asking readers to help identify them.
Tasnim News is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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39.
Supreme Council of Cyberspace (SCC)
Type of entity: Government Entity
Place of registration: Iran
Date of registration: 2012
The Supreme Council of Cyberspace (SCC) is responsible for restricting access to the internet for the Iranian population in order to prevent or oppress protests and limit access to open and free information, thereby violating the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
The SCC is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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40.
Sanandaj Central Prison
زندان مرکزی سنندج
Type of entity: Prison
Place of registration: Kordestan, north-western Iran
Sanandaj Central Prison is an institution controlled by the Prison Divison of the Judiciary that is frequently used to detain political prisoners and house them in inadequate conditions which violate their human rights. Further, the evidence confirms that multiple executions have occurred within the penitentiary.
Sanandaj Central Prison is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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41.
Zahedan Prison
زندان مرکزی زاهدان
Type of entity: Prison
Place of registration: Zahedan, Iran
Zahedan Prison is an institution controlled by the Prison Division of the Judiciary that is frequently used to detain political prisoners and house them in inadequate conditions which violate their human rights. Further, the evidence confirms that mass executions have occurred within the penitentiary.
Zahedan Prison is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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42.
Isfahan Central Prison
(a.k.a. Dastgerd Prison; Prison of Isfahan; Esfahan Prison; Isfahan Prison)
Type of entity: Prison
Place of registration: Isfahan, Iran
Isfahan Central Prison is an institution controlled by the Prison Division of the Judiciary that is frequently used to detain political prisoners and house them in inadequate conditions which violate their human rights. Further, the evidence confirms that multiple executions have occurred within the penitentiary.
Isfahan Central Prison is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
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43.
Kachui Prison
(a.k.a. Kachouii Prison; Kechoui Prison; Kachuyi Prison; Fardis Prison)
Type of entity: Prison
Place of registration: Karaj, Alborz Province, Iran
Kachui prison is an institution controlled by the Prison Division of the Judiciary that is frequently used to detain political prisoners and house them in inadequate conditions which violate their human rights. Further, the evidence confirms that executions have occurred within the penitentiary.
Kachui Prison is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.
15.9.2023’

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1779 of 15 September 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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