Regulation (EU) 2025/776 – Restrictive measures

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

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

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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 ‘238. HOWZAN Abbasali Function: Judge of branch 36 of the Court of Appeal of Tehran Province Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Abbasali Howzan is a judge of branch 36 of the Court of Appeal of Tehran Province. In this capacity, he upheld on appeal the convictions of numerous political opponents (including those connected to the “Women, Life, Freedom” protests), activists, women for not complying with Iranian hijab laws and people from religious minorities, in particular the Baha’i community. In several of those cases, convictions were based on forced confessions obtained under torture and were a result of procedures conducted in violation of fair trial guarantees. Therefore, Abbasali Howzan is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 14.4.2025 239. FARZADI Hedayatollah Function: Head of Evin Prison POB: Basht, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Hedayatollah Farzadi is the Head of EU-listed Evin Prison. He is directly responsible for severe violations of political prisoners’ human rights, in particular for restricting their communication and visitation rights and for arbitrarily ordering solitary confinement. He is also responsible for the deterioration of detention conditions of political prisoners. Furthermore, EU-listed Evin Prison is a detention centre where political prisoners and hostages have been held, and where severe human rights abuses, including torture, denied communication rights, and obstructed access to medical care, have repeatedly taken place over the past years. As a result, through his involvement in the administration of EU-listed Evin Prison, Hedayatollah Farzadi is himself responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran and is associated with an EU-listed entity responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 14.4.2025 240. NEMATI Mehdi Function: Head of the Fars Prisons Protection and Intelligence Department Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Mehdi Nemati has been the Head of the Fars Prisons Protection and Intelligence Department since 2018. The Fars Prisons Protection and Intelligence Department is responsible for the administration of EU-listed Shiraz Central Prison, where human rights are systemically violated and where numerous opponents of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been executed. Several hostages from European countries have been unlawfully detained in this prison, where their access to a fair trial has been denied and where they have experienced severe violations of their most basic rights. Furthermore, this prison is participating in the repression of ethnic and religious minorities in southern Iran (including Arabs, Kurds, Baluchs, semi-nomadic tribes and Baha’is) through almost systematic executions. The Shiraz Central Prison is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. Through his role in the administration of the EU-listed Shiraz Central Prison, which is involved in the violations of detainees’ human rights, Mehdi Nemati is associated with an entity responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 14.4.2025 241. ZAREH Kamran Function: Judge at the Shiraz Court of Appeal Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Kamran Zareh is Judge at the Shiraz Court of Appeal. In his role, he has systematically handed down severe sentences to peaceful dissidents, thus implementing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s campaign of repression against political opponents. Furthermore, the Shiraz Court of Appeal has been implicated in numerous human rights violations, particularly concerning the prosecution of political dissidents and individuals from minority communities (in particular the Baha’i community). Through his involvement within this court, Kamran Zareh is therefore responsible for and associated with an entity responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 14.4.2025 242. SADATI Sayyed Mahmood Function: Judge at Shiraz Revolutionary Court Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Sayyed Sadati is a Judge at EU-listed Shiraz Revolutionary Court. In his role, he is responsible for serious human rights violations, in particular forced confessions, violations of fair trial guarantees and execution of death sentences, against activists, political dissidents and individuals from minority communities (in particular the Baha’i community). Furthermore, he has systematically handed down severe sentences to peaceful dissidents, thus implementing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s campaign of repression against political opponents. Additionally, the EU-listed Shiraz Revolutionary Court is implicated in numerous human rights violations. Therefore, through his involvement within the Shiraz Revolutionary Court, Sayyed Sadati is responsible for and associated with an entity responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 14.4.2025 243. SALEHI Ali Function: Public Prosecutor of Tehran Nationality: Iranian Gender: male Ali Salehi is the Public Prosecutor of Tehran. In his role, he participated in the prosecution of several women for refusing to comply with the mandatory hijab law, students and protesters. He also participated in the issuance of death sentences to prisoners and the implementation of those sentences as well as authorising the use of torture practices against prisoners. Therefore, Ali Salehi is responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 14.4.2025 244. KHOSRAVANI Mohammad Function: Special Prosecutor of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court DOB: 16.9.1980 POB: Shiraz, Iran Nationality: Iranian Gender: male National ID No: 2296246941 (Iran) Birth certificate No: 1565 Birth certificate serial No: 225889221 Mohammad Khosravani is the Special Prosecutor of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court. In this capacity, he has been responsible for and implicated in numerous human rights violations. These cases concern political dissidents, members of minority groups and several other individuals. He has directly coerced and pressured detainees, violated defendants’ rights and overseen arbitrary arrests. Partly as a consequence of his actions, the Shiraz Revolutionary Court has gained a notoriety for unjust sentences and human rights violations. Mohammad Khosravani is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran. 14.4.2025’; Entities Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing ‘44. Shiraz Central Prison (a.k.a. Adel Abad Prison) Type of entity: Prison Place of registration: Shiraz, Fars province, Iran Shiraz Central Prison, Adel Abad, located in Shiraz, Fars province, Iran, is a prison in which detainees’ human rights are systemically violated and where numerous opponents of the Islamic Republic of Iran have been executed, including based on collective punishment. Several hostages from European countries have been unlawfully detained in this prison, where their access to a fair trial has been denied and where they have experienced severe violations of their most basic rights. Furthermore, this prison is participating in the repression of ethnic and religious minorities in southern Iran (including Arabs, Kurds, Baluchs, semi-nomadic tribes and Baha’is) through almost systematic executions. 14.4.2025 45. 1st branch of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz Type of entity: Prison Place of registration: Shiraz, Fars province, Iran The 1st branch of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz, located in Fars province, Iran, has been implicated in numerous human rights violations, in particular concerning the unjust trials and executions of political dissidents and persecution of individuals from minority communities (in particular the Baha’i community). These actions underscore the court’s role in perpetuating systemic human rights violations, utilising the judiciary as a tool for political repression and suppression of political dissent and minority communities in Iran. 14.4.2025’.

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/776 of 14 April 2025 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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