Targeted Travel Bans on Individuals Responsible for Human Rights Violations in Iran

December 12, 2022

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On 12 December 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs announced the implementation of targeted travel bans on selected individuals from Iran.

Through immigration instructions, a travel ban has now been implemented against the following:

  • Hossein Salami, Commander in Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  • Gholom-Reza Soleimani, Head of the Basij Organisation
  • Mohammad Kazemi, Commander of the Intelligence Bureau, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  • Hossein Ashtari, Chief Commander of the Law Enforcement Command
  • Hassan Karami, Commander of the Police Special Forces (Riot Police)
  • Mohammad Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi, Head of Iran’s ‘Morality Police’
  • Hossein Rahimi, Head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Command in Tehran
  • Haj Ahmed Mirzaei, Head of Iran’s ‘Morality Police’ in Tehran
  • Salar Abnoush, Deputy Commander of the Basij Resistance Force
  • Qasem Rezaei, Deputy Commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Command
  • Vahid Mohammad Naser Majid, Head of the Iranian Cyber Police
  • Abbas Abdi, Head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Command in Divandarreh district
  • Hasan Hassanzadeh, Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran province
  • Manouchehr Amanollahi, Head of the Law Enforcement Command in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
  • Maroufi Hossein, Deputy Head of Mobilisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Sistan and Baluchestan province
  • Ahmad Taheri, Head of the Law Enforcement Command in Sistan and Baluchestan province
  • Seyed Sadegh Hosseini, Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Kurdistan province
  • Sereng Hossein Rajabpour, Head of the Beir al-Maqdis force in Sanandaj city
  • Gholamhossein Mohammadi Asl, Head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Arbabil province
  • Morteza Mir Aghaei, Head of the Basij Resistence Force in Sanandaj city
  • Mohammadian Abbas-Ali, Head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Command in Alborz province
  • Mahmoud Saadati, Head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Services in Zahedan city.

This list will remain under review.