Politico/2011-02-28 - European diplomats have prepared a list of over 80 Iranian militia and police unit commanders, prison guards, prosecutors, judges and ministry bureaucrats that will be taken up for discussion for possible European Union sanctions for alleged torture, murder and other human rights violations against Iranian citizens.
POLITICO was provided a list of the Iranian individuals that the EU will discuss possibly targeting for sanctions to include asset freezes and travel bans. EU foreign ministers will discuss the list at a "brainstorming session" in March, a European diplomat said Friday.
Notable is that the list includes not only such senior Iranian security and ministry officials as the interior and intelligence ministers and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps general commander, but that it names quite specific prison guards, militia members, police unit figures, revolutionary court judges, prosecutors and ministry bureaucrats identified by governments and NGOs as responsible for torture, murder, and gross human rights abuses against Iranian civilians and political dissidents in the brutal crackdown unleashed in the wake of Iran's disputed June 2009 presidential elections.
Among the over 80 Iranian individuals on the list are: Ansar-e Hezbollah chief Hossein Allahkaram, and several Basij militia commanders including: Mohammad Reza Naqdi, the commander of the Basij and Hossein Taeb the former commander of the Basij; Ali Fazli, the deputy commander of the Basij and former head of the Seyyed al-Shodada Corps of Tehran Province, Abbas Kargar Javid, a Basij militiaman and the alleged murderer of Neda Agha-Soltan on June 20, 2009.
IRGC figures on the list include: the head of the IRGC’s Seyyed al-Shodada Corps of Tehran Province Hossein Motlagh; the head of the IRGC’s Rassoulollah Corps in charge of Greater Tehran Hossein Hamedani, the head of the IRGC’s Sarollah Corps in Tehran Mohammad Hejazi; and IRGC General and deputy head of the Medical Unit of Sarollah base Ali Khalili.
Several prison officials from the Rajai Shahr prison in Karaj are named including: Hassan Akharian, the head of Ward 1, as well as several men identified as “keepers” of Ward 1 of the same prison including Mr. Mirzaghayi, Mr. Zeynali, Mr. Youssefi, and Mr. Morradi.
Information and Communications ministry officials on the list include: Reza Taghipour, the Minister of Information and Communications, Abdolmajid Riyazi, the deputy minister. Also on the list: Mehrdad Omidi, the head of the Computer Crimes Unit of the Iranian Police, as well as Behrouz Kamalian, the head of the IRGC-related “Ashiyaneh” cyber-group.
Names on the list from the Iran interior, intelligence and justice ministries and Iran and Tehran Judiciary: Iranian Minister of Justice Morteza Bakhtiari, the Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, deputy Interior minister for political affairs Seyyed Solat Mortazavi, the Interior Ministry's political director Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, and the Minister of Welfare and Social Security Sadeq Mahsouli, the Minister of Science, Research and Technology and former head of Election headquarters during the disputed June 2009 Iran presidential elections Kamran Daneshjou, Sadeq Larijani, the head of the Iranian Judiciary, and his first deputy Ebrahim Raissi, Saeed Mortazavi, the former prosecutor-general of Tehran and current head of Iran's anti-smuggling task force, two former prosecutor-generals of Iran and former Intelligence ministers: Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and Ghorbanali Dorri-Nafajabadi, current prosecutor general of Tehran Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, and former deputy prosecutor general of Tehran for prison affairs Mahmoud Salarkia. Several Tehran Revolutionary Court judges are also identified on the list.
The full list is here:
Seyyed Hassan Firuzabadi Chief of Staff or Iran’s Joint Armed Forces Seyyed Masoud Jazayeri Deputy Chief of Staff or Iran’s Joint Armed Forces Mohammad Ali Jafari General Commander of the IRGC Ali Saeedi Official representative of the Supreme Leader to the IRGC Yadollah Javani IRGC Political Bureau Chief Hossein Motlagh Head of the IRGC’s Seyyed al-Shodada Corps of Tehran Province Abdollah Araghi Deputy Head of the IRGC’s Ground Forces, Former Head of the IRGC’s Rassoulollah Corps in charge of Greater Tehran Hossein Hamedani Head of the IRGC’s Rassoulollah Corps in charge of Greater Tehran Mohammad Hejazi Head of the IRGC’s Sarollah Corps in Tehran Ali Khalili IRGC General, Deputy Head of the Medical Unit of Sarollah Base Hossein Allahkaram Ansar-e Hezbollah Chief Nabiollah Heydari, Head of the Iranian Airport Police Authority Mohammad Kazem Bahrami, Head of the judicial branch of the Armed Forces Mohammad Reza Naqdi Commander of the Basij Hossein Taeb Former Commander of the Basij (until October 2009) Ali Fazli Deputy Commander of the Basij, former Head of the Seyyed al-Shodada Corps of Tehran Province (until February 10) Abbas Kargar Javid Basij militiaman, alleged murderer of Nead Agha-Soltan on June 20, 2009 Esmail Ahmadi Moqaddam Chief of Iran’s National Police Ahmad Reza Radan Deputy Chief of Iran’s National Police Azizollah Rajabzadeh Former Head of Tehran Police (until January 2010) Hossein Sajedi-Nia Head of Tehran Police, former Deputy Chief of Iran’s National Police responsible for Police Operations Ali-Reza Akbarshahi Tehran’s Chief of Police Morteza Tamaddon IRGC Governor General of Tehran Province Mostafa Mohammad Najjar Interior Minister Seyyed Solat Mortazavi Deputy Interior Minister for Political Affairs Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini Interior Ministry's political director Heydar Moslehi Minister of Intelligence Sadeq Mahsouli Minister of Welfare and Social Security, former Interior Minister until August 09 Morteza Bakhtiari Minister of Justice Kamran Daneshjou Minister of Science, Research and Technology, former Head of Election Headquarters during the 2009 Presidential Election Safar-Ali Baratlou Deputy Governor general of Tehran Province for Political and Social affairs, head of Tehran's Provincial Election Headquarters in June, 2009 Hossein Tala Head of the Iranian Tobacco Company, former Governor General of Tehran Province until September 2010 Mohsen Nayebi Governor General of Tehran Province since September 2010 Sadeq Larijani Head of the Iranian Judiciary Ebrahim Raissi First Deputy to the Head of the Judiciary Seyyed Ali-Reza Avai, Head of the Tehran Judiciary Saeed Mortazavi Head of Iran’s Anti-Smuggling Task Force, former Prosecutor General of Tehran (until August 09) Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei Prosecutor General of Iran and spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary, former Minister of Intelligence until July 09 Ghorbanali Dorri-Nafajabadi former Prosecutor general of Iran until September 2009, former Minister of Intelligence Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi Prosecutor general of Tehran (since September 2009) Mahmoud Salarkia Deputy Prosecutor general of Tehran for Prison Affairs Hossein Zebhi Deputy to the Prosecutor general of Iran Judge Abolghasem Salavati Tehran Revolutionary Court, Branch 15 Judge Mohammad Moghisseh, Tehran Revolutionary Court, Branch 28 Judge Pir Abbasi Tehran Revolutionary Court, Branches 26 and 28 Judge Hassan Haddad Tehran Revolutionary Court, Branch 26 Judge Ali Akbar Heydarifar Tehran Revolutionary Court Judge Ahmad Zargar, Tehran Appeals Court, Branch 36 Judge Hajmohammadi Evin Magistrate Court, Branch 1 Judge Kavousi Mashhad Revolutionary Court, Branch 5 Judge Kaboli Mashhad Revolutionary Court Judge Soltani Mashhad Revolutionary Court Judge Yasaghi Mashhad Revolutionary Court Seyyed Hassan Shariati Chief Prosecutor of Mashhad Judge Hashemzadeh Tabriz Revolutionary Court, Branch 4 Mousa Khalil Elahi Prosecutor of Tabriz Amir Mortazavi Deputy Prosecutor of Mashhad Gholam Hossein Esmaili Head of Iran’s Prisons Organization Mohammad-ali Zanjirei Deputy Head of Iran’s Prisons Organization Farajollah Sedaghat Former Head of Evin Prison, Tehran (until October 2010) Hojatollah Souri Head of Evin Prison, Tehran (since October 2010) Mostafa Bozorgnia Head of Ward 350 of Evin Prison, Tehran Hassan Akharian Head of Ward 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj Mr Mirzaghayi Keeper of Ward 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj Mr Zeynali Keeper of Ward 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj Mr Youssefi Keeper of Ward 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj Mr Moradi Keeper of Ward 1 of Rajai Shahr prison, Karaj Mohammad-Ali Ramin Deputy Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister in charge of the Press Hossein Shariatmadari Managing editor of Kayhan daily newspaper Qassem Ravanbakhsh managing editor of Parto-ye Sokhan weekly newspaper Ahmad Jannati Secretary of the Guardian Council Mohammad Yazdi Member of the Assembly of Experts Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah Yazdi Member of the Assembly of Experts Ahmad Khatami Member of the Assembly of Experts, substitute Friday Prayer leader of Tehran Mohammad Hosseini Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Taghipour Minister of Information and Communications Abdolmajid Riyazi Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Mehrdad Omidi Head of the Computer Crimes Unit of the Iranian Police Behrouz Kamalian Head of the IRGC-related "Ashiyaneh" cyber- group