Abdolghassem Salavati (UK)

Brief

Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 which entered effect 31/12/2020.

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 2018, reports showed that he continued to hand down similar sentences without proper observance of fair hearing procedures.

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Personal Details

Name: Abdolghassem Salavati (UK)

Birth date: 16/07/1967

Gender: Male

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Sanction Information

Sanction Created:31/12/2020

Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze, Travel Ban

Sanction Enforcement Began: 31/12/2020

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