Ali-Reza Akbarshahi (UK)

Brief

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

Former Director-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (aka: Anti-Narcotics Headquarters). Former Commander of Tehran Police. Under his leadership, the police force was responsible for the use of extrajudicial force on suspects during arrest and pre-trial detention.

The Tehran police were also implicated in raids on Tehran university dorms in June 2009, when according to an Iranian Majlis commission, more than 100 students were injured by the police and Basiji.

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Personal Details

Name: Ali-Reza Akbarshahi (UK)

Birth date: None

Gender: Male

Role / Function: Former Commander of Tehran Police, Former Head of the Railway Police , Former Director-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (aka Anti-Narcotics Headquarters)

Sanction Information

Sanction Created:31/12/2020

Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze, Travel Ban

Sanction Enforcement Began: 31/12/2020

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