Mostafa Barzegar Ganji (UK)

Brief

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

Prosecutor-General of Qom (2008-2017), now head of the directorate general for prisons. He was responsible for the arbitrary detention and maltreatment of dozens of offenders in Qom. He was complicit in a grave violation of the right to due process, contributing to the excessive and increasing use of the death penalty and a sharp increase in executions in 2009/2010.

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Personal Details

Name: Mostafa Barzegar Ganji (UK)

Birth date: None

Gender: Male

Role / Function: Head of the Directorate General for prisons Prosecutor-General of Qom (2008-17), Director General of Supervision of Courts and Officers of the Attorney General’s Office; Assistant Prosecutor in Supreme Court

Sanction Information

Sanction Created:31/12/2020

Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze, Travel Ban

Sanction Enforcement Began: 31/12/2020

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