Sanctions

Hojatoleslam Ali Saidi (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Representative of the Supreme Leader to the IRGC. - Saidi is more often referred to as the ‘Representative of the Supreme Leader for the IRGC’. (‘The Guide’ is the Supreme Leader

Mostafa Barzegar Ganji (UK)

Individuals
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

Mohammad Sarafraz (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Former member of the Supreme Council of Cyber Space. Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)

Esmail Ahmadi-Moqaddam (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Former Senior Advisor for Security Affairs to the Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff. Chief of Iran's National Police from 2005 until early 2015

Ali Saeedi (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Representative of the Guide for the Pasdaran since 1995 after spending his whole career within the institution of the military, and specifically in the Pasdaran intelligence service

Seyyed Mehdi Farahi (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Former head of Iran's Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) and former managing director of the UN-designated Defence Industries Organisation (DIO)

Parvis Fatah (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Member of the IRGC. Former Minister of Energy. - The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Javad Darvish-Vand (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Former Deputy Minister and Inspector General of MODAFL. - The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Ali-Reza Seyyed Avaee (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Former Minister of Justice. Former Director of the special investigations office. Until July 2016 Deputy Minister of Interior and head of the public register

Rostam Qasemi (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) (Nuclear) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Former Commander of Khatam al-Anbiya, part of the IRGC, and provided support to the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran as an adviser to the Minister of Defence

Mohammad Ali Jafari (UK)

Individuals
Sanctioned under The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 which entered effect 31/12/2020. - Former General Commander of the IRGC