Sadeq Mahsouli (UK)

Brief

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

Minister of the Interior until August 2009. As Interior Minister, Mahsouli had authority over all police forces, interior ministry security agents, and plainclothes agents. The forces under his direction were responsible for attacks on the dormitories of Tehran University on 14 June 2009 and the torture of students in the basement of the Ministry (the notorious basement level 4).

Other protestors were severely abused at the Kahrizak Detention Centre, which was operated by police under Mahsouli's control.

Basic Information

Personal Details

Name: Sadeq Mahsouli (UK)

Birth date: dd/mm/1960, dd/mm/1959

Gender: Male

Role / Function: Deputy Chief of the Perseverance Front, Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and current member of the Expediency Council and Secretary General of the Perseverance Front

Sanction Information

Sanction Created:31/12/2020

Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze, Travel Ban

Sanction Enforcement Began: 31/12/2020

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