Iran Human Rights Abusers Who Should Be Sanctioned Now

Updated: December 16, 2022

In reaction to Mahsa Amini’s death in Iranian police custody and the regime’s violent attempts to suppress nationwide protests, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada have sanctioned certain Iranian officials and institutions responsible for human rights abuses. All Iran human rights sanctions designations can be viewed in United Against Nuclear Iran’s Iran Human Rights Sanctions Tracker.

Unfortunately, many more Iranian human rights violators have yet to be sanctioned by anyone. Consequently, United Against Nuclear Iran has compiled, and will continuously update, the following list of recommended targets for new human rights sanctions designations.

The sanctioned individuals noted on this page were designated after UANI’s recommendation.

Name Person/Entity Background AKA Sanctioned
Khatami, Seyyed Ahmad Person

Member of the Guardian Council and Assembly of Experts. Read More

Khatami, Ahmad; Khatami, Sayyid Ahmad
Khazali, Ensieh Person
Khosrowpanah, Abdol Hossein Person

Secretary (2023–present) of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, an extremist-dominated government policy-making body that developed stricter regulations in 2019 for mandatory hijab wearing. Read More

Khosropanah, Abdolhossein; Khosro Panah, Abdol Hossein; Khosrou Panah, Abdol Hossein; Khosrow Panah, Abdol Hossein; Khosrow Panah, Abdul Hossein
Montazeri, Mohammad Jafar Person

Prosecutor General of Iran (2016–present). Read More

Rahimpour Azghadi, Hassan Person Rahimpour Azghadi, Hasan
Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR) Entity

Extremist-dominated government policy-making body that developed stricter regulations in 2019 for mandatory hijab wearing. Read More

Taheri, Ahmad Person

"Brigadier-General Ahmed Taheri is the head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) in the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran. Read More