Amouzad, Mohammad-Reza

"Mohammad-Reza AMOUZAD is the presiding judge of branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court is an involved person under the Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 because he is and has been involved in the commission of serious human rights violations in Iran, namely being responsible for serious violations with respect to the right to a fair trial and the right to freedom of expression of political protestors."¹

"The judges of branches 15, 26, 28 and 29 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran — Salavati, Afshari, Amoozad and Mazloum — have been among the most notorious for long and harsh sentences amid the protests, said Shiva Nazarahari, a member of the Volunteer Committee to Follow Up on the Situation of Detainees, an activist group based outside Iran... Amoozad has issued death sentences to Manouchehr Mehman-Navaz, 45, and writer and artist Mehdi Bahman."²

Sources:

1. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1122957/Notice_Iran__Human_Rights__091222.pdf

2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/25/iran-protests-judges-death-penalty-execution-crackdown/