Esmaeli, Vali
Person/Entity:
Person
Sanctioned by U.S:
No
Sanctioned by EU:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by EU:
2023-02-20
Sanctioned by U.K.:
No
Sanctioned by Canada:
No
Sanctioned by Australia:
No
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Description
"Vali Esmaeli is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as head of the Iranian parliament’s Social Commission. He is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as 'Muharebeh,' or 'enmity against God.' Esmaeli called protestors 'foreign agents' and justified human rights violations committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. As a member of the Iranian parliament, Esmaeli has supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the nationwide protests in 2022. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran."1
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