Ghaffarhaddadi, Javad

Person/Entity:
Person
Sanctioned by U.S:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by U.S:
2024-09-18
Sanctioned by EU:
No
Sanctioned by U.K.:
No
Sanctioned by Canada:
No
Sanctioned by Australia:
No
U.S Laws/EOs Sanctioned Under:
EO 13553
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U.K. Laws/Regulations Sanctioned Under:
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Description

Javad Ghaffarhaddadi (Ghaffarhaddadi), known also as Javad Ghaffari, serves the head of the IRGC-Intelligence Organization’s Special Operations division, a position he has held since at least early 2022. The IRGC-IO has played a key role in targeting critics of the Iranian regime abroad, including the 2019 kidnapping of France-based journalist and political refugee Ruhollah Zam, which ultimately led to his execution in Iran.   The IRGC-IO has played a similar role at home, detaining and interrogating Iranians that have taken part in protests against the regime.  An IRGC-IO operative who had been working with the U.S.-designated, Iran-backed terrorist organization Harakat al-Nujaba was arrested in Iraq recently in connection with the November 2022 murder in Baghdad of a U.S. citizen, educator Stephen Troell.

Sources: 

  1. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2587  
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