Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)

"The U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State also today imposed sanctions against MOIS pursuant to E.O. 13553 for being responsible for or complicit in the commission of serious human rights abuses against the Iranian people since June 12, 2009. MOIS agents are responsible for the beatings, sexual abuse, prolonged interrogations, and coerced confessions of prisoners, particularly political prisoners, which occurred in Ward 209 of Evin Prison, which is controlled by MOIS, following the June 2009 elections in Iran. More generally, MOIS is known to have used abhorrent methods of interrogation such as mock executions and forms of sexual violence. MOIS agents have also arrested and detained members of the Bahai religion without charges." ¹

"The MOIS has sought to identify members of opposition groups and monitor their activities by obtaining their passwords. MOIS agents have been responsible for the beatings, sexual abuse, prolonged interrogations, and coerced confessions of prisoners following the June 2009 elections in Iran." ²

Sources:

1. https://www.treasury.gov/

2. https://www.treasury.gov/