Rahimi, Hossein
"Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi has been the head of Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) in Tehran since 7 August 2017. The LEF’s response to the September 2022 protests in Tehran was particularly harsh. The LEF’s excessive use of violence to repress those protests resulted in the deaths of multiple people. As head of the LEF in Tehran, Rahimi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran."1
"Hossein Rahimi is Iran’s LEF police chief in Tehran, who oversees much of the Morality Police’s hijab compliance enforcement in the capital. Rahimi has spearheaded Iran’s controversial and oppressive 'Nazer plan' in Tehran. The Nazer ('Observe' in Persian) plan has placed Morality Police throughout the capital to watch and punish women who improperly wear the hijab... Rahimi is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13553 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iran’s LEF."2
"Hossein Rahimi [is] Police Commander of Tehran."3
"Hossein RAHIMI 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, engaging in, providing support for and promoting serious violations with respect to the right to life, and right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Iran through his role as the provincial Chief of the Law Enforcement Forces in Tehran and in the suppression of protests."4
"Brigadier-General, Chief of the Law Enforcement Command in Tehran province."5
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