Shabzendedar Jahromi, Mehdi
Person/Entity:
Person
Sanctioned:
No
Background:
Member of the Guardian Council, which is sanctioned by the Canadian government for human rights abuses. As the Canadian foreign ministry noted, the Council is “an entity that blocks meaningful participation in Iran’s elections by disqualifying candidates who do not align with the regime’s ideology and upholds laws that systematically violate the human rights of Iranians.”1
Sources:
1. https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/10/canada-sanctions-additional-representatives-of-the-iranian-regime.html; https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207160716