Shamkhani, Ali
Secretary, Supreme National Security Council (2013–present).
"Ali Shamkhani, as the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has played a role in the issuance of an order to suppress the peaceful protests in Dec 2017-Jan 2018, as well as an order to filter social networks, especially Telegram and Instagram, to limit the protesters' communication channels and hide the dimensions of repression from the world media."1
"Ali Shamkhani, as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, played a key role in ordering the suppression of the peaceful protests in November 2019, as well as ordering the complete shutdown of the Internet in order to restrict the protesters' communication channels and hide the dimensions of repression from the world media. Shamkhani is also directly responsible for presenting the plan to classify the victims of the November protests to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic and approving the plan. This prevented independent investigations, identifying the perpetrators, and prosecuting the perpetrators of the massacre of protesters upon a complaint from the victims’ families."2
"The council, under Khamenei... dictates and oversees all efforts to quash protests."3
The Canadian government has sanctioned Shamkhani under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations under the category of "Grave Breach of International Peace and Security."4
The Expediency Discernment Council is sanctioned by Canada for human rights abuses.5
Sources:
1. https://facesofcrime.org/profile/202/ali-shamkhani/; https://www.magiran.com/article/3687891
2. https://facesofcrime.org/profile/202/ali-shamkhani
4. https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2010-165/FullText.html