Zanjirei, Mohammad-Ali

Person/Entity:
Person
Also Known As:
Zanjirei, Mohammad Ali
Sanctioned by U.S:
No
Sanctioned by EU:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by EU:
2011-04-12
Sanctioned by U.K.:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by U.K.:
2020-12-31
Sanctioned by Canada:
No
Sanctioned by Australia:
No
U.S Laws/EOs Sanctioned Under:
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EU Laws/Regulations Sanctioned Under:
Decision 2011/235/CFSP and Regulation No 359/2011
U.K. Laws/Regulations Sanctioned Under:
Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Canadian Laws/Regulations Sanctioned Under:
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Australian Laws/Regulations Sanctioned Under:
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Description

"As Senior advisor to Head, and Deputy Head of Iran’s Prisons Organisation, responsible for serious human rights violations against prisoners. Administered a system in which prisoners suffered abuse, torture and inhuman/degrading treatment and were accommodated in very poor living conditions."1

 

"As Senior Advisor to Head, and Deputy Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation, responsible for serious human rights violations against prisoners. Administered a system in which prisoners suffered abuse, torture and inhuman/degrading treatment and were accommodated in very poor living conditions."2 

"Mohammad Ali Zanjirei, as the Deputy of Prison Organisation in development and management affairs, has been responsible for the ill-treatment of prisoners and depriving them of their rights. He ordered the transfer of many prisoners to solitary confinement."3

Source:

1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R0510&from=EN

2. https://docs.fcdo.gov.uk/docs/UK-Sanctions-List.html

3. https://facesofcrime.org/profile/217/mohammad-ali-zanjirei/

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