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Sanction Iran's repressors

Named Iranian officials responsible for protester killings, torture and hijab enforcement, plus letter templates for MPs/Congress/MEPs to push for Magnitsky-style sanctions.

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Sanctions.

A practical guide to pushing your government for Magnitsky-style sanctions on the Iranian officials directly responsible for killing protesters, torturing prisoners and enforcing compulsory hijab — with named perpetrators and template letters to your representatives.

Why sanctions?

Universal-jurisdiction prosecutions are slow. Sanctions are not. Magnitsky-style asset freezes and travel bans on named perpetrators — judges, prison wardens, IRGC commanders, FARAJA commanders — impose immediate personal costs, signal to mid-ranking officials that their participation will be remembered, and create a paper trail for future trials.

Named perpetrators

The following officials have been publicly named by the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, Amnesty International, Iran Human Rights (IHR), and HRANA. Most are already under EU and/or UK sanctions; few are under US sanctions; almost none are under Canadian or Australian sanctions.

  • Ali Khamenei — Supreme Leader. Ultimate authority over the IRGC, judiciary and Guardian Council. Sanctioned: US, UK.
  • Hossein Salami — IRGC Commander-in-Chief since 2019. Sanctioned: EU, UK.
  • Gholamreza Soleimani — Basij Commander. Sanctioned: EU, UK.
  • Ahmadreza Radan — FARAJA Chief since January 2023. Oversees the Guidance Patrol and the 2024 Noor Plan. Sanctioned: EU, UK.
  • Gholamhossein Mohseni-Eje'i — Head of Judiciary since 2021. Personally signed off on multiple protester death sentences. Sanctioned: EU, UK.
  • Abolghasem Salavati — "Judge of Death" of Tehran Revolutionary Court Branch 15. Sanctioned: EU, UK, US.
  • Mohammad Moghisseh — Tehran Revolutionary Court Branch 28. Assassinated January 2024 but estate-relevant for civil claims.
  • Esmail Khatib — Minister of Intelligence (Etela'at). Sanctioned: EU, UK.
  • Mohammad Mehdi Tahranchi — Tehran Province Governor during 2022 protest crackdown. Not yet sanctioned by Five Eyes.
  • Hassan Karami — Commander of FARAJA Special Units. Not yet sanctioned by US or Canada.

This list is illustrative, not exhaustive. The UN Fact-Finding Mission's confidential annex names hundreds of mid-ranking officials; ask your foreign ministry to act on it.

Letter templates

To a UK Member of Parliament

Dear [MP name],

I am writing as your constituent to ask you to press the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office to expand UK sanctions under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 to cover all officials named in the March 2024 report of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran.

የአሁኑ የዩናይትድ ኪንግደም ዝርዝር በተለይም የ FARAJA Special Units አዛዥ Hassan Karami እና ለ Mohsen Shekari፣ Majidreza Rahnavard፣ Mohammad Mehdi Karami እና Seyed Mohammad Hosseini የሞት ፍርድ ተጠያቂ የሆኑ በርካታ የ Tehran Revolutionary Court ዳኞችን አላካተተም።

እርስዎ (1) እነዚህ ማዕቀቦች መቼ እንደሚጣሉ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሩን የሚጠይቅ የጽሁፍ ጥያቄ ቢያቀርቡ እና (2) በእኔ ስም ለውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትሩ ቢጽፉ አመሰግናለሁ።

ከአክብሮት ሰላምታ ጋር፣
[ስምዎ እና አድራሻዎ]

ለአሜሪካ ሴናተር ወይም ተወካይ

የተከበሩ ሴናተር/ተወካይ [ስም]፣

እኔ በ [ግዛት/ወረዳ] የምኖር መራጭ ነኝ። የ Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability Act ሙሉ በሙሉ እንዲተገበር ድጋፍ እንዲያደርጉ እና የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚኒስቴር እና OFAC በ UN Fact-Finding Mission on Iran መጋቢት 2024 ሪፖርት ላይ የተጠቀሱትን ባለስልጣናት በሙሉ በ Executive Order 13553 እና በ Global Magnitsky Act ስር ማዕቀብ እንዲጥሉባቸው ግፊት እንዲያደርጉ ለማሳሰብ እጽፋለሁ።

በተለይም የአሜሪካ ማዕቀቦች አሁንም የ FARAJA Special Units አዛዥ Hassan Karami እና በርካታ የ Tehran Revolutionary Court ዳኞችን አላካተቱም። የእርስዎን አቋም የሚገልጽ የጽሁፍ ምላሽ ብታደርሱኝ ደስ ይለኛል።

ከአክብሮት ጋር፣
[ስምዎ እና አድራሻዎ]

ለአውሮፓ ፓርላማ አባል

የተከበሩ የፓርላማ አባል [ስም]፣

ምክር ቤቱ በኢራን ላይ የሚወሰዱ የቅጣት እርምጃዎችን (Council Decision (CFSP) 2011/235) በማስፋት በ UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran መጋቢት 2024 ሪፖርት ላይ የተጠቀሱትን ባለስልጣናት በሙሉ እንዲያካትት ግፊት እንዲያደርጉ እጠይቃለሁ።

እንዲሁም ምክር ቤቱ የፓርላማውን ጥር 2023 ውሳኔ በመከተል IRGCን በሽብርተኝነት ድርጅትነት በይፋ እንዲፈርጅ የሚጠይቀውን የፓርላማ የውሳኔ ሃሳብ እንዲደግፉ አሳስባለሁ።

ከአክብሮት ሰላምታ ጋር፣
[ስምዎ እና አድራሻዎ]

ሌሎች ሊያደርጉ የሚችሏቸው ነገሮች

  • ሰነድ ለሚያዘጋጁ መንግስታዊ ያልሆኑ ድርጅቶች መለገስ — ይለግሱ.
  • የተጎጂዎችን ስም በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ያጋሩ — ለመታሰቢያ.
  • የትምህርት ቤት ፖስተር አትመው ይለጥፉ — ፖስተር.