Roham Bakhsh Habibi

ifmat - Roham Bakhsh Habibi

Roham Bakhsh Habibi is the LEF Commander of Fars Province. During his previous tenure as LEF Commander in Fars Province, forces under Habibi’s control reportedly participated in the violent suppression of protests in November 2019.

Country:

Iran  

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Roham Bakhsh Habibi (Habibi) is the LEF Commander of Fars Province. During his previous tenure as LEF Commander in Fars Province, forces under Habibi’s control reportedly participated in the violent suppression of protests in November 2019

The LEF Special Units are the regime’s primary protest suppression force and have been responsible for serious human rights abuses throughout the country, including in November 2019 when security forces killed hundreds of Iranian protesters. The LEF Special Units were designated pursuant to E.O. 13553 on December 7, 2021 for being persons acting on behalf of the Government of Iran responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against persons in Iran or Iranian citizens or residents, or the family members of the foregoing, on or after June 12, 2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran.

Positions:
– Coordinating Deputy of Border Police, National (2016 – 10 Jun 2019)
– Police Commander, Sistan and Baluchestan Province
– Police Commander, Fars Province (10 Jun 2019 – present)

Rights Violation:
Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019)

Also Known As:
BAKHSH HABIBI, Raham

DOB:
24 Oct 1964

Country:
Iran

Address:
Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran

Nationality:
Iran

Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on September 15, 2023 pursuant to Executive Order 13553 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iran’s LEF;