Hossein Rahimi

Hossein Rahimi is Iran’s LEF police chief in Tehran, who oversees much of the Morality Police’s hijab compliance enforcement in the capital

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Hossein Rahimi is Iran’s LEF police chief in Tehran, who oversees much of the Morality Police’s hijab compliance enforcement in the capital. Rahimi has spearheaded Iran’s controversial and oppressive “Nazer plan” in Tehran. The Nazer (“Observe” in Persian) plan has placed Morality Police throughout the capital to watch and punish women who improperly wear the hijab.

Positions :
– Deputy of Police Commander , Markazi Province (2005 – 2009)
– Police commander, Lorestan Province (Jun 2009 – 2010)
– Head of Traffic Police, Tehran (Sep 2010 – Apr 2014)
– Police Commander, Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Apr 2014 – 8 Aug 2017)
– Police Commander , Tehran (8 Aug 2017 – present)

Violations:
– Human Rights Violation: Crackdown of the Iranian protests (28 Dec 2017 – 7 Jan 2018)
– Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (15 Nov 2019 – 21 Nov 2019)

Involved In:
Human Rights Abuses

Born:
Mar 1963 to Mar 1964

Country:
Iran

POB:
Markazi 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 October 6, 2022 pursuant to Executive Order 13553 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iran’s LEF;