The State Department is sanctioning Majid Sajdeh, a principal executive officer of Hafez Darya Arya Shipping Company, pursuant to IFCA Section 1245(a)(1)(C)(II)
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Ahmad Khazai
Ahmad Khazai is a high-ranking member of the MOIS who, in his role as a senior official of the MOIS, has led MOIS delegations to other countries to assess the security situation
Mohammad Baseri
Mohammad Baseri is a high-ranking MOIS officer involved in counterespionage activities in and outside of Iran, who has been involved in sensitive investigations related to Iranian national security issues
Seyyed Mohammad Atabak
OFAC designated Seyyed Mohammad Atabak, the managing director of Kaveh Pars Mining Industries Development Company. KMID is the holding company for Bonyad Mostazafan’s mining and metals companies
Mehran Babri
Mehran Babri is the head of Shahid Meisami Group. Prior to his current position at Shahid Meisami Group, Babri worked at Iran’s Defense Chemical Research Lab.
Seyyed Zia Imani
Seyyed Zia Imani is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 for being a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of Sina Bank
Mohsen Alikhani
Mohsen Alikhani is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 for being a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of Sina Financial
Mohammad Eskandari
Mohammad Eskandari is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13876 for being a member of the board of directors or a senior executive officer of Sina Financial
Reza Papi
The Department of State is also sanctioning IRGC Brigadier General Reza Papi under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 for their involvement, by operation of command responsibility, in gross violations of human rights, namely the flagrant denial of the right to life
Heidar Abbaszadeh
Abbaszadeh was involved in the killing of nearly 150 individuals in the city of Mahshahr as part of the Iranian regime’s crackdown on the November 2019 protests
Mahmoud Alavi
OFAC designated Mahmoud Alavi, the head of the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which has played a key role in the Iranian regime’s brutal human rights abuses against the Iranian people
