Connected entities with Iranian Special Police Forces – NOPO – networks

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Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding EvilTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationThe Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil is a government institution, responsible for determining and enforcing excessively strict behavioural models in societyIran
ifmat - Kiyumars HeidariKiyumars HeidariTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationKiyumars Heidari is the commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces. He has publicly admitted to his and his force’s involvement in the violent response to the November 2019 protests that led to the death of at least hundreds of protestersIran
ifmat-black figuresManouchehr AmanollahiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationManouchehr Amanollahi is the LEF commander of Iran’s Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. During his tenure, the LEF suppressed 2021 protests in the province in response to a lack of water, and 2022 protests in response to food rationingIran
ifmat - Qasem RezaeiQasem RezaeiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationQasem Rezaei was appointed the LEF deputy commander in May 2020. As a senior LEF official, Rezaei is responsible for serious human rights violations committed by the LEF under his commandIran
ifmat-black figuresSalar AbnoushTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationSalar Abnoush is the deputy commander of the Basij and has publicly described his command-and-control role over Basij forces during the November 2019 protestsIran
ifmat-black figuresHaj Ahmad MirzaeiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationHaj Ahmad Mirzaei served as the head of the Tehran division of Iran’s Morality Police during Amini’s unjust detention and untimely deathIran
ifmat-black figuresMohammad Rostami Cheshmeh GachiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationMohammad Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi serves as the head of Iran’s Morality Police, which has demonstrated a culture of violence and excessive force under his commandIran
ifmat-black figuresMohsen EbrahimiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationMohsen Ebrahimi was appointed commander of NOPO in 2016 and has similarly overseen the unit during several subsequent periods of nationwide unrest during which NOPO employed excessive and lethal force against Iranian unarmed protestorsIran
ifmat - LEFLEF Special UnitsTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationLEF Special Units are the dedicated crowd control and protest suppression unit of Iran’s LEF, one of the Government of Iran’s main security apparatuses that played a key role in the crackdown on protesters in the aftermath of the disputed Iranian presidential election in 2009Iran
ifmat - LEFLaw Enforcement Forces – LEFTop Alert - Designated / Sanctioned / Illicit entitiesSanctioned for human rights abuses engaged in by officials of the Government of Iran and persons acting on behalf of the Government of IranIran