Connected entities with LEF Special Units – networks

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ifmat - Roham Bakhsh HabibiRoham Bakhsh HabibiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationRoham 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.Iran
ifmat - Mohammad Mozzami GoudarziMohammad Mozzami GoudarziTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationMohammad Mozzami Goudarzi is the Commander of the Prevention Police of Tehran, a specialized branch of the LEFIran
ifmat - Delavar Alghasi-MehrDelavar Alghasi-MehrTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationDelavar Alghasi-Mehr is the LEF Commander of East Tehran Province. He was previously the LEF Commander of Shiraz city from 2016 to 2019 and then the LEF Commander of Ilam ProvinceIran
ifmat-black figuresAhmad NaderianTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationAhmad Naderian is the Deputy LEF Commander of Sistan and Baluchistan Province and was the deputy LEF Commander during Bloody FridayIran
ifmat - Ahmad TaheriAhmad TaheriTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationAhmad Taheri commanded LEF forces in Sistan and Baluchistan province from October 2020 to November 2022Iran
ifmat-black figuresHassan ShahrestaniTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationHassan Shahrestani (Shahrestani) is the LEF Commander of Mazandaran Province and was previously the head of Iran’s Morality PoliceIran
ifmat - Abbasali MohammadianAbbasali MohammadianTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationAbbasali Mohammadian is the LEF Commander of Tehran Province.Iran
ifmat-black figuresHossein AmjadianTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationHossein Amjadian (Amjadian) commands the LEF Special Unit in Tehran and previously commanded the LEF Special Unit in Isfahan Province from 2016 to 2019Iran
ifmat-black figuresSalman AdinehvandTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationSalman Adinehvand is the current Commander of the Tehran Police Relief Unit of Iran’s LEF, the primary security organization in charge of crowd control and protest suppressionIran
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 - Ali Akbar JavidanAli Akbar JavidanTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationAli Akbar Javidan (Javidan), the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) commander in Iran’s Kermanshah Province who has direct oversight over forces that have killed protestersIran
ifmat - Alireza MoradiAlireza MoradiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationAlireza Moradi, the commander of LEF forces in Sanandaj. Moradi, as commander of the LEF in Sanandaj, has led the crackdown on protests in the cityIran
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 figuresSeyed Reza Mousavi AzamiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationSeyed Reza Mousavi Azami commands a brigade of the LEF Special Units. LEF 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-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 - Hassan KaramiHassan KaramiTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationHassan Karami (Karami) is the commander of the LEF Special Units and has overseen the unit during periods of nationwide unrest during which the LEF Special Units have employed excessive and lethal force against Iranian unarmed protestors, including during November 2019Iran
ifmat - LEFIranian Special Police Forces – NOPOTop Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violationIran’s Counter-Terror Special Forces (NOPO), used excessive and lethal force, firing upon unarmed protestors, including women and children, with automatic weaponsIran
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

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