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Mohammad Jafar Montazeri

Debarred entity · Politician · Sanctioned entity

Mohammad Jafar Montazeri is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	MONTAZERI, Mohammad Jafar · Mohammad Jafar Montazeri · Muhammad Jafar Muntaziriy · Muhammed Cafer Muntazıri · Məhəmməd Cəfər Muntəzəri · 8 more...				[sources]
Alias	محمد جعفر منتظری				[sources]
Birth date	1948 · 1949-01-21 · 1949-02-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Iran · Qom · Qom, Iran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Citizenship	Iran				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	Mohammad · Mohammad Jafar · محمد				[sources]
Last name	Montazeri · منتظری				[sources]
Middle name	Jafar · جعفر				[sources]
Political association	Combatant Clergy Association				[sources]
Unique Entity ID	`V58NYS7FMKQ5`				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16052633				[sources]
Position	Attorney General · Attorney General of Iran; Prosecutor General of Iran · Attorney-General of Iran (2016-2023) · Prosecutor General · Prosecutor General, Attorney General				[sources]
Education	Qom Seminary				[sources]
Religion	Islam · Shia Islam				[sources]
Address	General Attorney Office Building, Khayyam St., Tehran · Tehran, General Attorney Office Building, Khayyam St., Iran				[sources]
Source link	home.treasury.gov · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-28	Last processed	2026-02-04	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Iranian cleric

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-26

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
United States	Office of Foreign Assets Control		-	-

Address
Full address	Country
General Attorney Office Building, Khayyam St., Tehran	Iran

Documents
Document	Date
Treasury Sanctions Iranian Regime Officials Tied to Continued Violence Against Protestors	2022-12-21

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Attorney-General of Iran	2016-04-01	2023-08-06

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List6,337

Official register of individuals, entities, and vessel subject to UK sanctions under regulations made pursuant to the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.

United Kingdom · FCDO

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons316,192

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List36,630

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,154

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)23,526

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, re-exports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories383,621

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets7,083

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US SAM Procurement Exclusions105,564

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions472,181

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,783

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US OFAC Press Releases7,025

US OFAC press releases that provide context and details related to sanctioned entities.

External dataset · United States · OFAC

Source data IDs: gb-fcdo-irn0116 · ca-sema-f10cddeab7e0cc7c70a0fb9c3d79f3118b923d6f · ofac-40316 · gb-hmt-15705 · ofac-pr-dbb29fb44646ef19e96636f9f98b6627f7e83814 · usgsa-s4mrnf960

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