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Reza Taghipour

Political · Sanctioned entity

Reza Taghipour is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Reza TAGHIPOUR · Reza Taghipour · TAGHIPOUR, Reza · Taghipour Reza · Реза Тагипур · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Reza TAGHIPOUR ANVARI · Reza Taghipour Anvari · رضا تقی پور · رضا تقی پور انواری				[sources]
Birth date	1957				[sources]
Place of birth	Maragheh · Maragheh, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) · Maragheh, Iran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	Reza				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	TAGHIPOUR · TAGHIPOUR ANVARI · Taghipour				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4392343				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre de l'information et des communications (2009‐2012) · Député au 11e parlement iranien (circonscription de Téhéran) · Member of the 11th Iranian parliament (Tehran constituency). Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council. Former Member of the City Council of Tehran. Former Minister for Information and Communications (2009-2012). · Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly · Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Bordeaux				[sources]
Religion	Shia Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2012				[sources]
Modified on	2023-03-07				[sources]
Last changed	2024-03-19	Last checked	2024-04-24	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

As Minister for Information, he was one of the top officials in charge of censorship and control of internet activities and also all types of communications (in particular mobile phones). During interrogations of political detainees, the interrogators make use of the detainees' personal data, mail and communications. On several occasions following the 2009 presidential election and during street demonstrations, mobile lines and text messaging were blocked, satellite TV channels were jammed and the internet locally suspended or at least slowed down.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Member of the 11th Iranian parliament (Tehran constituency). Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council. Former Member of the City Council of Tehran. Former Minister for Information and Communications (2009-2012).

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

En tant que ministre de l'information, il a été l'un des hauts fonctionnaires en charge de la censure et du contrôle des activités de l'internet et des communications de tous types (en particulier la téléphonie mobile). Lors d'interrogatoires de prisonniers politiques, il a été fait usage des données, communications et courriers privés de ces personnes. À plusieurs occasions depuis l'élection présidentielle de 2009 et lors de manifestations de rue, les lignes de téléphonie mobile et les messageries ont été coupées, les chaînes de télévision par satellite ont été brouillées et les services internet ont été suspendus ou du moins ralentis au niveau local

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Minister of ICT Iran

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly	2020-05-27	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Iran	2020	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	IRN	2021-04-13	-
European External Action Service	IRN	2021-04-13	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 11 November 2015 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), annexes 5-7	2015-05-12	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 2016/556 du 11/04/2016 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 2020/510 du 07/04/2020 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 2021/587 du 12/04/2021 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 264/2012 du 23/03/2012 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011)	-	-

Data sources

French Freezing of Assets6,267

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,315

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council.

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,618

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

United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,418

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,891

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,227

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

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,054

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · European External Action Service

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes.

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

External databases

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Wikidata224,788

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

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-seco-13373 · NK-4jywiRfZZctcbwDX488gJh · fr-ga-1017 · gb-hmt-12647 · eu-tb-logical-6968 · eu-fsf-eu-3465-79 · ofac-15550 · NK-RX4tWjTreTJwXhGrbVHx9W

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