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Sadeq MAHSOULI

Political · Sanctioned entity

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

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	MAHSOULI, Sadeq · Mahsouli Sadeq · Sadegh Mahsouli · Sadeq MAHSOULI · Sadeq MAHSULI · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	MAHSULI Sadeq · Mahsuli · Mahsuli Sadeq · Sadegh Mahsouli · Sadeq MAHSULI · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1959-04-09 · 1960				[sources]
Place of birth	Oroumieh · Oroumieh, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) · Oroumieh, Iran · Orumieh, Iran · Urmia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	Sadeq				[sources]
Last name	MAHSOULI · MAHSULI · Mahsouli · Mahsuli				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q442852				[sources]
Position	Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad · Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and current member of the Expediency Council and Deputy Chief of the Perseverance Front. Minister of Welfare and Social Security between 2009 and 2011. Minister of the Interior until August 2009. · Current member of the Expediency Council and Secretary General of the Perseverance Front · Deputy Secretary-General of the Paydari Front (Front of Islamic Stability). Former Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former member of the Expediency Council and former Deputy Chief of the Perseverance Front. Minister of Welfare and Social Security between 2009 and 2011. Minister of the Interior until August 2009. · Minister of Welfare and Social Security; Former Minister of the Interior and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces for Law Enforcement · 6 more...				[sources]
Education	Iran University of Science and Technology				[sources]
Religion	Shia Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Created at	2011				[sources]
Modified on	2023				[sources]
Last changed	2024-03-19	Last checked	2024-04-29	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Deputy Secretary-General of the Paydari Front (Front of Islamic Stability). Former Advisor to Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, former member of the Expediency Council and former Deputy Chief of the Perseverance Front. Minister of Welfare and Social Security between 2009 and 2011. Minister of the Interior until Aug 2009. As Minister of the Interior, Mahsouli had authority over all police forces, interior ministry security agents, and plainclothes agents. The forces under his direction were responsible for attacks on the dormitories of Tehran University on 14 Jun 2009 and the torture of students in the basement of the Ministry (the notorious basement level 4). Other protestors were severely abused at the Kahrizak Detention Center, which was operated by police under Mahsouli's control.

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

Ministre de l'intérieur jusqu'en août 2009- À ce titre, M. MAHSOULI exerçait une autorité sur l'ensemble des forces de police, des agents de sécurité du ministère de l'intérieur et des agents en civil. Les forces placées sous ses ordres ont été responsables de l'assaut contre la résidence universitaire de Téhéran le 14 juin 2009 et des actes de torture infligés à des étudiants dans le sous-sol du ministère (le tristement célèbre niveau 4). D'autres manifestants ont été gravement maltraités au centre de détention Kahrizak, qui était géré par la police sous le contrôle de M. MAHSOULI.

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Iranian politician, Deputy of the Sustainability Front of the Islamic Revolution

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

Relationships

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(UE) 1002/2011 du 10/10/2011 (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)	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
European External Action Service	IRN	2021-04-13	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Iran	2020	-
Federal Public Service Finance	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	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-

Data sources

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,901

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

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)

French Freezing of Assets6,265

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

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,477

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,645

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

External databases

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Wikidata224,805

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-fGodk2goiEUYkhrk3qjp7e · eu-tb-logical-6596 · fr-ga-1312 · gb-hmt-12189 · ch-seco-13292 · eu-fsf-eu-2928-85 · ofac-12253

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