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Esmaeil Zarei Kousha

Sanctioned entity

Esmaeil Zarei Kousha is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Esmaeil Zarei Kousha · Ismail Kosha · کشا یسمیل · کوشا اسماعیل زارعی				[sources]
Other name	Ismail Kosha · KOSHA Ismail				[sources]
Birth date	1978				[sources]
Place of birth	Ghorveh, Kurdistan · Ghorveh, Kurdistan Iran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Iran				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	Esmaeil · Esmaeil Zarei · Ismail				[sources]
Last name	Kosha · Kousha				[sources]
Second name	Zarei				[sources]
Position	Fonction: gouverneur de la province du Kurdistan. · Gouverneur de la province du Kurdistan · Governor of Kurdistan · Governor of Kurdistan province				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-03	Last processed	2025-09-09	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Governor of Iran’s Kurdistan province

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Esmaeil Zarei Kousha est le gouverneur de la province iranienne du Kurdistan et il est chargé de la supervision des forces de l’ordre de la République islamique d’Iran dans cette province. À ce titre, il est responsable de la riposte brutale et du recours excessif à la violence par les forces de l’ordre de la République islamique d’Iran et les forces de sécurité face aux manifestations organisées au Kurdistan à la suite de la mort de Mahsa Amini, âgée de 22 ans, en septembre 2022. Il est donc responsable de graves violations des droits de l’homme en Iran.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

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

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-04-09

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Australia	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade		2023-02-01	-

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,188

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

European Union · Council

French National Asset Freezing System5,642

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 · DGT

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,599

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,680

The United Kingdom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,044

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

European Union · DG FISMA

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,552

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,703

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,605

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

Belgium · FOD

Source data IDs: gb-hmt-15634 · mc-freezes-be186572219ea12def7becf08fb23d7378f57e18 · gb-fcdo-irn0110 · eu-fsf-eu-9476-82 · ca-sema-2-1-65-ir-esmaeil-zarei-kousha · eu-tb-logical-148305 · fr-ga-6362 · au-dfat-7346-esmaeil-zarei-kousha

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