| Sadeghi, Abdollah Haji |
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The supreme leader's representative to the IRGC (essentially the organization's political commissar), 2018–present, and formerly deputy representative, 2011–18.
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Sadeghi, Abdollah Hajji |
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| Sararfaraz, Karim |
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The Supreme Leader's deputy representative to the IRGC's paramilitary force, the Basij (Dec.
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| Shahroudi, Mahmoud Mohammadi |
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Head of the Professors, Students, and Clerics Organization of the IRGC's paramilitary force, the Basij (Dec.
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| Sahraei, Mohammad Tabib |
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Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi (sanctioned by the U.
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| Moghaddam, Bahman Amiri |
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IRGC brigadier general and former governor of Kermanshah Province (January–December 2022).
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Moqaddam, Bahman Amiri |
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| Arafi, Alireza |
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Member of the Guardian Council and the Assembly of Experts, which are sanctioned by the Canadian government for human rights abuses.
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| Bagheri Kani, Ali |
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Deputy foreign minister for political affairs, 2021–present.
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Bagheri, Ali; Baqeri, Ali; Baqeri Kani, Ali |
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| Bahadori Jahromi, Ali |
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Cabinet spokesman and chairman of the government's information council, 2021–present.
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Bahadori-Jahromi, Ali |
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| Ghahremani, Mojtaba |
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Judiciary head for the province of Hormozgan.
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| Gharibabadi, Kazem |
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Secretary of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and vice president for international affairs of the Judiciary.
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Gharib Abadi, Kazem |
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| High Council for Human Rights |
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The Council is part of Iran's Judiciary, which is notorious for political prosecutions and systematically violating the human rights of the accused.
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Human Rights Headquarters |
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| Hosseini Khorasani, Seyyed Ahmad |
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Member of the Guardian Council and the Assembly of Experts, which are sanctioned by the Canadian government for human rights abuses.
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| Iran Prisons' Organization |
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Runs Iran's prison system, which is notorious for torture, beatings, and other human rights abuses against inmates.
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| Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization |
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Released a report in October 2022 absolving the authorities of responsibility for Mahsa Amini's death, claiming "[Amini's] death was not caused by blows to the head or any other vital organs and parts of the body," but was due to an "underlying disease".
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Forensic Medicine Organization |
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| Islamic Propaganda Coordination Council |
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"The Islamic Propaganda Coordination Council called for countrywide, pro-regime protests on October 28 to condemn the US and Israel for their alleged roles in stoking the protests.
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Coordination Council for Islamic Propagation; Islamic Propagation Coordination Council |
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| Jannati, Ahmad |
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Chairman of Iran's Assembly of Experts and Secretary of the Guardian Council, both of which are sanctioned by Canada for human rights abuses.
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| Judiciary |
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Article 156 of Iran’s constitution defines the judiciary as an “independent power,” which investigates and passes judgment on grievances, violations of rights, complaints, resolves litigation, settles disputes, and takes all necessary decisions and measures in probate matters.
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| Kahmenoui, Mohammad Mossadegh |
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First deputy chief justice (2021–present).
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| Khamenei, Ali |
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Supreme leader (1989–present).
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| Khamenei, Mojtaba |
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Reportedly de facto commanded the IRGC's Basij paramilitary force during part of its crackdown on protests following the disputed 2009 presidential elections.
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