Firouzabadi, Abolhassan
Person/Entity:
Person
Sanctioned by U.S:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by U.S:
2018-05-30
Sanctioned by EU:
No
Sanctioned by U.K.:
No
Sanctioned by Canada:
No
Sanctioned by Australia:
No
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Description
"responsible for the Iranian government’s efforts to block social media applications like Telegram and to force Iranians to use state-run applications that are monitored by the regime. As the Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace, Abolhassan Firouzabadi heads the country’s top Internet policymaking body and oversees the regime’s attempts to censor speech and media."
President Ebrahim Raizi replaced Firouzabadi as secretary of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace with Mohammad Amin Aghamiri in February 2023.2
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