Jannati, Ahmad

Person/Entity:
Person
Sanctioned:
No
Background:

Chairman of Iran's Assembly of Experts and Secretary of the Guardian Council, both of which are sanctioned by Canada for human rights abuses. As the Canadian foreign ministry noted, the Council is “an entity that blocks meaningful participation in Iran’s elections by disqualifying candidates who do not align with the regime’s ideology and upholds laws that systematically violate the human rights of Iranians.”1

Head of the Islamic Propaganda Coordination Council. Former judge in the Islamic Revolutionary Courts, which "were established in the immediate aftermath of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 to hand down judgments in a violent campaign against political dissidents, and former members and supporters of the Shah’s government. Jannati was appointed as a judge in Ahvaz despite his lacking any legal experience... On countless occasions, he sentenced officials from the Pahlavi government to brutal forms of punishment, stripping them of any right to defend themselves."2

"[Jannati] spoke out against student protests that erupted in the early 1980s over the 'Cultural Revolution.' In fact, some people hold him responsible for the suppression and killing of student protestors."3

"Jannati also uses his sermons to encourage the violent repression of political dissidents. Following the 2009 post-presidential election protests, Jannati called for the arrest of reformist candidates and leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard, and Mehdi Karroubi, and for mass executions of protestors. Jannati publicly thanked Chief Justice Sadegh Larijani for hanging Mohammad Alireza Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour for their role in the protests, encouraging him to prosecute regime opponents more aggressively. 'For the sake of God, persist courageously, just like you executed these two people very quickly the Qur’an has specified what is to be done with them,' he said in one of his sermons."4

Sources:

1. https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2022/10/canada-sanctions-additional-representatives-of-the-iranian-regime.html

2. https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/ayatollah-ahmad-jannati-chairman-of-irans-assembly-of-experts-and-secretary-of-guardian-council

3. https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/ayatollah-ahmad-jannati-chairman-of-irans-assembly-of-experts-and-secretary-of-guardian-council

4. https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/ayatollah-ahmad-jannati-chairman-of-irans-assembly-of-experts-and-secretary-of-guardian-council

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