Mohseni-Ejei, Qolam-Hossein

Person/Entity:
Person
Also Known As:
Mohseni-Ejei, Gholam-Hossein
Sanctioned by U.S:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by U.S:
2010-09-28
Sanctioned by EU:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by EU:
2011-04-12
Sanctioned by U.K.:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by U.K.:
2020-12-31
Sanctioned by Canada:
Yes
Date Sanctioned by Canada:
2022-10-03
Sanctioned by Australia:
No
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EU Laws/Regulations Sanctioned Under:
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Description

"Qolam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei is currently the Prosecutor General of Iran. As the Minister of Intelligence at the time of the June 2009 election, Mohseni-Ejei has confirmed that he authorized confrontations with protesters and their arrests during his tenure as Minister of Intelligence. As a result, protesters were detained without formal charges brought against them and during this detention detainees were subjected to beatings, solitary confinement, and a denial of due process rights at the hands of intelligence officers under the direction of Mohseni-Ejei. In addition, political figures were coerced into making false confessions under unbearable interrogations, which included torture, abuse, blackmail, and the threatening of family members." 1

"Member of the Expediency Council. Prosecutor General of Iran since September 2009 and Deputy Head and spokesman of the Judiciary. Former Intelligence minister during the 2009 elections. While he was Intelligence minister during the 2009 election, intelligence agents under his command were responsible for detention, torture and extraction of false confessions under pressure from hundreds of activists, journalists, dissidents, and reformist politicians. In addition, political figures were coerced into making false confessions under unbearable interrogations, which included torture, abuse, blackmail, and the threatening of family members." 2

Sources:

1. https://www.treasury.gov/

2. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/

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