Article 1Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 23 January 2023.For the CouncilThe PresidentJ. Borrell FontellesANNEXThe following persons and entities are added to the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 359/2011:Persons

	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
"156.	SAJJADI Seyed Hamid Hazavehهزاوه حمید سید سجادی	DOB: 21.3.1969POB: IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth	Hamid Sajjadi is Iran’s Minister of Sports and Youth.He is responsible for pressuring Iran’s athletes into silence and for preventing them from speaking out internationally against repression in Iran. He was personally involved in the case of Elnaz Rekabi, an Iranian athlete climber who competed without hijab at the Asian Championship rock climbing competition in Seoul in the autumn of 2022. After her competition, Rekabi was tricked into entering the Iranian embassy building in Seoul, where her passport and mobile phone were confiscated on the orders of the authorities in Tehran. Upon her likely forced arrival in Tehran, she was interrogated by two of Iran’s political and sports institutions and met with Sajjadi. In this meeting, she was coerced into making a statement apologising for competing without a hijab and was threatened with the confiscation of family land. In December 2022, it became clear that Elnaz Rekabi’s family home in Zanjan had been demolished.Hamid Sajjadi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
157.	GOLPAYEGANI Seyyed Mohammed Saleh Hashemiگلپایگانی سید محمد صالح هاشمی	DOB: 1967POB: IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: Head of the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil (Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice)Associated entities: Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil (Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice), Morality Police	Seyyed Mohammed Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani has been the head of the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil (also known as the Office or Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice) since 25 August 2021. The Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil is a government institution which is responsible for determining and enforcing excessively strict behavioural models in society.In 2022, the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil was instrumental in setting new and stricter morality codes for women that are in clear violation of their human rights. Additionally, the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil plays a central role in setting up the monitoring and often brutal sanctioning of women and men who do not respect these codes. These strict codes are subsequently brutally enforced by the EU-listed Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) (and specifically its Morality Police).As the head of the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil, Seyyed Mohammed Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
158.	ASGARI Hassanحسن عسگریa.k.a. ASKARI Hassanحسن عسگری	POB: Bijar, IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: governor of Sanandaj, Kurdistan provinceAssociated entities: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)	Hassan Asgari is the governor of the city of Sanandaj in Iran’s Kurdistan province and a former Commander of the local Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces.As governor of Sanandaj, he is responsible for the violent and brutal response in that city to the protests following the death of the young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in September 2022. When a 16-year-old protester was reportedly killed by security forces in Sanandaj, Asgari and other officials stated that she died of a drug overdose, potentially by suicide. Providing false alternative causes of death for protesters killed by security forces is a common tactic used by Iranian officials to evade accountability for their human rights abuses.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
159.	KHIABANI Hossein Modarresمدرس حسین خیابانی	DOB: March 1968/1969POB: Tehran, IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: former governor of Sistan and Baluchestan province	Hossein Modarres Khiabani was the governor of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province from September 2021 to December 2022 and was responsible for overseeing Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) in the province.During his time as governor, the LEF and other security forces cracked down on various protests and used excessive violence against protesters. There is wide evidence of the use of disproportionate force that led to the killing of at least 66 people in the city of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan province on 30 September 2022.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
160.	KOUSHA Esmaeil Zareiکوشا اسماعیل زارعیa.k.a. KOSHA Ismailکشا یسمیل	DOB: 1978Nationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: governor of Kurdistan province	Esmaeil Zarei Kousha is the governor of Iran’s Kurdistan province and responsible for overseeing Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) in the province.As such, he is responsible for the brutal response and excessive use of violence by the LEF and security forces to the protests held in Kurdistan following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in September 2022.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
161.	KOWSARI Mohammad Esmailاسماعیل محمد کوثری	DOB: 3.5.1955POB: Tehran, IranNationality: IranianGender: maleRank: Brigadier GeneralFunction: member of the Iranian Parliament	Mohammad Esmail Kowsari has been a member of the Iranian Parliament ("MP") since 2020. He is a hard-line lawmaker and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) member. Before becoming an MP, Kowsari was the commander of the IRGC’s Sarallah headquarters in Tehran from 2017 to 2020.During the 2022/2023 protests, he has repeatedly threatened security forces with consequences if they do not fulfil their duty and crack down on protests. He has also called for more military action against peaceful protests. As an MP, he has urged the Iranian judiciary to sentence protestors to death.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
162.	MIRSALIM Mostafaمیرسلیم مستفاa.k.a. MIR-SALIM Mostafa; MIRSALIM Sayyid Mostafa Aghaمیر-سالم مستفامیرسلیم سید مستفا آقا	DOB: 9.6.1947POB: Tehran, IranNationality: IranianGender: malePassport no: Q5956077 (Iran)Function: member of the Iranian Parliament	Mostafa Mirsalim is a member of the Iranian Parliament.During the 2022/2023 protests, he has been particularly vocal in his support for the death penalty for arrested protesters, using the parliament as a platform to vehemently promote and call for their executions. He has called for protestors to be executed in a matter of days after their arrest. He also frequently attacks the free press and is in favour of restricting social media.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
163.	NAGHDALI Mohammad Taghiتقی محمد نقدعلی	DOB: 6.6.1972POB: Khomeinishahr- Isfahan, IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: member of the Iranian Parliament	Mohammad Taghi Naghdali is a member of the Iranian Parliament and member of the Parliament’s legal commission.During the 2022/2023 protests, he has been particularly vocal in his support for the death penalty for arrested protesters, using the parliament as a platform to vehemently promote and call for their executions. He also frequently attacks the free press and is involved in drafting laws to restrict the free flow of information.He is therefore responsible for serious human right violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
164.	GHAZANFARABADI Mousaموسا غضنفرآبادی	DOB: 1966POB: IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: member of the Iranian Parliament; head of the Parliament’s legal and judicial commission	Mousa Ghazanfarabadi is a member of the Iranian Parliament and the head of the Parliament’s legal and judicial commission. As such, he is responsible for the judicial and legal review of the proposed ministerial plans in Parliament, the review and approval of plans related to criminal law as well as investigating the performance of the country's officials and managers from a judicial and legal point of view.He has not condemned the serious human rights violations of Iranian officials during the 2022/2023 protests. On the contrary, he has personally stated that women who violate hijab rules should be deprived of social rights and has argued for the use of force when dealing with them. He is also whitewashing the crimes committed by Iranian forces by defending the government’s version of events surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini.He is therefore responsible for serious human right violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
165.	NOROOZI Ahmadنوروزی احمدa.k.a. NOROUZI Ahmad; NEWROUZI Ahmad; NAWROUZI Ahmad	DOB: 1988Nationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) World Service; CEO of Press TVAssociated entities: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB); Press TV	Ahmad Noroozi is the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) World Service and the CEO of Press TV, the main pro-government English language channel that oversees IRIB’s foreign-language outlets.IRIB is the Iranian state-run media corporation and has broadcast hundreds of forced confessions by Iranian, dual-national and international detainees in Iran. IRIB and its subsidiaries act as a critical tool in the Iranian government’s mass suppression and censorship campaign against its own people. IRIB has produced and recently broadcast interviews of individuals being forced to confess that their relatives were not killed by Iranian authorities during nationwide protests but died due to accidental, unrelated causes.Press TV is responsible for producing and broadcasting the forced confessions of detainees, including journalists, political activists and persons belonging to the Kurdish and Arab minorities, violating internationally recognised rights to a fair trial and due process.In his capacity as head of IRIB and as CEO of Press TV, Ahmad Noroozi is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
166.	POURANVARI Youssefیوسف پورانواریa.k.a. POURANVARI Youssuf	DOB: 26.5.1983POB: Tehran, IranNationality: IranianGender: maleNational ID no: 0492699836 (Iran)Function: director of the Programs and Scheduling Department at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) foreign-language flagship channelAssociated entities: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)	Youssef Pouranvari is the director of the Programs and Scheduling Department at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) foreign-language flagship channel.As the Government of Iran’s state-run media conglomerate, IRIB has a monopoly on television and radio services in Iran and plays a central role in restricting the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and impeding the free flow of information in Iran through censorship activities. IRIB produces, sponsors, and spreads government propaganda both in Iran and internationally. Furthermore, IRIB regularly broadcasts false and baseless accusations against Iranian citizens, dual nationals, and foreigners, and uses falsified news to misinform and falsely incriminate perceived enemies of the regime. IRIB also cooperates extensively with security and intelligence agencies, including Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), to obtain and publicly disseminate forced confessions from Iranians, dual-nationals and foreign detainees. Testimonies and other evidence point to the use of torture, both physical and psychological; threats against family members; and degrading treatment to extract forced confessions. Since 2009, IRIB programmes have broadcast hundreds of forced confessions as well as defamatory content against hundreds more. IRIB uses forced confessions in particular to frame dual nationals and foreigners as spies, demonise human rights activists, and legitimise repression against religious minority groups such as the Baha’i community.In his capacity as director of the Programs and Scheduling Department at the IRIB foreign-language flagship channel, Youssef Pouranvari contributes to the repression of peaceful demonstrators, journalists, human rights defenders, students or other persons who speak up in defence of their legitimate rights.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
167.	KADEM Ahmadکادم احمد	Nationality: IranianGender: maleRank: Brigadier GeneralFunction: head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) regional headquarters Karbala	Brigadier General Ahmad Kadem is the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Operational Base (regional headquarters) Karbala, which commands IRGC troops in the provinces of Khusestan, Lorestan and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.During the 2022 protests, IRGC troops under his command conducted operations against protesters, in particular in the Khusestan and Lorestan regions, including in the towns of Khorramabad (Lorestan) and Izeh (Khusestan). IRGC troops used disproportionate force in these operations, using live ammunition against protesters. As overall commander of the IRGC troops in these regions, Kadem is responsible for violence against protesters conducted by those troops.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
168.	AZIMI Mohammad Nazarنظر محمد عظیمی,a.k.a. AZIMI Mohammadnazarعظیمی موهاممادنازار	Nationality: IranianGender: maleRank: Brigadier GeneralFunction: commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters Najaf Al-Ashraf	Brigadier General Mohammad Nazar Azimi is the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters Najaf Al-Ashraf, which commands IRGC troops in the provinces of Kermanshah, Hamedan and Ilam.During the 2022 protests, Kermanshah province has seen violent crackdowns by Iranian security forces, including the IRGC. As commander of the regional IRGC headquarters for the IRGC troops engaged in this region, he is responsible for the IRGC violence against protestors in Kermanshah province.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
169.	NILFRUSHAN Abbas Mortazaنیلفروشان عباس مرتاضاa.k.a. NILFOROUSHAN Abbas; NILFOROUSHAN DARDASHTI Abbas; NILFOROUSHAN DARDASHTI Abbas; NILFOROUSHAN Abbas; NILFRUSHAN DARDASHTI Abbas Mortazaنیلفروشان دردشتی عباس	DOB: 23.8.1966POB: Isfahan, IranNationality: IranianGender: malePassport no: P46631463 (Iran)Function: deputy commander for operations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)	Abbas Nilfrushan is the deputy commander for operations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and responsible for the IRGC Operations Command, one of the security organisations directly in charge of protest suppression.In this capacity, he has framed the 2022 civil grassroots protest movement as a terrorist movement and a direct security threat to Iran, thereby legitimising the harsh response to the peaceful protests.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
170.	MOEIN Moslemمسلم معین	DOB: 22.9.1985POB: Eslamabad, IranNationality: IranianGender: maleNational ID no: 3341588477 (Iran)Address: Part 7, Block 25, Ground Floor, 16th Street, Sarvestan Street, Chaghamirza Phase 2 Shahid Mehrabi, Kermanshah, IranFunction: head of the Basji Resistance Force (Basij) Cyberspace Headquarters	Moslem Moein is a senior official in the EU-listed Basij Resistance Force (Basij), the infamous volunteer paramilitary organisation operating under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with branches throughout Iran.The Basij has played a key role in the regime’s deadly crackdown on the protests that have swept the country since September 2022. As chief of the Basij Cyberspace Headquarters, Moein oversees efforts to control and censor Iranians’ online activities. He has spoken publicly about the Basij’s priority of monitoring Iranians’ use of the internet. Additionally, Moein has advocated for the development of Iran’s national intranet, which could allow the regime to disconnect Iran from the global internet. The Iranian government continues to filter and block the free flow of information in Iran.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
171.	KARAMI Mohammadمحمد کرمی	DOB: 27.1.1966POB: IranNationality: IranianGender: maleRank: Brigadier GeneralPassport no: K50849392 (Iran), expires 23.9.2024Function: Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters Quds for Sistan and Baluchestan province and Kerman province	Brigadier General Mohammad Karami is the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) headquarters Quds, which commands IRGC troops in Sistan and Baluchestan province and Kerman province.Sistan and Baluchestan province has seen some of the most violent crackdowns by Iranian security forces, including the IRGC, during the 2022 protests. On 30 September 2022, the provincial capital Zahedan witnessed "bloody Friday", when security forces opened fire on a protest forming in Zahedan around Friday prayer, using live ammunition. At least 70 protestors were shot and killed. Since then, violence against participants in later protests has continued. As commander of the regional IRGC headquarters for the IRGC troops engaged in this region, Karami is responsible for the IRGC’s violence against protestors in Sistan and Baluchestan province, in particular around "bloody Friday".He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
172.	JAVIDAN Ali Akbarجاویدان علی اکبر	DOB: 21.3.1967POB: IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: commander of the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) in Kermanshah province	Ali Akbar Javidan has been the commander of the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) in Kermanshah province since June 2019.In this capacity, he is responsible for ordering the violent reaction of the LEF to the 2022 protests in Kermanshah. He is also responsible for ensuring the LEF’s strict implementation of morality policies that severely violate human rights, including through the active repression of women who do not comply with headscarf codes. He is also responsible for the LEF’s arrests of women during the July 2022 protests. He is responsible for violence, discrimination, cruel and degrading behaviour, and arbitrary detention of women.He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023
173.	AZARPENDAR Abbasآذرپندار عباس	POB: IranNationality: IranianGender: maleFunction: CEO of Radis Vira Tejarat Co; regional manager in Iran for Tiandy Technologies	Abbas Azarpendar is the CEO of Radis Vira Tejarat Co, which is a key intermediary in Iran, providing some of the most advanced surveillance equipment to the Iranian government.During the protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in mid-September 2022, Radis Vira Tejarat Co’s equipment has been used by the Iranian security forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its Basij and the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF), to brutally suppress the nationwide protests, leading to the torture or death of at least 516 protestors, including at least 70 children.Azarpendar is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.	23.1.2023"

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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/152 of 23 January 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran