Switzerland SECO
ActiveFinancial sanctions; Prohibition to honour certain claims- Programme
- Iran
- Designated
- Not published by this authority
- Legal basis
- Ordinance of 12 December 2025 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), art. 16 (Financial sanctions) and art. 27 (Prohibition to honour certain claims), annex 14
- Stated grounds
- General Director of Inspection Supervision and Performance Evaluation of Courts since Jun 2020. Former Prosecutor General of Qom (2008-2017) and former Head of the Directorate-General for prisons. He was responsible for the arbitrary detention and maltreatment of dozens of offenders in Qom. He was complicit in a grave violation of the right to due process, contributing to the excessive and increasing use of the death penalty and a sharp increase in executions in 2009/2010.
- Source
- Switzerland SECO Sanctions List
- Last confirmed
- 19 Oct 2026