Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1779 of 15 September 2023 implementing Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons, entities and bodies in view of the situation in Iran

New Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1779 regarding sanctions measures directed towards person, entities, and bodies engaged in or supportive of serious human rights violations in Iran was published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the EU. It amends the list of sanctioned parties set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 359/2011 by adding four natural persons and six entities to the list following the continued aggression against demonstrators by security forces, the unlawful detainment of such demonstrators, and the restriction of internet access to the general population in the country. The following parties are affected by the asset freeze:
#### Newly sanctioned individuals
(1) Entry # 234 PARVAR Gholamhossein Gheib
(2) Entry # 235 SHAHRESTANI Hassan Mofakhami حسن مفخمی شهرستانی (a.ka. MOFAKHAMI-SHAHRESTANI Hassan; MOFAKHAMISHAHRESRANI Hassan)
(3) Entry # 236 HABIBI Roham Bakhsh رهام بخش حبیبی (a.k.a. HABIBI Roham-Bakhsh; HABIBI Rohambakhsh)
(4) Entry # 237 TAHAMI Seyyed Javad سید جواد تهامی (a.k.a. TAHAMI Seyed Javad) (a.k.a. سید جواد تهامی)
#### Newly sanctioned entities
(1) Entry # 38 Tasnim Cultural Institution Organization (a.k.a. Tasnim News Agency) خبرگزاری تسنیم
(2) Entry # 39 Supreme Council of Cyberspace (SCC)
(3) Entry # 40 Sanandaj Central Prison زندان مرکزی سنندج
(4) Entry # 41 Zahedan Prison زندان مرکزی زاهدان
(5) Entry # 42 Isfahan Central Prison (a.k.a. Dastgerd Prison; Prison of Isfahan; Esfahan Prison; Isfahan Prison)
(6) Entry # 43 Kachui Prison** (a.k.a. Kachouii Prison; Kechoui Prison; Kachuyi Prison; Fardis Prison)
For the identifying information of those individuals and entities (e.g. place of residency, place of registration, gender (if applicable), date of birth (if applicable), etc.), please refer to the enclosed legal document.