Financial sanctions, Iran (human rights)

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation of the HM Treasury, OFSI, has published a new Financial Sanctions Notice regarding sanctions measures with respect to persons and entities that are engaged in or supportive of human rights abuses in Iran pursuant to Statutory Instrument SI 2019/134, the „Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019“. Specifically, the Office informs that it has updated its sanction list by adding eight persons and five entities to the sanctions list which are now subject to asset freezing measures. The affected parties are listed below. Please note that we refrain from listing further identifying information such as the date of birth (if applicable) or place of residency at this point due to the large amount of data. Please refer to the Annex of the Notice beginning on page 4 for more details on the sanctioned entities and persons.
#### Added individuals
(1) AGHAMIRI, Seyyed Mohammad Amin, Group ID: 15995;
(2) FATHI, Murad, Group ID: 15983;
(3) KHOSRAVI, Mohammed Hossein, Group ID: 15984;
(4) MOEIN, Moslem, Group ID: 15996;
(5) PANAH, Abdol Hossein Khosrow, Group ID: 16001;
(6) PASANDIDEH, Heidar, Group ID: 15985;
(7) PIRI, Morteza, Group ID: 15986;
(8) TAGHANAKI, Soghra Khodadadi, Group ID: 16003.
#### Added entities
(1) CENTRE TO INVESTIGATE ORGANISED CRIMES (CIOC), Group ID: 15998;
(2) ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC) CYBER DEFENCE COMMAND, Group ID: 15997;
(3) RAVIN ACADEMY, Group ID: 15999;
(4) SUPREME COUNCIL OF CYBER SPACE, Group ID: 16000;
(5) SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, Group ID: 16002.
The new consolidated list may be accessed via this link.