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Report to Congress on Identification of, and Immigration Restrictions on, Senior Officials of the Government of Iran and their Family Members [1]

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Date: 2022-10 

Section 221 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Public Law 112-158 (TRA), enacted on August 10, 2012, requires the President to publish a list of individuals whom the President has determined are senior Iranian officials involved in Iran’s illicit nuclear activities or proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or delivery systems for WMD; support for international terrorism; or the commission of serious human rights abuses against Iranian citizens or their family members, as well as family members of such officials. This report, prepared annually by the Department of State, is being submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.

The Department of State identified the following individuals as meeting the criteria for immigration restrictions under TRA Section 221, with titles current at the time of the designation:

Abdollah Araghi, Deputy Commander of IRGC Ground Forces Ali Fadavi, Commander of IRGC Navy Hassan Firouzabadi, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mohammad Ali Jafari-Najafabadi, IRGC Commander Ismail Ahmadi Moghadam, former Commander of Law Enforcement Forces Qolam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei, former Prosecutor-General of Iran Mohammad Reza Naqdi, Commander of the Basij Ahmad-Reza Radan, former Deputy Chief of Iran’s National Police Hossein Salami, IRGC Deputy Commander Hossein Taeb, IRGC Commander for Intelligence Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Head of IRGC Strategic Center Esmail Ghani, Senior IRGC Qods Force Official Ali Akbar Tabatabaie, Senior IRGC Qods Force Official Mohammad Reza Zahedi, IRGC Ground Forces Commander Ali Fazli, Deputy Commander of the Basij Sohrab Soleimani, Supervisor of the Office of the Deputy for Security and Law Enforcement of the State Prisons Organization, former Director General of the Tehran Prisons Organization Sadegh Larijani, Head of the Judiciary Abdolhamid Mohtasham, founding member and key leader of Ansar-e Hizballah Hossein Allahkaram, co-founder and leader of Ansar-e Hizballah Hamid Ostad, founder of Mashad branch of Ansar-e Hizballah Mahmud Bagheri Kazemabad, Commander of IRGC Aerospace Forces Al-Ghadir Missile Command Mohammad Agha Ja’fari, Senior official of IRGC Aerospace Forces Al-Ghadir Missile Command Valiollah Seif, Iran Central Bank Governor, for assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial support for IRGC Qods Force Ali Husseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader, for support of the IRGC, a foreign terrorist organization Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Supreme Leader Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, for support of the IRGC, a foreign terrorist organization Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister, for support of the IRGC, a foreign terrorist organization Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Minister of Information and Communications Technology, for serious human rights abuses Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary, for serious human rights abuses Mohammad Bagheri, chief of Armed Forces General Staff, for support of the IRGC, a foreign terrorist organization Hossein Dehghan, IRGC Brigadier General Gholam Ali Rashid, IRGC commander Rostam Qasemi, Senior IRGC Qods Force Official Ali Reza Tangsiri, IRGC Naval Commander Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Mohammad Pakpour, commander of IRGC Ground Forces Abbas Gholamshahi, IRGCN 1st Naval District Commander Ramezan Zirahi, IRGCN 2nd Naval District Commander Yadollah Badin, IRGCN 3rd Naval District Commander Mansur Ravankar, IRGCN 4th Naval District Commander Commander Ali Ozma’I, IRGCN 5th Naval District Abdolnaser Hemmati, Iran Central Bank Governor, for assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial support for IRGC Qods Force Mehran Babri, Director of Shahid Meisami Group Amjad Sazgar, Managing Director of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

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[1] Url: https://2017-2021.state.gov/report-to-congress-on-identification-of-and-immigration-restrictions-on-senior-officials-of-the-government-of-iran-and-their-family-members/

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