(C) U.S. State Dept This story was originally published by U.S. State Dept and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Report to Congress on Identification of, and Immigration Restrictions on, Senior Officials of the Government of Iran and their Family Members [1] [] Date: 2023-03 Section 221 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, Public Law 112-158 (TRA), enacted on August 10, 2012, codified at 22 U.S.C. 8727, requires the President to publish a list of individuals that the President has determined are senior officials of the Government of Iran, as defined in the statute, that are 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 individuals determined to be family members of such officials. The authority to publish this list and make these determinations has been delegated to the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury. 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 following individuals were specifically identified as meeting the criteria for immigration restrictions under TRA Section 221, with titles current at the time of designation: Abbas Gholamshahi, IRGC Navy (IRGCN) 1st Naval District Commander Abdolghassem Salavati, Judge and Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court Branch 15, for serious human rights abuses Abdolhamid Mohtasham, founding member and key leader of Ansar-e Hizballah Abdollah Araghi, Deputy Commander of IRGC Ground Forces Abdollah Mehrabi, IRGC Brigadier General Abdolnaser Hemmati, Iran Central Bank Governor, for assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial support for IRGC Qods Force Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Minister of Interior and Chair of National Domestic Security Council, for serious human rights abuses Ahmad-Reza Radan, former Deputy Chief of Iran’s National Police Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Head of IRGC Strategic Center Ali Akbar Tabatabaie, Senior IRGC Qods Force Official Ali Fadavi, Commander of IRGC Navy Ali Fallahian, former head of Iran’s intelligence service (MOIS), for serious human rights abuses Ali Fazli, Deputy Commander of the Basij Ali Husseini Khamenei, Supreme Leader, for support of the IRGC, a Foreign Terrorist Organization Ali Reza Tangsiri, IRGC Naval Commander Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Amjad Sazgar, Managing Director of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Commander Ali Ozma’I, IRGCN 5th Naval District Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary, for serious human rights abuses Esmail Ghani, Senior IRGC Qods Force Official Gholam Ali Rashid, IRGC commander Hamid Ostad, founder of Mashad branch of Ansar-e Hizballah Hasan Irlu, Senior IRGC Qods Force Official and Iranian envoy to the Houthis Hasan Shahvarpour, Brigadier General and Commander of the IRGC Vali Asr forces of Khuzestan Province, for serious human rights abuses Hassan Firouzabadi, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, for support of the IRGC, a Foreign Terrorist Organization Heidar Abbaszadeh, Brigadier General of the IRGC and Commander of Provincial Law Enforcement Forces in Khuzestan Province, for serious human rights abuses Hojatollah Khodaei Souri, former director of Evin Prison, for serious human rights abuses Hossein Allahkaram, cofounder and leader of Ansar-e Hizballah Hossein Dehghan, IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Salami, IRGC Deputy Commander Hossein Taeb, IRGC Commander for Intelligence Ismail Ahmadi Moghadam, former Commander of Law Enforcement Forces Mahmud Bagheri Kazemabad, Commander of IRGC Aerospace Forces Al-Ghadir Missile Command Majid Agha’I, Manager of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran subsidiary Mansur Ravankar, IRGCN 4th Naval District Commander Mehran Babri, Director of Shahid Meisami Group Mohammad Agha Ja’fari, Senior official of IRGC Aerospace Forces Al-Ghadir Missile Command Mohammad Ali Jafari-Najafabadi, IRGC Commander Mohammad Bagheri, chief of Armed Forces General Staff, for support of the IRGC, a Foreign Terrorist Organization Mohammad Hejazi, Senior IRGC Qods Force Official Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi, Minister of Information and Communications, Technology for serious human rights abuses [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.state.gov/report-to-congress-on-identification-of-and-immigration-restrictions-on-senior-officials-of-the-government-of-iran-and-their-family-members-2/ Published and (C) by U.S. State Dept Content appears here under this condition or license: Public Domain. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/usstate/