UKSL Sanctions designation

Azizollah Rajabzadeh

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
IRN0022
OFSI group ID
11786
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Former Head of Tehran Disaster Mitigation Organisation (TDMO). As Head of Tehran Police until January 2010, he was responsible for violent police attacks on protesters and students. As Commander of the Law Enforcement Forces in the Greater Tehran, Azizollah Rajabzadeh was the highest ranking accused in the case of abuses in Kahrizak Detention Centre in December 2009.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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