UKSL Sanctions designation

Rahim Hamlbar

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
IRN0068
OFSI group ID
12855
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

  • Judge of Branch 1 of Tabriz Revolutionary Court. Responsible for heavy sentences against Azeri ethnic minority and workers' rights activists, accusing them of spying, acts against national security, propaganda against the Iranian regime and insulting the leader of Iran. A high profile case involved 20 volunteer earthquake relief workers (following an earthquake in Iran in August 2012) to whom he gave prison sentences for their attempts to assist earthquake victims. The court found the workers guilty of ‘collaboration in assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security.’

Other information

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