Name
Ali Reza Balali
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Additional Information
Nationalities:
Iran
Other information:
Rank: Brigadier General
Position: Officer and counsellor to the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC AF), Amir Ali Hajizadeh
Justifications:
Brigadier General Ali Reza Balali is an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officer and counsellor to the EU-listed chief of the IRGC Aerospace Force (IRGC AF), Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
Balali has organised and promoted an event to display and train with military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Kashan, Iran in Aug 2022, to which Russian forces were invited and in which they participated. In so doing, he supported Russian forces in using Iranian UAVs in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.
Therefore, Brigadier General Ali Reza Balali is supporting actions which undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.