Name
Reza Jafari
Additional Information
Regime: Iran
(UK Sanctions List Ref):IRN0069. (UK Statement of Reasons):Senior figure in the Iranian judiciary, now retired. Was previously Aadvisor to the Disciplinary Court for Judges, and former Head of Special Prosecution Office of Cyber-crime between 2007 and 2012. He was responsible for the repression of freedom of expression, including through the arrest, arbitrary detention and prosecution of bloggers and journalists, which in some cases then carried the death penalty. He promoted the violation of the right to life through his remarks, and failed to prevent the mistreatment and arbitrary detention of persons arrested on suspicion of cyber-crime. (Gender):Male