Mahmoud Abbas Zadeh MeshkiniPerson

Also known as

• Mahmoud Abbaszadeh-Meshkini

Designations

• Designated by UK HM Treasury (OFSI) under program Iran since 2020-12-31. Other entities under Iran

Source remarks: IRN0044 — Advisor to Iran's High Council for Human Rights. Former secretary of the High Council for Human Rights. Former governor of Ilam Province. Former Interior Ministry's political director. As Head of the Article 10 Committee of the Law on Activities of Political Parties and Groups he was in charge of authorising demonstrations and other public events and registering political parties. In 2010, he suspended the activities of two reformist political parties linked to Mousavi — the Islamic Iran Participation Front and the Islamic Revolution Mujahedeen Organisation. From 2009 onwards he has consistently and continuously prohibited all non-governmental gatherings, therefore denying a constitutional right to protest and leading to many arrests of peaceful demonstrators in contravention of the right to freedom of assembly. He also denied in 2009 the opposition a permit for a ceremony to mourn people killed in protests over the Presidential elections. (official source)

Key properties

Place of birth

Meshginshahr

Nationality

Iran

Position

(1) Adviser to Iran's High Council of Human Rights (2) Former Governor of Ilam Province (2012-2013) (3) Spokesman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee

Addresses

Source list & list version

Last confirmed present in UK OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets list version gb_hmt_ofsi@2026-06-03, observed 2026-06-03.

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