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Mohammad MOGHISSEH

Aliases

Mohammad Nasser MOGHISSEH; Mohammad MOGHISEH; Mohammad MOQISEH; NASSERIAN; NASERIAN

Position

Judge, Head of Tehran Revolutionary Court, Branch 28

DoB

1956 to 1957

Address

Tehran, Iran

Official reason

Moghisseh presides over Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, where he has overseen countless unfair trails, during which charges went unsubstantiated and evidence was disregarded.  He is notorious for sentencing scores of journalists and internet users to lengthy prison terms. In one case alone, he sentenced eight Iranian Facebook users to...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm862

Date of listing

2019-12-19

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Iran

Measures

Other financial restrictions, Trade sanctions

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1551

Official Information

The Iranian Transactions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560 (the “ITR”), financial institutions and other U.S. persons were prohibited from engaging in transactions with the GOI. Under those prior rules, U.S. financial institutions receiving instructions to execute transactions involving these entities were not required to block the transactions, but ...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-31/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-560