Last Updated: January 19, 2026
IRAN'S MORALITY POLICE
Aliases
MORAL SECURITY POLICE
Address
Vozara Street, corner of 25th Street, District 6, Tehran, Iran
Official reason
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating Iran’s Morality Police for abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protestors. The Morality Police are responsible for the recent death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested and detained for...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0969
Date of listing
2022-09-22
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 2010 Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Iran
Measures
Blocking Property
Sanctions Portfolio
• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1551
Official Information
Executive Order 13553 on September 28, 2010 imposed sanctions on officials of the Government of Iran and other persons acting on behalf of the Government of Iran determined to be responsible for or complicit in certain serious human rights abuses.
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