Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Mohammad ROSTAMI CHESHMEH GACHI

Aliases

Mohammad ROSTAMI

Position

General

Nationality

Iran

DoB

1976 to 1977

Address

Kermanshah, Iran

Reg. ID

13821, Identification Number; 111936, National ID No.

Official reason

Mohammad Rostami Cheshmeh Gachi serves as the head of Iran’s Morality Police, which has demonstrated a culture of violence and excessive force under his command. In early 2022, Rostami declared that the Morality Police would punish Iranian women who refuse to wear a hijab. Haj Ahmad Mirzaei served as the head of the Tehran division of Iran’s Morali...

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.

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://ofac.treasury.gov/media/8076/download?inline