Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Reza Jafari
Aliases
Reza Ja'fari
Position
Retired. Formerly advisor to the Disciplinary Court for Judges and Head of the Special Prosecutors Office for Cyber-crime
DoB
1967
Official reason
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 journ...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Iran
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans, Transport sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 came fully into force on 14 December 2023. The regime’s purposes are to deter the Government of Iran or an armed group backed by the Government of Iran from conducting hostile activity against the United Kingdom or any other country and to encourage the Government of Iran to comply with international human rights l...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 8 of the Regulations.
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