Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Seyyed Heshmatollah Hayat AL-GHAIB

Aliases

Heshmatollah Hayat AL-GHAIB; Seyyed Heshmat Hayat AL-GHAIB; Sayyid Heshmat Hayat AL-GHAYB

Position

Director-General of Tehran Province Prisons

Nationality

Iran

DoB

1965-03-21

Address

Tehran, Iran

Reg. ID

5289820841, National ID No.

Official reason

Seyyed Heshmatollah Hayat Al-Ghaib (Al-Ghaib) serves as the Director-General of Tehran Province Prisons, a role which gives him oversight of Evin, Fashafouyeh, and other notorious prisons in the region. During his tenure, Al-Ghaib has repeatedly dismissed concerns from prisoners and Iranian officials regarding poor conditions at the prisons he admi...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1048

Date of listing

2022-10-26

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