Akbarshahi Ali-Reza

Male

EU, UN

Former Director-General of Iran's Drug Control Headquarters (a.k.a. Anti-Narcotics Headquarters). Former Commander of Tehran Police. Under his leadership, the police force was responsible for the use of extrajudicial force on suspects during arrest and pre-trial detention. The Tehran police were also implicated in raids on Tehran university dorms in Jun 2009, when according to an Iranian Majlis commission, more than 100 students were injured by the police and Basiji. Until 2018, head of the railway police.

CH

art. 16 (Financial sanctions) and art. 27 (Prohibition to honour certain claims), annex 14

CH

Ordinance of 12 December 2025 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6)

UN, Switzerland country specific

Iran

Asset freeze, Travel ban, Financial restrictions

Switzerland imposes these sanctions under the Ordinance of 12 December 2025 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6). The measures implement sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council and follow those of the European Union.