Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Massoud Jazayeri

Aliases

Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri

Position

Advisor to the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces

Official reason

Massoud Jazayeri, in his capacity as a senior figure within the Iranian armed forces, and his position as official spokesman, was responsible for supporting and promoting the repression of protests in 2009. He has openly called for repression of foreign mass media outlets, Iranians working for such outlets and the political opposition, and issued t...

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.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1314/made