Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Mohammad Jafar MONTAZERI

Position

Attorney General of Iran; Prosecutor General of Iran

Nationality

Iran

DoB

21 Jan 1949 to 19 Feb 1949

Address

Iran

Official reason

Mohammad Jafar Montazeri (Montazeri), Iran’s Prosecutor General, also referred to as the Attorney General, oversees prosecutions and the enforcement of criminal judgments throughout Iran, including such actions brought in Iran’s Revolutionary Courts, the primary venue for charging those arrested in the protests. In late September, Montazeri issued ...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1177

Date of listing

2022-12-21

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