Last Updated: December 4, 2024
Evin Prison
Aliases
затвор Evin; Prisión de Evin; Věznice Evín; Evin-Gefängnis; Φυλακή Evin; Prison d’Evin; Zatvor Evin; Prigione di Evin; Evino kalėjimas; Il-Ħabs ta’ Evin; Evingevangenis; Więzienie Evin; Prisão de Evin; Închisoarea Evin; Väznica Evin; Zapor Evin; Evinin vankila; Evin-fängelset; Evini börtön; Evinfængslet; Evini vangla; Príosún E...
Address
District 2, Dasht-e Behesht, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0721
Official reason
Evin Prison is a detention centre where political prisoners have been held and severe human rights abuses, including torture, have repeatedly taken place over the past years and decades. November 2019 protesters were, and at least to some extent still are, detained in Evin Prison as political prisoners. Prisoners in Evin Prison are being deprived o...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2021-04-12)
Date of listing
2023-04-03
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
- Restrictive measures in relation to serious human rights violations in Iran - Restrictive measures in relation to the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction - Restrictive measures in view of Iran's military support of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine
Regime
UN, EU country specific
Target State
Iran
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision 2011/235/CFSP. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons who are also su...
Official Information
Program: Restrictive measures in relation to serious human rights violations in Iran (EU) The restrictive measures in relation to serious human rights violations in Iran were first put in place on 12 April 2011. Travel restrictions and an asset freeze were introduced with respect to persons complicit in or responsible for directing or implementing...
Additional Details
Threre are three different sanctions programs against Iran imposed by the EU.
Program URL
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02011D0235-20230915 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02010D0413-20230426 - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2023.186.01.0020.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023%3A186%3ATOC