Jokar Mohammad Saleh

Iran

Member of Parliament for the province of Yazd and Chairman of the Internal Affairs Commission and Parliamentary Councils

1957

Yazd, Iran

Male

EU, UN

Member of Parliament for the province of Yazd and Chairman of the Internal Affairs Commission and Parliamentary Councils. General of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and former Deputy for Parliamentary Affairs of the IRGC. From 2011 to 2016, Member of Parliament for the province of Yazd and Member of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy. Former Commander of Student Basij Forces. In that role, he was actively involved in suppressing protests and indoctrinating children and young people with a view to continuing suppression of free speech and dissent. As a Member of the Parliamentary Committee for National Security and Foreign Policy, he publicly supported the suppression of opposition to the government and its repressive policies. After the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, he played a central role in proposing amendments to the parliamentary election law designed to empower hardliners in parliamentary elections and shut down the demands of protestors.

CH

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

Position: Member of Parliament for the province of Yazd and Chairman of the Internal Affairs Commission and Parliamentary Councils

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.