Yahya Hosseini PANJAKI

Iran

1975-01-23

Karaj, Iran

Male

Iran

T56344199, Passport

Executive

Yahya Hosseini Panjaki (Panjaki) serves as the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) deputy intelligence minister for internal security affairs, where he oversees the Iranian regime’s efforts to assassinate Iranian dissidents abroad. Panjaki has been linked to multiple MOIS-sponsored plots carried out in coordination with narcotics traffickers and terrorist groups, including Hizballah. Panjaki played a role in the attempted bombing of a gathering of Iranian dissidents in Paris, among other operations in Europe. Panjaki is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13553 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the MOIS. MOIS was designated pursuant to E.O. 13553 on February 16, 2012 for its central role in perpetrating human rights abuses against the citizens of Iran on or after June 12, 2009. MOIS officials have previously been designated for their role in in kidnapping and assassination plots against U.S. citizens and Iranian dissidents who have fled Iran.

US

Subject to Secondary Sanctions

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2587

2024-09-18

US

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

OFAC country specific

Iran

Blocking Property

• https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/1551

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.

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