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Gholam-Hossein Esmaili

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Gholam-Hossein Esmaili is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Esmaili Gholam-Hossein · Gholam Hossein ESMAILI · Gholam Hossein Esmaili · Gholam-Hossein ESMAILI · Gholam-Hossein Esmaili · 2 more...				[sources]
Other name	ESMAILI Gholam Hossein · Esmaili Gholam Hossein · Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili · غلامحسین اسماعیلی				[sources]
Birth date	1965-02-03				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
First name	Gholam Hossein · Gholam Hossein · Gholam-Hossein				[sources]
Last name	ESMAILI · Esmaili · Esmaili				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q25423694				[sources]
Position	Ancien chef de l'organisation des prisons iraniennes · Ancien chef du pouvoir judiciaire à Téhéran · Chief of Staff (2021-) · Chief of Staff of Iranian President Raisi since August 2021. Judiciary spokesman from April 2019 until July 2021. Former head of the Tehran Judiciary. Former Head of Iran’s Prisons Organisation. · Former Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation · 2 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2025-01-25	Last processed	2025-02-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Chief of Staff of Iranian President Raisi since Aug 2021. Judiciary spokesman from Apr 2019 until Jul 2021. Former head of the Tehran judiciary. Former Head of Iran's Prisons Organisation. In this capacity, he was complicit in the massive detention of political protesters and covering up abuses performed in the jailing system.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Chef de cabinet du président iranien Raisi depuis août 2021. Porte-parole du pouvoir judiciaire d’avril 2019 à juillet 2021. Ancien chef du pouvoir judiciaire à Téhéran. Ancien chef de l’organisation des prisons iraniennes. À ce titre, s’est rendu complice de l’emprisonnement massif d’activistes politiques et d’avoir couvert les exactions commises dans le système carcéral.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Iranian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief of Staff	2021-08-08	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2019/560 du 08/04/2019 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 2020/510 du 07/04/2020 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 2022/592 du 11/04/2022 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 359/2011 du 12/04/2011 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011)	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Iran	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	IRN	2022-04-12	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023	2020-12-31	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Iran	2020-12-31	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	IRN	2022-04-12	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 11 November 2015 on measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran (SR 946.231.143.6), annexes 5-7	2015-05-12	-

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,264

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories435,697

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,465

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,554

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,717

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,601

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,793

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,322

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,242

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,170

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata388,145

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-FG9AmUHq6TAAicVsHGNyjT · ch-seco-13205 · eu-fsf-eu-2965-0 · mc-freezes-386a7d03bf03aefd2517cb97544a5e32942b6ed4 · gb-hmt-11806 · ca-sema-c7b7cc25b586fb8b401780cfa7a429b52a028903 · eu-tb-logical-6236 · fr-ga-1144 · gb-fcdo-irn0030

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