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Reza Taghipour

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Reza Taghipour is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	REZA TAGHIPOUR ANVARI · Reza TAGHIPOUR · Reza Taghipour · TAGHIPOUR, Reza · Taghipour Reza · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	REZA TAGHIPOUR · Reza TAGHIPOUR ANVARI · Reza Taghipour Anvari · رضا تقی پور · رضا تقی پور انواری				[sources]
Birth date	1957-01-01				[sources]
Place of birth	Maragheh · Maragheh Iran · Maragheh : IRAN · Maragheh, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF) · Maragheh, Iran				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Iran				[sources]
Citizenship	Iran				[sources]
Country of birth	Iran				[sources]
First name	REZA · Reza				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	TAGHIPOUR · TAGHIPOUR ANVARI · Taghipour				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4392343				[sources]
Position	Ancien ministre de l'information et des communications (2009‐2012) · Député au 11e parlement iranien (circonscription de Téhéran) · Député au 11e parlement iranien (circonscription de Téhéran), membre du conseil suprême du cyberespace, ancien membre du conseil municipal de Téhéran, Ancien ministre de l'information et des communications (2009‐2012) · Member of the 11th Iranian parliament (Tehran constituency). Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council. Former Member of the City Council of Tehran. Former Minister for Information and Communications (2009-2012). · Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	University of Bordeaux				[sources]
Religion	Shia Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-19	Last processed	2024-11-19	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Member of the 11th Iranian parliament (Tehran constituency). Member of the Supreme Cyberspace Council. Former Member of the City Council of Tehran. Former Minister for Information and Communications (2009-2012). As Minister for Information, he was one of the top officials in charge of censorship and control of internet activities and also all types of communications (in particular mobile phones). During interrogations of political detainees, the interrogators make use of the detainees' personal data, mail and communications. On several occasions following the 2009 presidential election and during street demonstrations, mobile lines and text messaging were blocked, satellite TV channels were jammed and the internet locally suspended or at least slowed down.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2024-08-23

En tant que ministre de l'information, il a été l'un des hauts fonctionnaires en charge de la censure et du contrôle des activités de l'internet et des communications de tous types (en particulier la téléphonie mobile). Lors d'interrogatoires de prisonniers politiques, il a été fait usage des données, communications et courriers privés de ces personnes. À plusieurs occasions depuis l'élection présidentielle de 2009 et lors de manifestations de rue, les lignes de téléphonie mobile et les messageries ont été coupées, les chaînes de télévision par satellite ont été brouillées et les services internet ont été suspendus ou du moins ralentis au niveau local

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

Minister of ICT Iran

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

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly	-	-
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly	2020-05-27	2024-05-26

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Federal Public Service Finance	IRN	2021-04-13	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2016/556 du 11/04/2016 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 2020/510 du 07/04/2020 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 2021/587 du 12/04/2021 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011) · (UE) 264/2012 du 23/03/2012 (UE Iran répression - R (UE) 359/2011)	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Iran	2020-12-31	-
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	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023	2020-12-31	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	IRN	2021-04-13	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-

Data sources

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

US SAM Procurement Exclusions120,096

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories425,625

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

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

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/Embargoes8,449

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 Sanctions6,603

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

Belgium · FOD

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

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 Politically Exposed Persons248,649

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

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

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,801

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,908

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

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

Monaco · Monaco

External databases

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

Wikidata377,203

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: ch-seco-13373 · fr-ga-1017 · eu-fsf-eu-3465-79 · NK-RX4tWjTreTJwXhGrbVHx9W · ofac-15550 · eu-tb-logical-6968 · usgsa-s4mr473fv · gb-hmt-12647 · mc-freezes-1538549e6720af68b4d84d3e830b4bcf124633b2 · NK-4jywiRfZZctcbwDX488gJh · gb-fcdo-irn0070

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