Sohrab Soleimani
Sohrab Soleimani
سهراب سلیمانی
1964
Unkown
Male
Unkown
No
Alive
18 Jan 2021
- Head of Prisons, Tehran Province (2001 - May 2016)
- Human Rights Violation: Violations of prisoners’ human rights (2001 - May 2016) read more
- Institution
- Prisons Organisation
- Location
- (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Description
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As the head of the Prison Organisation in Tehran Province, Soleimani is responsible for abuse, inhuman and degrading ill-treatment of prisoners including the severe beating of inmates of ward 350 of Evin Prison in 12 April 2014 which led to serious injuries of several prisoners.
- Sources
“Justice for Iran: identifies Islamic Republic state authorities responsible for human rights violations committed against Evin Ward 350 prisoners”, Justice For Iran, 2 May 2014,
https://justice4iran.org/9169/
Saeed Kamali Dehghan, “Iranian prisoners allegedly forced to run gauntlet of armed guards”, The Guardian, 22 April 2014
- Legal Developments
- In 13 April 2017 , the U.S Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Tehran Prisons Organization and Sohrab Soleimani, a senior official within Iran’s State Prison Organization, in connection with serious human rights abuses in Iran. As a result, Soleimani has been banned from entering the United States and his assets in the US or under control of American companies or banks have been frozen.
- Human Rights Violation: Violations of prisoners’ human rights (2001 - May 2016) read more
- Deputy of Security and Disciplinary affairs of Prisons Organisation (Jun 2016 - present)
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.