Mohammad Ali Zanjirei

Full Name (English)

Full Name (Farsi)

محمد علی زنجیره ای

Place of Birth

Unknown

Gender

Male

Education

Unkown

Clerical Background

Unknown

Status

Alive

Last Updated

6 Dec 2020

Positions and Violations

Deputy of Isfahan Central Prison, Isfahan (1981 - 1986)
Deputy of the Prison Organisation in development and management affairs (Apr 2011 - 5 Aug 2014)
- Human Rights Violation: Ill-treatment of political prisoners (Apr 2011 - 5 Aug 2014) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Prisons Organisation
  
  Location
  
  (National)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
  
  Description
  
  Mohammad Ali Zanjirei, as the Deputy of Prison Organisation in development and management affairs, has been responsible for the ill-treatment of prisoners and depriving them of their rights. He ordered the transfer of many prisoners to solitary confinement.
  
  On 10 April, 2011, two student activists imprisoned in Evin, Bahareh Hedayat and Mahdieh Golroo, were transferred to solitary confinement by authorities without giving a reason.
  
  On 12 June, 2012, while inmates of Ward 350 of Evin Prison were holding a ceremony to commemorate the death of political prisoner Hoda Saber, Special Guards attacked the ward and transferred a number of prisoners, including Saeed Jalalifar, Farshad Ghorbanpour, Saeed Matinpour, and Bahman Ahmadi Amoui to solitary confinement.
  
  On 17 February, 2014, Rasoul Badaghi and Shahrokh Zamani, imprisoned trade union activists, were transferred to solitary confinement without a reason. On 8 December, 2013, Ismail Barzegari, a political prisoner in Ward 350 of Evin Prison, who was on his 43rd day of hunger strike, was transferred to one of the solitary confinement cells in Ward 240 of Evin Prison for the second time in 10 days.
  
  On 17 April, 2014, the agents IRGC intelligence organisation and the Ministry of Intelligence, along with more than 100 the Prisoners' Guard attacked the prisoners in ward 350 of Evin Prison with batons, severely injured more than 30 and transferred 32 inmates, including Abdolfattah Soltani, Mohammad Amin Hadavi, Saeed Matinpour, Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, Behzad Arabgol, transferred Houtan Dolati to solitary confinement.
  
  Sources
  
  Transfer of two political prisoners to solitary confinement and restriction of Rajai Shahr prisoners' communication, BBC Farsi, 2011
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-BBC-News-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C.pdf
  
  'Transfer of several political prisoners to solitary confinement' at the funeral of Hoda Saber, BBC Farsi, 13 June, 2012
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%DA%86%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1-BBC-News-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C.pdf
  
  Rasoul Badaghi and Shahrokh Zamani transferred to solitary confinement, Radio Zamaneh, 19 February, 2014
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%82%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF-_-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87.pdf
  
  Ismail Barzegari transferred to solitary confinement, Radio Zamaneh, 8 December, 2013
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-_-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87.pdf
  
  Attack on prisoners in Ward 350 of Evin Prison, BBC Farsi, 28 April 2014
  
  https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF-%DB%B3%DB%B5%DB%B0-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86.pdf
Senior advisor to the Head of the Prison Organisation (5 Aug 2014 - 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.

Legal Developments

On 13 April, 2011, the European Union placed 32 Iranian officials, including Mohammad Ali Zanjirei, on a human rights sanctions list for their role in widespread and gross violations of the rights of Iranian citizens. According to the decision, Zanjirei is banned from entering the EU and all its assets in Europe have been frozen. According to the EU statement, Mohammad Ali Zanjirei is responsible for the ill-treatment of detainees and the deprivation of their rights, and has ordered the transfer of many prisoners to solitary confinement.

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