Seyed Esmaeil Khatib
- Head of the Intelligence Department, Qom (Qom Province) (1991 - 2003)
- chief warden of the Supreme Leader’s Office, Qom Province (2010 - 15 May 2012)
- head of the Information Protection Center of the Judiciary, Tehran (Tehran Province) (15 May 2012 - 8 Jul 2019)
- head of Astan Quds Razavi Security, Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan Province) (3 Jun 2019 - 25 Aug 2021)
- Member of IRGC (1980 - present)
- Ministry of Intelligence (25 Aug 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Detention and oppression of the Baha’i (May-Sep 2022) read more
- Location
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
- Description
As the Minister of Intelligence, Seyed Ismaeil Khatib is responsible for the oppression and mass detention of Baha’i citizens. This includes 64 Baha’i citizens who were either detained or had their businesses shut down in various cities between June and July 2022 as well as the arrest of 14 Baha’is in Ghaemshahr on 31 August 2022.
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Fourteen Baha’i citizens were arrested in Mazandaran
The Ministry of Intelligence arrested members of the central core of the Baha’i spy party
- Human Rights Violation: (March 2021 - Present) read more
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
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- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the killing and oppression of protesters during the 2022 uprising (16 Sep 2022 - present) read more
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Children's rights, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
As the Minister of Intelligence, Seyed Ismaeil Khatib is responsible for killing, arresting, and torturing protesters during the 2022 uprising of the Iranian people.
Mahsa (Jina) Amini was killed on 16 September 2022 while being in custody of the Morality Police of the Islamic Republic. In protest of her death, a nationwide uprising broke out in Iran which is still ongoing in various forms in different cities.
According to the reports of human rights organizations, the police and security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have killed at least 469 citizens, including 63 children and 32 women, during the revolutionary uprising of the Iranian people.
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- Minister of Intelligence: those involved in riots against the people will be punished The detention of the members of an organized network in Qom by the Ministry of Intelligence Enemies sought to bring down the Islamic Republic/ the discovery of an anti-revolutionary team in Isfahan
- Human Rights Violation: Preventing independent and transparent investigation into the poisoning of students (Nov 2022 - present) read more
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Children's rights, Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
- Description
- Seyed Ismaeil Khatib, the Minister of Intelligence, is responsible for preventing the discovery of truth as well as identification, trial, and punishment of the real perpetrators of widespread poisoning of students, especially schoolgirls. On 30 November 2022, the news of a poison attack at a girls’ school in Qom was published. Several videos and reports were published afterwards suggesting that the poisoning of students was spreading to schools in other cities of Iran. Seyed Ismaeil Khatib and other Iranian authorities have failed to identify and hold accountable the perpetrators of the chemical attacks on schools. They continue to make contradictory statements and have blamed the enemies of the Islamic Republic for these incidents. In fact, many believe that these poisonings were a form of vengeance against the school girls who took part in the protests after the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022. Mahsa (Jina) Amini was killed on 16 September 2022 while being in custody of the Morality Police of the Islamic Republic. In protest of her death, a nationwide uprising broke out in Iran which is still ongoing in various forms in different cities. According to the reports of human rights organizations, the police and security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have killed at least 537 citizens, including 68 children, during the revolutionary uprising of the Iranian people.
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- Human Rights Violation: Detention and oppression of the Baha’i (May-Sep 2022) read more
1. On 30 August 2022, the US Department of the Treasury sanctioned Seyed Esmaeil Khatib for engaging in cyberattacks against the United States and its Allies.
According to the statement of the US Treasury Department, all assets of Seyed Esmaeil Khatib in the United States will be frozen and American individuals and companies will be prohibited from doing business with him.