Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi
Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi
سید مجتبی مصطفوی
2 Apr 1987
Male
Master's Degree Computer networking
No
Alive
National ID Number: 0080467741
15 Jan 2025
- Cyber Security Specialist of Payam Pardaz Company (May 2009 - Feb 2013)
- Cyber security Specialist of Shuttle Company (Apr 2013 - Jul 2015)
- Lecturer at Ershad University Of Damavand, Davamand (Tehran Province) (Dec 2015 - Jun 2016)
- Cyber security consultant of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, National (May 2016 - Mar 2018)
- Chief Technology Officer of Spara Security Group (Feb 2021 - Mar 2022)
- Member of the Ministry of Intelligence, National (Unknown - Now)
- Business and Technology Architect at Abr Arvan Company (Jul 2015 - present)
- Founder and CEO of Ravin Academy, National (Feb 2020 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in identifying the identities of protesters and suppressing them (February 5, 2020 - Now) read more
- Location
- National (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of expression, Right to privacy
- Description
- Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi, in his capacity as the founder of Ravin Academy, is responsible for censorship, surveillance, and malicious cyber activities against protesters and opponents of the Islamic Republic. This academy assisted the intelligence and security institutions of the Islamic Republic in identifying the identities of protesters and suppressing them during the 2022-2023 protests. Ravin Academy was established in Bahman 1398. This institution is an educational institute specializing in cyber security and hacker training, assisting the Ministry of Intelligence in providing training and recruiting personnel. Hackers trained at Ravin Academy have directly participated in disrupting the communications of individuals who are active against the Islamic Republic. The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Gina) Amini on September 13, 2022, in the detention of the morality police of the Islamic Republic. These protests quickly spread across the country and are remembered as the largest revolutionary uprising against the government since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. The Iranian government responded to these protests with deadly violence. According to human rights organizations, the security forces of the Islamic Republic have killed at least 551 people, with a minimum of 68 of them being children.
- Sources
- Ministry of Intelligence's Secret Academy for Training Islamic Republic Hackers
https://www.iranintl.com/202410129715
Mojtaba Mostafavi - Ravin Academyhttps://ravinacademy.com/teachers/%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%aa%d8%a8%db%8c-%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b7%d9%81%d9%88%db%8c/
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in identifying the identities of protesters and suppressing them (February 5, 2020 - Now) read more
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.
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Seyyed Mojtaba Mostafavi on November 25, 2022, for censorship, surveillance, and malicious cyber activities against the Iranian people through the establishment of Ravin Academy and assistance to the Ministry of Intelligence in providing training and recruiting personnel.
On March 21, 2023, the European Union listed Seyyed Mojtaba Mostafavi due to serious human rights violations through the establishment of Ravin Academy, which trains individuals in the field of cyber security and hacking, and recruits from among these trainees for the Ministry of Intelligence.
Under these sanctions, any assets of this individual in European Union countries will be frozen, and he will be prohibited from entering the European Union.