Farzin Karimi Mazlaqan chay
Farzin Karimi Mazlaqan chay
فرزین کریمی مزلقانچای
7 Dec 1992
Male
No
Alive
National ID Number: 0440273961
15 Jan 2025
- Security Researcher at Abysssec , National (2013 - 2014)
- Senior Security Engineer of DOURAN GROUP (2014 - Mar 2019)
- Cyber security teacher at NooraNet Institute (2014 - 2019)
- Founder of Ravin Academy, National (Jan 2020 - Jan 2022)
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in identifying the identities of protesters and suppressing them (Jan 2020 - Now) read more
- Location
- National (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of expression, Right to privacy
- Description
- Farzin Karimi Mazlaqan chay, 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
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in identifying the identities of protesters and suppressing them (Jan 2020 - Now) read more
- Lecturer at Ravin Academy, National (Jan 2022 - 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.
The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned Farzin Karimi 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 Farzin Karimi 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.