Info:
Salman Adinehvand (Adinehvand) is the current Commander of the Tehran Police Relief Unit of Iran’s LEF, the primary security organization in charge of crowd control and protest suppression. Adinehvand’s unit was directly responsible for the violent suppression of protests in Tehran in September and October 2022, during which dozens of protestors were killed by security forces using live ammunition.
Adinehvand is being designated pursuant to E.O. 13553 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the LEF, an entity designated pursuant to E.O. 13553
Position:
Commander of the LEF Tehran Police Relief Unit
Involved In:
Human Rights Abuses
Also Known As:
(Arabic: سلمان آدینه وند)
ADINEH VAND, Salman (Arabic: سلمان آدینه وند)
ADINEH-VAND, Salman
Born:
10 May 1980
Country:
Iran
Address:
Tehran, Iran
POB:
Shushtar, Iran
Nationality:
Iran
Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on April 24, 2023 pursuant to Executive Order 13553 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the LEF, an entity designated pursuant to E.O. 13553;
» COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2023/986 – of 22 May 2023;