The Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) has a long-standing record of abhorrent conduct, both domestically and internationally. For decades, the Iranian government has systematically violated the human rights and fundamental freedoms of people in its territory and taken actions that seriously threaten global peace and security.

Since 2009, Iran has increasingly restricted Internet connectivity and mobile services to control the flow of information, conceal human rights violations and impede the ability of protesters to organize. These measures were used extensively during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement that began in September 2022 and during the mass protests that began in December 2025, when Iran imposed a nationwide Internet shutdown lasting approximately three weeks.

In October 2022, in response to Iran’s repression of women and girls and its brutal crackdown on the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, Canada amended the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations to enable sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities responsible for gross and systematic human rights violations. In March 2025, Canada further expanded the regulations to allow for the designation of current and former senior Iranian government officials beyond senior officials of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The sanctions announced today maintain pressure on the Iranian regime for its continued human rights violations, including restrictions on freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association, both online and offline.

The newly listed individuals and entities are the following:

• Iranian Audiovisual Media Regulatory Authority (SATRA), entity controlled by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
• Working Group for Determining Instances of Criminal Content (WGDICC), Iranian state censorship authority
• Douran Group, Iranian software and technology company
• Yaftar Pazhohan Pishtaz Rayanesh Limited Company, Iranian software and technology company
• Seraj Cyberspace Organization, IRGC-established cyberspace organization
• Davoud Moazami Goudarzi, Head of Greater Tehran’s Cyber Police (FATA)
• Eskandar Momeni, senior commander of the IRGC and Minister of the Interior
• Rasoul Jalili, member of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace (SCC)
• Mohsen Fathizadeh, Head of the Protection and Intelligence Organization of the Law Enforcement Forces (LEF)
• Ruhollah Momen Nasab, Head of the Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice and a member of the Supreme Council of Cyberspace

With these amendments, 237 Iranian individuals and 265 Iranian entities are listed under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations, Special Economic Measures (Hamas Terrorist Attacks) Regulations, Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations, and Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act.