Hossein Sajedinia

Hossein Sajedinia (Persian: حسین ساجدی‌نیا, born 1962) is a Brigadier general of the Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran,^[1][2][3] who has served as the head of the country's Crisis Management Organization since 2023.^[4][5][6][7] He is deputy of Ministry of Interior and deputy chief of Iranian Crisis Management Organization from 2023.^{[8][9][10][11]} Sajedinia began his military career with the Islamic Revolution Committees and was a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps during the Iran–Iraq War.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Sajedinia was the Chief of the Traffic Police from 2004 to 2006, served as the Deputy chief of Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2006 to 2008.^{[16][17][18][19][20]}

On Thursday, 6 October 2022, the US Treasury Department sanctioned Hossein Sajedinia along with six other senior officials of the Islamic Republic for cutting off access to the internet and for their involvement in the suppression of protests in Iran.^{[21][22][23][24]}