Reza Seraj’s activities as an IRGC intelligence officer began in the late 1990s. He, under the alias “Alavi,” was also involved in exerting pressure and torture on students to extract forced confessions. Later, he became the head of the Student Basij Organization and subsequently appeared as an analyst and a member of the academic staff in domestic media. Eventually, Seraj was appointed as the spokesperson and Deputy for Culture and Communications of the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council.International Actions: Reza Seraj was sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for his involvement in planning assassinations outside the country. (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Treasury Designates Iranian Regime Operatives Involved in Assassination Plots in the United States and Abroad)Performance:December 2000: Ali Afshari, a political activist, identified Reza Seraj as the interrogator in his case during an interview about his arrest in December 2000. According to Mr. Afshari, Seraj, who was active under the pseudonym “Interrogator Alavi” at that time, oversaw the pressure and torture exerted on him by interrogators. Ali Afshari has stated in his personal account that he was held in the IRGC’s Eshratabad barracks during his detention. (Iran International- Reza Seraj, a former IRGC Intelligence Organization interrogator, became the spokesperson for the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council)Reza Seraj also participated in human rights violations as the head of the Student Basij Organization during the suppression of student protests in the 2009 unrest. (Student News Agency- Get to know the heads of the Student Basij Organization from the beginning to now)