
Hassan Karami
- Police Commander , Isfahan Province (2010 - 2012)
- Commander of NAJA Special Units (2012 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Special Unit
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
As the Commander of the Special Units of Iran’s Police, he is responsible for supervising his forces in using lethal and non-lethal weapons during the November 2019 protests, causing deaths and injuries to unarmed protesters and other civilians in many cities across the country.
The nationwide protests of 2019, known as the protests of November 2019, were a series of large-scale popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on November 15, 2019 in protest of the tripling of gasoline prices and quickly turned into anti-government protests that spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. The protests were brutally suppressed by the security and military forces. According to Reuters at least 1500 protesters were killed. Amnesty International, revealed the identity of 304 protesters killed by the security forces including at least 23 children.
- Sources
"Radio Sarv Interview with Sardar Karami, Commander of Special Units", Radio Sarv, November 2019 https://www.aparat.com/v/JQzL2
Special units of NAJA: the most repressive counter-insurgency force of the Islamic Republic, Radio Farda, 2019 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f4_iran_special_forces_unrest_crackdown_police/30330109.html
“Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree”, Amnesty International, 20 May 2020
List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 2019
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397
"4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", IranWire, November 2019
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262
The Seven Layers of the Repression Organization in the Islamic Republic, Murad Veisi, Radio Farda, 2019 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/seven-layers-of-suppression-in-Islamic-republic-of-Iran/29421805.htm
"These people knew about the government, the IRGC and the army since the rise in gasoline prices" Khabaronline, 2019 https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1327073/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more