Hassan Karami

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.

"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

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/iran-details-released-of-304-deaths-during-protests-six-months-after-security-forces-killing-spree/

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