Hassan Shahvarpour

Shoot to Kill:Preliminary Findings of Justice For Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, February 2020, p 13 https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SHOOT-TO-KILL-Preliminary-Findings-of-Justice-for-Irans-Investigation-into-the-November-2019-Protests.pdf

Murad Veisi, “Who is the commander of Mahshahr massacre”, Radio Farda, 1398 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/who-is-the-head-on-protest-suppression-in-mahshahr/30385860.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, 1398

https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397

"4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", Iran Wire, November 2017

https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262

The Seven Layers of the Repression Organization in the Islamic Republic, Murad Veisi, Radio Farda, 1398

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, 1398

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

As Commander of the Khuzestan IRGC, Hassan Shahvarpour has been responsible for the detention and forced disappearance of Mojahed Koorkoor (Abbas Koorkoori).

Security forces killed several people including 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak during the protests in Izeh on 16 November 2022. Mojahed Koorkoor was arrested in a joint operation by the IRGC, and intelligence and police forces on 20 December 2022.

Based on the confessions extracted from him while subjected to enforced disappearance, Mojahed Koorkoor was accused of shooting and killing protesters.

He is sentenced to death on charges of Moharebeh (waging war against God) and Fesad-fel-Arz (corruption on earth) following proceedings falling short of human rights and fair trial standards. 

Details of the joint operation of the IRGC, and intelligence and police forces which led to the arrest of perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Izeh  

As Commander of the Vali’asr IRGC regional corps in Khuzestan Province, Hassan Shahvarpour is responsible for the killing of 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak and the violation of protesters’ Right to Life by shooting at them with heavy weapons.

During the protests in Izeh on 16 November 2022, forces under the command of Ahmad Shahvarpour shot the Pirfalaks’ car with heavy weapons. Consequently, 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak was killed and his father, Meysam Pirfalak, was seriously wounded. The protests of 16 November 2022 in Izeh broke out around 5 p.m. at Helal Ahmar crossroad and then spread to other parts of the city. Security forces shot the Pirfalaks’ automobile with heavy weapons in front of the Red Crescent Society of Izeh.

As reported by Meysam Pirfalak, Kian’s father, the security forces under the command of Eidi Alipour opened fire on their car.