
Mehdi Ghasemi
AKA: Ghassemi
- Commander of NAJA Special Units , Golestan Province (2016 - 2018)
- Commander of NAJA Special Units of West of the Province, Tehran Province (2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Special Unit
- Location
- (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As the commander of the Special Units of the Police forces in the West of the Tehran Province, he is responsible for commanding forces in using lethal and non-lethal weapons during the November 2019 protests, killing several unarmed protesters and other civilians to die, and injuring hundreds in at least six cities of the West of the province Tehran.
- Sources
Shoot to Kill:Preliminary Findings of Justice For Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, February 2020, p 13
Special units of NAJA: the most repressive counter-insurgency force of the Islamic Republic, Radio Farda, 1398 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, 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
- Back up link
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more