Mehdi Ghasemi

AKA: Ghassemi

Full Name (English)

Mehdi Ghasemi

Full Name (Farsi)

مهدی قاسمی

Place of Birth

Unknown

Gender

Male

Education

Unknown

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

25 Nov 2020

Positions and Violations

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
  
  https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SHOOT-TO-KILL-Preliminary-Findings-of-Justice-for-Irans-Investigation-into-the-November-2019-Protests.pdf
  
  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
  
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  “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/
  
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  List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 1398
  
  https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397
  
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  "4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", Iran Wire, November 2017
  
  https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262
  
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  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
  
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  "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
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