Hossein Bagheri

Full Name (English)

Hossein Bagheri

Full Name (Farsi)

حسین باقری

Place of Birth

Unknown

Gender

Male

Education

Unknown

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

6 Dec 2020

Positions and Violations

Commander of Workers’ Basij, Kerman Province
Commander of Basij, Sirjan (Kerman Province) (18 May 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Basij Organisation
  
  Location
  
  Sirjan (Kerman Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  As the Commander of the IRGC and Basij forces in Sirjan, and the member of Sirjan Security Council in the session on the 15 of November 2019, he is responsible for making decisions on issuing the shooting order for the police and other armed forces, causing dozens of unarmed protesters’ and civilians’ deaths or injuries. He was also commanding his forces during those incidents.
  
  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
  
  "Demonstrating the authority of Sirjani Basijis", Basij News Agency, November 19, 2019
  
  https://basijnews.ir/fa/news/9190683/%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3
  
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  "Sirjan Governor: One person was killed in last night's protests", BBC Farsi, November 2019 https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-50444699
  
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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, 2019
  
  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 2019
  
  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, 2019
  
  https://www.radiofarda.com/a/seven-layers-of-suppression-in-Islamic-republic-of-Iran/29421805.htm
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