
Hossein Bagheri
- 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
"Demonstrating the authority of Sirjani Basijis", Basij News Agency, November 19, 2019
"Sirjan Governor: One person was killed in last night's protests", BBC Farsi, November 2019 https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-50444699
“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, 2019
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397
"4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", Iran Wire, 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
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