Mohammad Reza Iran Nejad
AKA: Irannejad
- Police Commander , Baft (Sep 2014 - Jan 2016)
- Police Commander, Sirjan (Kerman Province) (Jan 2016 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- The Police (NAJA)
- Location
- Sirjan (Kerman Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As the Commander of Sirjan Police forces, 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 order to use deadly weapons against protesters killing at least two and injuring dozens. He personally commanded his forces on the field during the protests.
- Sources
"Security forces clash with protesters against increase in petrol prices; attack on" oil depot "in Sirjan", Radio Farda, November 2019 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iiran-protests-gas/30274965.html
"Sirjan Governor: One person was killed in last night's protests", BBC Farsi, November 2019 https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-50444699
Details of 106 killed in Iranian protests; most killed in Khuzestan and Kurdistan, Radio Farda, November 2019 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/details-of-106-killed-during-fuel-protests/30280614.html
"25 rioters in Sirjan were arrested", IRNA, December 2019 https://www.irna.ir/news/83573081/%DB%B2%DB%B5%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF
Video of a protester killed in Sirjan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqNHBp7jCMg
“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, November 2019 https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more