
Fardin Jozani Far
AKA: Jozanifar
- Commander of Conscription Department of the West of Province, Tehran Province (2015 - 3 Mar 2018)
- Police Commander, Shahriyar (3 Mar 2018 - present)
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- Institution
- The Police (NAJA)
- Location
- Shahriar (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
As the Commander of Police forces in Shahriar, he is responsible for brutal suppression of November 2019 protests in Shahriar and ordering the forces under his command to use lethal weapons, which killed at least 50 protesters in Shahriar.
The nationwide protests of 2019, known as the protests of November 2019, were a series of large-scale popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on 15 November, 2019 in protest of the tripling of gasoline prices and quickly turned into anti-government protests that spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. According to Reuters at least 1500 were killed during the protests. Amnesty International, verified the identity of 304 protesters killed by the security forces.
- Sources
"Three main elements of the Shahriar riots were arrested", Tasnim, November 2019 https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1398/09/23/2159923/3-%D8%B9%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF
"Eight perpetrators of the November riots in the west of Tehran province were arrested", Mehr News Agency, December 2019 https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4810128/%DB%B8-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF
"Killing of at least 104 protesters in Shahriar", Iran International, December 2019 https://iranintl.com/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%85-%DB%B1%DB%B0%DB%B4-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%DB%B1%DB%B5%DB%B6-%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7
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