Abbas Jamshidi
- Govenor, Kangan (2014 - 2016)
- Governor , Bushehr (2016 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- (Bushehr Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person
- Description
As the Governor of Bushehr and the head of the City Security Council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons against protesters as well as the widespread detention of protesters during the November 2019 protests.
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 November 15, 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 Amnesty International, at least 304 people were killed in the protests.
- Sources
Video of a protester being shot during a demonstration in Bushehr, Radio Farda, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZORd_OEG5Oc&list=PLTWJ2mTLJadDOQUNLv4LsdZHKZ-4ccprl&index=47
Video of security forces attacking peaceful demonstrations in Bushehr, VOA, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3F1pdP2Wtc
“Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'”, Reuters, 23 December 2019
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-specialreport-idUSKBN1YR0QR
“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?", IranWire, November 2019
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more