Eghbal Abbasi

Full Name (English)

Eghbal Abbasi

Full Name (Farsi)

اقبال عباسی

Date of Birth

1963

Place of Birth

Khalkhal

Gender

Male

Education

Ma in Management

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

1 Jul 2022

Positions and Violations

Governor, Bileh Savar (1997 - 2001)
Governor, Meshgin Shahr (2001 - 2005)
Provincial Governor, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (Nov 2017 - 2021)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Ministry of Interior
  
  Location
  
  (Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person
  
  Description
  
  As Governor of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari and Chairman of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters during the November 2019 protests, and was also responsible for the widespread detention of protesters.
  
  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
  
  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
  
  “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
  
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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 Suppression 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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