Abbas Rezaei

As the Provincial Governor of Isfahan and the head of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons against protesters. This  led to the death of at least 21  protesters, and the injury of dozens of others, 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.

Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, Justice for Iran, February 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15229/

"Governor of Isfahan: The selflessness of the NAJA forces in controlling the riots was unparalleled", Khabaronline, December 2019 https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1323896/%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%B8%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF

"Governor appreciates the life of the country's security", Radio and Television News Agency, December 2019 https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2577550/%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1#bottom

"Mohammad Javad Abedi's father: We did not see my son's body at the funeral", Iran Human Rights Campaign, December 2019 https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1398/09/mohammad-javad-abedis-father-we-did-not-see-my-sons-body/

"Justice-seeking teachers published the names of 19 students aged 13 to 18 killed in the November crackdown", Radio Zamaneh, December 2019 https://www.radiozamaneh.com/479734

"Arsham Ebrahimi's uncle; we buried him at night; they should say who killed our child?", Iran Human Rights Campaign, December 2019 https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1398/09/arsham-ebrahimis-uncle-buried-overnight-say-who-killed-our-baby/

“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/