
Mojtaba Raei
AKA: Raee, Ra
- Political and Security Deputy of the Governor, Khomeini Shahr (2013 - 2016)
- Governor , Khomeini Shahr (2016 - Jun 2018)
- Governor, Najaf Abad (Isfahan Province) (Jun 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Najafabad (Isfahan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Raei, as Governor of Najafabad, and the head of the City Security Council, is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this city, which resulted in the death of at least 6 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 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
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Video of security forces shooting tear gas at protesters in Yazdanshahr
Video of a protester shot by the security forces in Yazdanshahr
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