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 life
- Description
- As the Governor of Najafabad, and the head of the City Security Council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons , which led to the death of at least one protester 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.
- Sources
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"Ebrahim Mansouri was shot dead on November 17, 2019", Website of the Free Trade Union of Iran, November 2019 http://www.etehad-e.com/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B2/
“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?", Iran Wire, November 2019
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262
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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