Mohammad Hamidi

Full Name (English)

Mohammad Hamidi

Full Name (Farsi)

محمد حمیدی

Date of Birth

1969

Place of Birth

Unknown

Gender

Male

Education

Unknown

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

27 Nov 2020

Positions and Violations

Governor, Gonbad Kavus (2013 - 2016)
Governor , Kalaleh (2017 - 2019)
Governor, Gorgan (Jun 2019 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Ministry of Interior
  
  Location
  
  Gorgan (Golestan Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  As the Governor of Gorgan and Chairman of the City Security council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons against protesters, as well as mass arrests 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
  
  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
  
  Direct shooting at protesters in Gorgan, Manoto TV, November 2019 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2479773775403744
  
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  Arrest of 2 people in charge of the recent riots in Golestan, IRNA, November 2019 https://www.irna.ir/news/83576310/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86
  
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  “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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