Ali Babaei Rayeni

As the Governor of Kerman, and the head of the City Security Council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons against the protesters during the November 2019 protests, as well as detaining the 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.

"Arrest of 13 perpetrators of riots in Kerman", IRNA, 2019 https://www.irna.ir/news/83610472/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DB%B1%DB%B3-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%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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"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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