
Ali Babaei Rayeni
AKA: Babaee Rayeni
- Mayor, Kerman (26 Jan 0206 - Jan 2018)
- Managing Director of Municipal Parks and Green Space Organization, Kerman (Unknown)
- Governor, Kerman (Kerman Province) (Jan 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Kerman
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
As governor of the city of Kerman, and the head of City Security Council, Rayeni 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.
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
"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
“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
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