Hossein Taeb
- Intelligence Interrogator (1981 - 1985)
- Deputy of Intelligence Office, Qom (1985 - 1988)
- Deputy of Counterintelligence (1989 - 1995)
- Deputy of IRGC Intelligence (1999 - 2006)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing the student protests (July 1999) read more
- Institution
- Intelligence Organisation
- Location
- Tehran
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression
- Description
As a deputy of the IRGC Intelligence Organisation, Taeb is responsible for violent crackdowns on student protesters, mass arrests and interrogations under coercion and torture during student protests in July 1999.
Following the closure of Salam newspaper on July 6, 1999, a protest was held in the dormitory of the University of Tehran. Following the protest, plainclothes forces (consisting of the Basij and extremist militias such as Ansar Hezbollah) stormed the university dormitory, beating students and destroying property and arresting large numbers of students.
- Sources
“Witness Testimony: Ali Afshari”, Iran Human Rights Document Centre, 4 May 2011
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing the student protests (July 1999) read more
- Deputy of NAJA Intelligence Protection (17 Sep 2000 - 28 Aug 2005)
- Commander of Basij (Jul 2008 - Oct 2009)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing post-election peaceful protesters (Jun 2009 - Jul 2009) read more
- Institution
- Basij Organisation
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
As Commander of the Basij, Taeb is responsible for violent crackdowns and killing peaceful protesters to the results of the 2009 presidential election, which led to the death of at least 80 protesters.
Following the announcement of the results of the tenth round of the Iranian presidential election and the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, widespread protests were held in Iranian cities. The protests were severely repressed by riot police, the IRGC and the Basij, killing at least 70 people, injuring thousands and leading to widespread arrests.
- Sources
“Iran election protests: the dead, jailed and missing”, Simon Jeffrey, Guardian, 29 Jul 2009
https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2009/jul/29/iran-election-protest-dead-missing
Ian Black, “The Rise of Iran’s Other Police Force”, The Guardian, 17 June 2009
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/17/basiji-militia-iran-election-protests
- Human Rights Violation: Covering up the torture, rape and murder of Taraneh Mousavi ( 28 June 2009) read more
- Institution
- Basij Organisation
- Location
- Tehran
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
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He is responsible for covering up the murder of Taraneh Mousawi, a participant in the 2009 protest against the result of the controversial presidential election, who was raped and murdered in detention.
- Sources
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Shadi Sadr and Shadi Amin, “Crime and Impunity: Sexual Torture of Women in Islamic Republic Prisons”, Justice For Iran, (Farsi Vesrion), pp 70-73
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing post-election peaceful protesters (Jun 2009 - Jul 2009) read more
- Head of Intelligence Office, Razavi Khorasan Province (Unknown)
- member of IRGC , Tehran, District 10 (1982 - present)
- Coordinator of the Supreme Leader\'s Office (1995 - present)
- Head of IRGC Intelligence (Sep 2009 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Intelligence Organisation
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person
- Description
As the head of IRGC Intelligence Organisation, Taeb is responsible for the mass arrest, tortute and obtaining forced confessions of protesters, students, political activists and human rights activists following the nationwide protests in November 2019. 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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“Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it', Reuters, 23 December 2019 "Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces' killing spree", Amnesty International, 20 May 2020
Iran Human Rights Campaign: Detainees who were disappeared
IRGC Intelligence Organisation arrests 100 leaders protests, said the Judiciary Spokesman
IRGC Intelligence Organisation: 8 Leaders of protests were arrested in Shiraz
- Human Rights Violation: Mass arrest of journalists, activists, minorities and dissidents (Sep 2009 - present) read more
- Institution
- Intelligence Organisation
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of expression, Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
- Description
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As a head of the IRGC Intelligence Organization, Taeb is responsible for mass arrest and torture of hundreds of journalists, civil and political activists, ethnic and religious minorities, and cyber activists.
- Sources
“Prison, Flogging for Protesters Who Gathered to Commemorate Victims of Plane Crash”, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, 21 May 2020
https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2020/05/amol-protestors-sentenced/
“IRGC Intelligence Chief Warns Against 'Infiltration' In Parliamentary Elections”, Radio Farda, 14 November 2019
“The IRGC Intelligence: We've Broken 157 Telegram Channels”, Iran Focus, 24 February 2017
“‘Deviant’ Religious Group Members Detained”, Radio Farda, 27 July 2017
https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-christians-arrested/28642623.html
“Iran’s IRGC Intensifies Crackdown on Facebook Users with 12 Arrests and 24 Summonses”, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, 5 February 2015
https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2015/02/facebook-arrests/
“Largest Wave of Arrests by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Since 2009”, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, 19 November 2015
https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2015/11/irgc-intelligence-arrests/
“Gerdab: A Dictated Scenario”, Justice For Iran, 2012
https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Gerdab-a-dictated-scenario.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
On 28 September 2010, Taeb was sanctioned through an executive order by the US president for his role in “Serious human rights abuses”. As a result, Taeb was banned from entering the US and his assets in the US or in control of US companies and banks anywhere were blocked.
On 12 April 2011, Taeb’s name was put on the European Union’s list of sanctions for his role in “securing apparatus and equipment for the purpose of supporting the Syrian regime in repressing its opposition.” He was banned from travelling to European Union countries and his assets in these countries were frozen.