Houshang Bazvand

As Provincial Governor of Kermanshah, and Chairman of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons against protesters, which led to the death of at least 30 protesters and injured several others, as well as the mass arrests of  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.

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

“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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"Kermanshah Governor: Arrest of ISIL, PJAK and hypocrites in the Kermanshah riots", Farhikhtegan, December 2019 http://farhikhtegandaily.com/news/34154/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%8C-%D9%BE%DA%98%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D9%88%C2%AB%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87/

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Mehrdad Ghasemfar, "Shocking details of the killing of a protester in Kermanshah", Radio Farda, 2019 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/interview-with-borhan-mansouri-relative-on-his-murder/30323832.html

"250 people were arrested in Kermanshah", Deutsche Welle, November 2019 https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%B2%DB%B5%DB%B0-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF/a-51720807

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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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 List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 2019

https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397