Fazlollah Ranjbar

As Governor of Kermanshah, and chairman of the City Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters during the November 2019 protests. As a result, at least 24 protesters were killed and several others injured, and led to the widespread detention of 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.  The protests were brutally suppressed by the security and military forces. According to Reuters at least 1500 protesters were killed. Amnesty International, revealed the identity of 324 protesters killed by the security forces including at least 23 children.

Image of Ranjbar among the security forces during the November 2019 protests in Kermanshah https://rasuyab.wordpress.com/2018/11/23/%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%85-%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%B1/

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 province", Deutsche Welle, November 1998 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

“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

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/iran-details-released-of-304-deaths-during-protests-six-months-after-security-forces-killing-spree/

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

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