Rastegar Yousefi

As Governor of Javanroud, and Chairman of the City Security Council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons against protesters, which led to the death of at least 6 protesters, as well as for the mass arrests 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, Justice for Iran, February 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15229/

Video of security officers shooting from the roof of Javanrood courthouse, November 2019, Tavana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcDibHWY6_I

"The body of one of the missing people of the November protests was found in the Javanrood River", Radio Farda, November 2019 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/30356325.html

"250 people were arrested in Kermanshah province", 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

"Arrest of 12 leaders of rioters in Kermanshah and Javanrood", IRNA, December 2019 https://www.irna.ir/news/83569606/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DB%B1%DB%B2-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF

“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/