
Yousef Zamani Asl
- District Governor, Shuh (2011 - 2013)
- Governor , Behbahan (Khuzestan Province) (Sep 2019 - present)
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- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Behbahan (Khuzestan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
As Governor of Behbahan, and chairman of the City Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters. This led to the death of at least 6 protesters and injured several others, as well as 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 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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Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Behbahan,
Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Behbahan,
Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Behbahan,
"Veteran's father Farzad Ansarifar: My son was shot in the back in Behbahan", Radio Farda, 2019
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