Hossein Panbedaneh Pour
AKA: Panbehdanepour
- Governor, Shushtar (Khuzestan Province) (Nov 2017 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Shushtar, (Khuzestan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As Governor of Shushtar, and chairman of the City Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters, which led to the death of protesters, including at least one child, and injured several others 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.
- Sources
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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/
“Iran: At least 23 children killed by security forces in November protests – new evidence”, Amnesty International, 4 March 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/03/iran-at-least-23-children-killed-by-security-forces-in-november-protests-new-evidence/#:~:text=An%20investigation%20by%20Amnesty%20International,protests%20in%20November%20last%20year.&text=The%20children%20killed%20include%2022,aged%20between%20eight%20and%2012.
“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
List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 2019
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397
"4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", Iran Wire, November 2019
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