Seyed Ali Aghazade
AKA: Agha Zadeh
- Security and Disciplinary Deputy of Ministry of Interior (1998 - 2002)
- Governor , Anzali (2002 - 2006)
- Governor, Shazand (2006 - 2008)
- Provincial Governor, Markazi Province (2017 - 2021)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Dec 2017 - Jan 2018) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- (Markazi Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
- As Governor of the Markazi province, and chairman of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the crackdown and mass arrest of protesters during the December 2017-January 2018 protests, which led to the death of at least two detainees.
- Sources
"Central Governor: 100 rioters arrested in the destruction of Arak", Tasnim, January 2018 https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/10/10/1616548/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C-100-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4-%DA%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A8-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%A9-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF
Mahtab Vahidinejad, "Vahid Heydari's family has been threatened", December 2017 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/investigating-vahid-heidari-death/28968914.html
"Chief Justice of Markazi Province: The body found on the outskirts of Arak has nothing to do with the riots", IRNA, December 2017 https://www.irna.ir/news/82799576/%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D9%83%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B2%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%AF-%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%8A
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- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- (Markazi Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As the Governor of Markazi province, and the head of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against the protesters during the November 2019 protests.
- Sources
Shoot to Kill:Preliminary Findings of Justice For Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, February 2020, p 13
"Governor: Markazi province has been calm in the riots", Aftab News, December 2017 https://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/622986/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%A8%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF
Video of a protester being shot in Saveh, BBC Farsi November 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4hn418g_10
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