Ahmad Hosseinzadegan

As the Governor of the Mazandaran province, and chairman of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for issuing orders to use deadly weapons against protesters 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.  At least 304 people were killed in the protests, according to Amnesty International.

Shoot to Kill:Preliminary Findings of Justice For Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, February 2020, p 13

https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SHOOT-TO-KILL-Preliminary-Findings-of-Justice-for-Irans-Investigation-into-the-November-2019-Protests.pdf

"Governor of Mazandarn: People turned the hopes of the enemies into despair by separating the line of turmoil", Mehr News Agency, December 2019 https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4779969/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%B7-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%84-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF

"Arrest of leaders and perpetrators of riots in Mazandaran", Journalists Club, December 2019 https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/7146485/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86

“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

"4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", IranWire, November 2019 https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262