Eissa Farhadi Sartangi

As Governor of Tehran, and chairman of the City Security Council, he was responsible for ordering the crackdown and mass arrest of protesters during the December 2017- January 2018 protests, that led to the death of at least one detainee.

The nationwide protests of 2017-2018, known as the protests of December 2017, were widespread demonstrations in protest of inflation and corruption, which began on 28 Dec 2017 in Mashhad and several cities in Khorasan province and quickly spread throughout Iran, including harsher anti-government slogans. .The crackdown on protesters led to the deaths of at least 25 protesters and detainees.

"Arrest of 200 people and identification of forty leaders of Tehran riots", Eghtesad News, January 2018 https://www.eghtesadnews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7-61/196208-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B9%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA

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As Governor of Tehran, and chairman of the City Security Council, he has been responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters, which killed and injured dozens in Tehran. He was also responsible for the mass arrest of protesters.

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.

Video of shooting protesters in Tehran, BBC Farsi, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfMA0u-8tnk

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Video of shooting protesters in Tehran, Manoto TV, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g26SitYSgqE

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Video of a protester being shot in Tehran, Manoto TV, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkVa13Zygpw

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“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

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“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/

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List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 2019 https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397

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

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