Nourollah Taheri
- Political and Disciplinary Deputy of Local Government, Baharestan (2013 - May 2015)
- Governor , Firuzkuh (May 2015 - Jan 2017)
- Governor, Shahriyar (Tehran Province) (Jan 2017 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Shahriar (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Taheri, the governor of the city of Shahriar, and the head of City Security Council is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this city, which resulted in the death of at least 50 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 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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Human Rights Violation Case: Noorullah Taheri, Justice for Iran, 11 February, 2019 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Taheri-5.pdf
Governor Shahriar: 80 rioters were arrested, Fars News, December 2019 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Taheri-5.pdf
Shooting a protester in Shahriar, Manoto TV, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHxtB9rxvA
Shooting at protesters in Shahriar, VOA, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHxtB9rxvA
Video of a protester being shot in Shahriar, Manoto TV, November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5cEpHnrmZk
“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
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262
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