
Seyed Mehdi Sadati
- Governor, Khomein (2014 - 2017)
- Governor , Robat Karim (Tehran Province) (2017 - Feb 2020)
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- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Robat Karim (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
As Governor of Robat Karim, and chairman of the City Security Council, he was responsible for the mass detention of protesters, and ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters. This killed at least 6 protesters and injured dozens of others in Robat Karim 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
Iran International report quotes an eyewitness as saying, "Officers shoot at balconies and windows", November 2019 https://iranintl.com/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AC%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86
"Sadati: The performance of the people of Nasirshahr is a good model for all parts of the country", Robat Karim Governor's Website, December 2019 https://robatkarim.ostan-th.ir/News/6574/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C--%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%86%D8%B5%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B5%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA.html
“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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