
Mojtaba Khanjani
- Governor, Zahedan (2014 - 2017)
- Political and Disciplinary Deputy of the Governor, Shahr-e-Rey (2018 - May 2019)
- Governor, Baharestan (Tehran Province) (May 2019 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Baharestan (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Khanjani as governor of the city of Baharestan, and head of the City Security Council is responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters, which led to the death of at least 9 protesters and the mass detention 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 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
"The Governor of Baharestan’s statement on the three bodies found in Nasimshahr", Mehr News Agency, 2019 https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4805931/%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%B1-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B5-%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85
"Governor of Baharestan: No money is taken from the families of the killed protesters", Fararo, 2019 https://fararu.com/fa/news/419368/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF
"Governor of Baharestan: I can not reveal the number of killed protesters", Radio France, 2019 http://www.rfi.fr/fa/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%85-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%9B-%D9%87%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%80-%DA%A9%D9%81%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85-20191126/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86
“Shoot to Kill: Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 protests”, Justice for Iran, February 2020
“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
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more