Ali Shamkhani

Ali Shamkhani, as the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has played a role in the issuance of an order to suppress the peaceful protests in Dec 2017-Jan 2018, as well as an order to filter social networks, especially Telegram and Instagram, to limit the protesters' communication channels and hide the dimensions of repression from the world media.

The telegram filter was the decision of the Supreme National Security Council, Iran newspaper, 8 December, 2017

https://www.magiran.com/article/3687891

Telegram and Instagram filtering was done by the order of higher authorities in a security institution, Select website, 1 December, 2017

https://bit.ly/33uia4Q

Iranian Officials Confirm 25 Dead in Protests, VOA News, January 2018

https://www.voanews.com/world-news/middle-east-dont-use/iranian-officials-confirm-25-dead-protests

Ali Shamkhani, as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, played a key role in ordering the suppression of the peaceful protests in November 2019, as well as ordering the complete shutdown of the Internet in order to restrict the protesters' communication channels and hide the dimensions of repression from the world media. Shamkhani is also directly responsible for presenting the plan to classify the victims of the November protests to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic and approving the plan. This prevented independent investigations, identifying the perpetrators, and prosecuting the perpetrators of the massacre of protesters upon a complaint from the victims’ families.

The November 2019 protests were a series of widespread popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on 15 November, 2019 in protest of the tripling of petrol prices, and spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. At least 304 protesters including children were killed by security forces, according to Amnesty International.

Shoot to Kill: Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran's Investigation into the November 2019, 3 July 2020

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

Special Report - Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest: 'Do whatever it takes to end it', Reuters, 23 December 2019

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-protests-specialreport/special-report-irans-leader-ordered-crackdown-on-unrest-do-whatever-it-takes-to-end-it-idUKKBN1YR0QN

“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

Six months after the November protests, the policy approved by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic is a barrier to justice for the families of the victims, justice for Iran, May 2016

https://justice4iran.org/persian/call-for-action/mockery-of-justice-press-release/

Six months after November 2019: Threat, bribery, disruption of litigation, justice for Iran, 17 May, 2016

https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/mockery-of-justice-radiozamaneh/

Measures of the Supreme National Security Council to deal with the protests, Deutsche Welle, December 2017

https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%87%D8%A7/a-51283295