Mehdi Masoom Beigi

Mehdi Masoumebeigi, as the commander of the police force in Isfahan province, was directly responsible for the killing and brutal crackdown on the protesters by the forces under his command during the nationwide protests in December 2017-January 2018. This included killing of at least 6 protesters in Qahdarijan, and a child in Khomeini Shahr as a result of the direct shooting of police officers with assault weapons on 1 January, 2018. From 4 December, 2017, the Isfahan police force, with its large presence in the streets and creating a military atmosphere, prevented the peaceful holding of rallies by the citizens of Isfahan province.

A 13-year-old student was shot dead in Khomeini Shahr, Radio Farda, January 2018

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-newspapers-review/28952699.html

RFE / RL Report on the killing of 6 protesters in Qahdarijan, RFE / RL News Agency, January 2018

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/15-HRV.pdf

Mehdi Masoumebeigi, as the commander of the police force in Isfahan province, was directly responsible for the killing and brutal suppression of protesters by the forces under his command during the November 2019 national protests. During the November 2019 protests in Isfahan, 21 protesters, including three children (Amir Hossein Davoodvand, Sasan Eidivand, and Mohammad Javad Abedi), were killed by direct fire from security and police forces.

“Shoot to Kill: Preliminary Findings ofJustice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 protests”, Justice for

Iran, February  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

Killings of Minors in Iran’s 2019 November Protests, Amnesty International, March 2020

https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1318942020ENGLISH.PDF

Commander of Isfahan Police Force: 7 leaders of the recent riots were arrested, Shabestan, November 2017

http://shabestan.ir/detail/News/861038

"Governor of Isfahan: The selflessness of the NAJA forces in controlling the riots was unparalleled", Khabaronline, December 2019

https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1323896/%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%B8%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF

"Mohammad Javad Abedi 's father: we did not see my son's body at the funeral", Iran Human Rights Campaign, December 2019

https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1398/09/mohammad-javad-abedis-father-we-did-not-see-my-sons-body/

"Justice teachers published the names of 19 students aged 13 to 18 killed in the November crackdown", Radio Zamaneh, December 2019

https://www.radiozamaneh.com/479734

 "Arsham Ebrahimi's uncle; we buried him at night; they should say who killed our child?", Iran Human Rights Campaign, December 2019

https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1398/09/arsham-ebrahimis-uncle-buried-overnight-say-who-killed-our-baby/

Murad Veisi, The Seven Layers of Repression in the Islamic Republic, Radio Farda, 2019

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/seven-layers-of-suppression-in-Islamic-republic-of-Iran/29421805.html

List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees Victims of the November protests, Iran Wire, 2019

https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397

"4 days of repression in Iran:What do we know about the victims of the protests? ", Iran Wire, November 2017

https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262