Azizollah Rajabzadeh

Azizollah Rajabzadeh, as the Commander of the Tehran Police Force, had a key role in suppressing, detaining, torturing and killing protesters after the 2009 elections, including:

• The attack on the university dormitory on 15 June 2009, 

• The suppression of protesters on the 26 (Tasoa) and the 27 of December (Ashura) in 2009 which led to the death of at least 11,

• Transferring the detainees to Kahrizak Detention Centre where at least 3 detainees died under torture.

Following the announcement of the results of the 10th Iranian presidential election and the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, widespread protests were held in Iranian cities. The protests were brutally suppressed by the riot police, the IRGC and Basij, killing at least 70 people, injuring thousands and  widespread arrests.

Tehran Police Commander: No one was killed in Kahrizak, Radio Farda, 28 September, 2009

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%BE%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_-%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%86-%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DA%A9-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AF.pdf

Full text of the court’s ruling of the Kahrizak case, BBC Farsi, 6 December, 2010

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%A9%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DA%A9-BBC-News-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C.pdf

Description of the horrific events in the university dormitory according to the students, BBC Farsi, 2009

https://www.bbc.com/persian/lg/iran/2009/07/090713_si_ir88_kooy_students

Death in the dormitory; A new account of the attack on the university dormitory, Radio Farda, 14 July, 2009

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f2_Tehran_University_residences_Rahbar_students_eyewitnesses/1776390.html

Naked Violence and the Situation of Journalists in Iran, Radio Zamaneh, 16 June, 2009

https://zamaaneh.com/blog/2009/06/post_133.html

Ashura 2009: "taken" lives and "not taken" rights, Deutsche Welle, 2011

https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DB%B8%DB%B8-%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87/a-15581487

Amir Javadifar; From being beaten on July 9 to death in Kahrizak, Radio Farda, 6 May, 2013

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f7-victimes-of-88-amir-javadifar/24979564.html