Ali Fazli
- Commander of Seyed al Shohada Corps, Tehran Province (0000)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing the peaceful protests (2009) read more
- Institution
- IRGC
- Location
- (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Ali Fazli, during his tenure as commander of the Seyed al-Shohada Corps in the Tehran province, had a key role in suppressing peaceful protests against the results of the 2009 presidential election.
Fazli, on 29 December, 2016, during a speech in the Shahriar Mosque, confirmed his role in suppressing the protesters: "I served in the Seyed al-Shuhada (AS) Corps during the riots. As soon as the seditionists started, I called for a meeting of the Provincial Security Council and attended the monitoring room in Tehran…”
- Sources
Sardar Fazli’s Deciphering the sedition of 2009, Rah-e Mobin, December 29, 2016
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ALI-FAZLI-8.pdf
Calendar of One Hundred Days of Electoral Protest in Iran, BBC Farsi, September 22, 2009
https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2009/09/090920_bd_pp_ir88_timeline_election
Description of the horrific events in the university dormitory from the language of students, BBC Farsi, 2009
https://www.bbc.com/persian/lg/iran/2009/07/090713_si_ir88_kooy_students
Death in the dormitory; A new narration from Attack on the university dormitory, Radio Farda, July 14, 2009
Naked violence and the situation of journalists in Iran, Radio Zamaneh, June 16, 2009
https://zamaaneh.com/blog/2009/06/post_133.html
Ashura 88: "Taken" lives and "not given" rights, Deutsche Welle, 1390
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- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing the peaceful protests (2009) read more
- Deputy Commander of Basij Organization (0000)
- Head of Rahian e Noor Headquarters (0000)
- Commander of Imam Hadi HQ (0000)
- Commander of the 10th Seyed al Shohada Division
- Deputy Commander of Sarollah HQ (Unknown-2000)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing student protests (July 1999) read more
- Institution
- Sar-Allah HQ
- Location
- Tehran
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly
- Description
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Ali Fazli, as the Deputy Commander of the IRGC Sarollah Headquarters, has played an effective role in suppressing the protesting students after the events of 9 July, 1999. Fazli, in a TV interview with the "Shenasnameh" program, confirmed his role in repressing students and said: "We have a chain of command for entering the security scene. The Supreme Council of National Security requests our assistance from the Commander-in-Chief, then he agrees to the entry of the armed forces [into the scene]; In Tehran, the IRGC and the Basij are [the armed forces] responsible for the security of the city… Exactly the night of 14 July , the National Security Council,[…] requested our presence from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and thus commander of the Sarollah HQ in Tehran officially entered [with protesters]."
- Sources
Gen. Fazli stated in “Shenasnameh” program: The Presidential Palace was our red line, Fars News Agency, October 25, 2014
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Fazli-7.pdf
Full text of IRGC commanders' letter to the President, Aftab News, June 12, 2005
https://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/5714/%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C
July 14, 21 years after the repression: We will not forget, Radio Zamaneh, June 2016
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing student protests (July 1999) read more
- Deputy Coordinator of IRGC (0000 - present)
The European Union (EU) has placed Ali Fazli on a human rights sanctions list for its role in widespread and gross violations of the rights of Iranian citizens in a decision dated 13 April 2011. According to the decision, Fazli will be barred from entering the countries of the EU and all his possible assets will be confiscated in Europe. According to the EU statement, Ali Fazli, as commander of the Seyed al-Shohada Division in Tehran, has played a key role in the crackdown on protesters following the 2009 election results.
In April 2012, the US Treasury Department placed Ali Fazli on its list of human rights sanctions. Violent suppression of peaceful post-election protests as the commander of the Seyed al-Shohada Corps in 2009 and the subsequent cyber-attacks on "foreign news websites" by forces under Ali Fazli’s command as the deputy commander of Basij are among the human rights violations mentioned by the US Treasury as reasons for the decision. According to this decision, Ali Fazli's potential assets in the United States will be frozen and he will be barred from entering the United States.