
Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi
- Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Kermanshah Province (0000)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- (Kermanshah Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
As the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Kermanshah Province, and a member of the Provincial Security Council, Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters during the November 2019 protests. As a result, at least 23 protesters were killed and several others injured, and more that 250 protesters were arrested.
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 November 15, 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. The protests were brutally suppressed by the security and military forces. According to Amnesty International, at least 304 people were killed in the protests.
- Sources
Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, Justice for Iran, February 2020
https://justice4iran.org/15229/
Kermanshah Prosecutor: The leaders of the Kermanshah riots were arrested/severest punishment for the rioters, Tasnim News, 19 November 2019
Mehrdad Ghasemfar, "Shocking details of the killing of a protester in Kermanshah", Radio Farda, 2019
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/interview-with-borhan-mansouri-relative-on-his-murder/30323832.html
"250 people were arrested in Kermanshah province", Deutsche Welle, November 1998
“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
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of women’s rights (19 May 2019) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- (Kermanshah Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to non-discrimination, Women's rights
- Description
Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi, as the prosecutor of Kermanshah province, in a letter to the director general of Islamic culture and guidance of Kermanshah province, warned about women's selling books in the city and asked this to be banned.
Sadeghi wrote in his letter:
"The fact that some young girls with a number of books in their hands go to offices, departments and even the homes of people or to car drivers in the streets and start selling books is a sad and ugly scene that is in obvious inconsistency with the public culture of the society. It paves the way for further behavioural harms. It is expected from you, as the custodian of culture, to take immediate action to correct these practices and report the results."
- Sources
A judicial official opposed "women selling books" in Kermanshah and called for action, Voice of America, 19 May 2019
https://ir.voanews.com/persiannewsiran/iran-kermanshah-women
Kermanshah prosecutor warns cultural officials about “women selling books”, MehrNews, 19 May 2019
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Assistant Prosecutor of The Supreme Court (0000 - present)