Hossein Rahimi

As a police commander of Greater Tehran, Rahimi is responsible for use of excessive force and Violent suppression of protesters in Tehran during Dec 2017-January 2018 nationwide protests.

The nationwide protests of 2017-2018, known as the protests of December 2017, were widespread demonstrations in protest of inflation and corruption, which began on 28 Dec 2017 in Mashhad and several cities in Khorasan province and quickly spread throughout Iran, including harsher anti-government slogans. .The crackdown on protesters led to the deaths of at least 25 protesters and detainees.

“Iran: Stop increasingly ruthless crackdown and investigate deaths of protesters”, Amnesty International, 4 January 2018

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/01/iran-stop-increasingly-ruthless-crackdown-and-investigate-deaths-of-protesters/

BBC Persian report on shooting tear gas at the Tehran University, December 2017

https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/947121481632354304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fpersian%2Flive%2F42521584

Report on nationwide protest in Iran, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, December 2017

https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1396/10/continuing-street-protests-in-iranian-cities-and-police-violence/

Report on crackdown of the protests and the number of arrests, Alef, December 2017

https://www.alef.ir/news/3961012134.html?show=text

Report on the sixth day of protests in Iran, Radio Farda, December 2017

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-six-days-protests/28952310.html

As a police commander of Greater Tehran he is responsible for ordering and supervising the crackdown of protests in 15-21 November 2019, leading to death and severe injuries of several protesters.

The national 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.  At least 304 people were killed in the protests, according to Amnesty International.

Shoot to Kill:Preliminary Findings of Justice For Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, February 2020, p 13 https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SHOOT-TO-KILL-Preliminary-Findings-of-Justice-for-Irans-Investigation-into-the-November-2019-Protests.pdf

“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/

Report on the number of protesters killed across the country, Amnesty International, November 2019

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ismail-Kowasari-5.pdf

 Interview with Rahimi on number of protesters arrested in Tehran, Irna, November 2019

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Rahimi-000.pdf

Video of police forces shooting at protestors in Shahriar, Tehran Province

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lHxtB9rxvA