Hassan Nabovati

Hassan Nobovvati, as Acting Governor of Izeh and head of the City Security Council, was responsible for the violent suppression of peaceful protests in Izeh and issuing orders to use lethal weapons against the protesters. At the behest of Nabovvati, security forces used brutal violence including tear gas, pepper spray, heavy beatings, and in particular direct shooting at protesters with deadly weapons, to suppress peaceful protests in Izeh. The crackdown led to the death of at least two protesters, Hadi Bahmani and Mohammad Abdollahi, and severe injury to a number of protesters and passers-by.

Peaceful protests against the water cut in Khuzestan province, which began on July 15, 2021 in various cities of the province, were brutally suppressed by security forces. According to several news sources, as of July 21, at least 9 protesters including 17-year-old Qassem Khaziri and 30-year-old Mustafa Naimawi, 17-year-old Hadi Bahmani, 20-year-old Mohammad Koroushat and 16-year-old Mohammad Abdollahi had been killed by direct shooting from security forces.

Hadi Bahmani, A Teenage Worker, Killed in Khuzestan Protests, Radio Zamaneh, July 21, 2021

https://en.radiozamaneh.com/31723/

Security Forces Kill More Protesters In Iran As Unrest Continues, Iran International, July 21, 2021

https://iranintl.com/en/iran/security-forces-kill-more-protesters-iran-unrest-continues

The sixth night of Khuzestan protests; At least two protesters were killed in Izeh, Iran International, July 21, 2021

https://iranintl.com/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87/%D8%B4%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%A2%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%85-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B6-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B0%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF

Video of the protests in Izeh, Voice of America, July 20, 1400

https://ir.voanews.com/episode/izeh-protests-khuzestan-515846

Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Izeh, July 20, 1400

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsDAeBIxTag