
Mashallah Nemati
- Governor, Doroud (Lorestan Province) (2014 - 2016)
- Director General of Political and Election Office of Provincial Governorate, Lorestan Province (2016 - Feb 2017)
- Governor, Koohdasht (Feb 2017 - Oct 2019)
- Governor, Aligudarz (Lorestan Province) (Oct 2019 - 3 Mar 2021)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters against water shortage (July 2021) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Aligudarz
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Mashallah Nemati, as Governor of Aligudarz and head of the City Security Council, was responsible for the violent suppression of peaceful protests in this city and issuing orders to use lethal weapons against the protesters. At the behest of Nemati, 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 Aligudarz, which was held in solidarity with protesters against water shortage in Khuzestan. As a result of using lethal weapons by the security forces, at least one protester was killed, and two 16-year-old protesters were injured.
Peaceful protests against the water shortage in Khuzestan province started on July 15, 2021 and spread to different cities of this province and other provinces, including Lorestan province. The protests were severely repressed by security forces, and by July 20, at least eight people had been killed by direct fire from security forces.
- Sources
'At least 8 killed' in 2021 summer protests; Continuation of demonstrations and solidarity with Khuzestan in Lorestan and Isfahan, BBC Persian, 1 August 2021
https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-57938942
IRIB: 1 killed in Aligudarz protests, Karaj Rasa, 23 July 2021
IRIB confirms at least one person killed in Aligudarz protests, BBC Persian, 1 August 2021
Eighth night of water shortage protests: Demonstrations continue in ten cities of Khuzestan, the first protester killed in Lorestan, Iran International, 1 August 2021
Video of one of the protesters being shot in Aligudarz, July 20, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCxi6LJevrY
Video of Aligudarz prison guards shooting to suppress protesters, Iran International, 1 August 2021
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=897069880729768
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters against water shortage (July 2021) read more