Abouzar Anvari

Full Name (English)

Abouzar Anvari

Full Name (Farsi)

ابوذر انوری

Gender

Male

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Biography

Latest Military Rank: Colonel

Last Updated

5 Apr 2024

Positions and Violations

IRGC Commander, Javanroud (0000 - 13 Dec 2020)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (17 Nov 2019 - 19 Nov 2019) read more
  
  Institution
  
  The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
  
  Location
  
  Javanroud
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Anvari, as the IRGC Commander of the city of Javanroud city, and a member of City Security Council is directly responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in Javanroud city, which resulted in the death of at least 6 protesters .
  
  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 15 November, 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. According to Reuters at least 1500 were killed during the protests. Amnesty International, verified the identity of 304 protesters killed by the security forces.
  
  Sources
  
  Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, Justice for Iran, February 2020
  
  "Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces' killing spree", Amnesty International, 20 May 2020
  
  “Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'”, Reuters, 23 December 2019
  
  Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Javanroud
  
  Video of shooting at protestors from the Judicial Administration building in Javanroud
  
  Murad Veisi, The Seven Layers of Repression in the Islamic Republic, Radio Farda, 2019
  
  List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 2019
IRGC Commander, Kermanshah (Kermanshah Province) (27 Dec 2021 - 13 Sep 2023)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (16 September 2022 - March 2023) read more
  
  Location
  
  Kermanshah (Kermanshah Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Abouzar Anvari, as the IRGC Commander of the city of Kermanshah, and a member of City Security Council is directly responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the 2022-2023 protesters. The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Gina) Amini on September 13, 2022, in the detention of the morality police of the Islamic Republic. These protests quickly spread across the country and are remembered as the largest revolutionary uprising against the government since the establishment of the Islamic Republic. The Iranian government responded to these protests with deadly violence. According to human rights organizations, the security forces of the Islamic Republic have killed at least 551 people, with a minimum of 68 of them being children.
  
  Sources
  
  Beating and arresting protesters https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1572844357916545024 Shooting at protesters https://facesofcrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/twittervid.com_KurdistanHRN_e72ab1.mp4

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