Mohammad Jabbari
- head of Intelligence Protection of the judiciary of Kurdistan province, Kurdistan Province (2013 - 2019)
- Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Sanandaj (Kurdistan Province) (19 Jun 2019 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Sanandaj
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Jabbari, as Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of the city of Sanandaj, and a member of City Security Council is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this city, which resulted in the death of at least 2 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.
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- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (17 Sep 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Sanandaj (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of assembly, Women's rights
- Description
- Mohammad Jabbari, as General and Revolutionary Prosecutor of the city of Sanandaj, and a member of the City Security Council is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the 2022-2023 nationwide protests in this city, which resulted in the death of at least 16 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.
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- Amnesty International warns about the extensive suppression of protesters in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province.
https://twitter.com/AmnestyIran/status/1579554334991257600
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/IZ0EV
https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1571539089341681666
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/phks2
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1587870361907085312
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/QaIkK
https://x.com/begoonah1/status/1571530159722995712
Identification of leaders of unrest in Kurdistanhttps://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/708812/%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86
cases related to riot should be reviewed more quickly.https://shorturl.at/mrwFJ
Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing and arresting women for resisting compulsory hijab (May 2020 - Present) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Sanandaj (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Women's rights
- Description
- Mohammad Jabari, as the public and revolutionary prosecutor of Sanandaj, is responsible for the suppression and detention of women for not observing compulsory hijab. Women, due to their resistance against compulsory hijab, have faced various suppressions such as deprivation of public services, denial of education, arrest, court proceedings, fines, and imprisonment. Mohammad Jabari considered unveiled women in August 2023 as promoters of a culture of lawlessness in society and had harshly threatened them with uncompromising actions.
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- Emphasis on combating immodesty
https://shorturl.at/mnDHM
We will not tolerate immodesty promotershttps://shorturl.at/bklxP
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in issuing and implementing death sentences for political prisoners (2021 - June 21, 2023) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Sanandaj (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
- Description
- Mohammad Jabbari, in his capacity as the public and revolutionary prosecutor of Sanandaj, is responsible for disregarding fair trial principles and issuing and executing death sentences for political prisoners, including Himan Mostafaei and Heydar Ghorbani. Himan Mostafaei, a political prisoner, was arrested on March 1, 2013, on charges of killing a former member of the IRGC. He was forced to confess under torture during interrogation. His execution sentence was carried out on June 21, 2023, after twelve years of imprisonment, in the Central Prison of Sanandaj. Heydar Ghorbani, a political prisoner, was sentenced to death on charges of “armed rebellion against the state” (baghi) and collaboration with and membership in the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan.” He was secretly executed in Sanandaj prison on December 19, 2021. According to human rights sources, Heydar Ghorbani was held in solitary confinement for months and subjected to physical and psychological torture.
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- Sanandaj, Himan Mosstafaei's execution was carried out
https://shorturl.at/vAIU2
The execution of Heydar Ghorbani, a Kurdish prisoner in Iran, the publication of a video detailing his torturehttps://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-59717642
The account of Heydar Ghorbani about torture in the prisons of the Islamic Republic
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more