Heidar Asiabi
AKA: Heidar Asiabi Bakhshkandi
- Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Shiraz (May 2019 - 27 Jan 2021)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Shiraz (Fars Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Asiabi, as Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of the city of Shiraz, and a member of the City Security Council and the Provincial 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 province, which resulted in the death of at least 24 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
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Head of Judicial Administration, Golestan Province (25 Jul 2021 - present)