Ali Mohammad Akbari

 As a member of the Provincial Security Council, he was responsible for making the decision of ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters in Nov 2019. 

As the Commander of the IRGC Qamar Bani-Hashem Corps, he is responsible for leading the operation of the IRGC forces in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari province using lethal weapons against unarmed protesters in Nov 2019.

On 21 Nov 2019 he praised the operation of the IRGC forces in suppressing the protests and said ‘the recent incidents were the enemy's planning and conspiracy to overthrow the regime, which with the vigilance of the people, the instructions of the Supreme Leader and the support of the government, and the officials of the three branches of the enemy conspiracy was foiled.’

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.

Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, Justice for Iran, February 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 Shahr-e-Kord

"Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces' killing spree", Amnesty International, 20 May 2020