Hassan Nikbakht
- Police Commander , Natanz (2010 - May 2013)
- Police Commander , Falavarjan (May 2013 - present)
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- Location
- Ghahdarijan (Isfahan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
As the commander of the Falavarjan police force, he was responsible for killing six protesters during the January 2018 protests in Ghahderijan.
The nationwide protests of 2017-2018, known as the protests of December 2017, were widespread demonstrations in protest of inflation and corruption, which began on 28 Dec 2017 in Mashhad and several cities in Khorasan province and quickly spread throughout Iran, including harsher anti-government slogans. .The crackdown on protesters led to the deaths of at least 25 protesters and detainees.
- Sources
“IRGC Claims Tehran Is Calm, While Protests Continued - Tension Around Esfahan”, Radio Farda, 2 January 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-protests-tehran-esfahan-irgc/28950112.html
Report of the IRIB Central News Unit on the killing of 6 protesters in Ghahdarijan, January 3, 2018
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/16-HRV.mp4
IRIB Report on the protests of Ghahdarijan, January 3, 2018 https://www.irinn.ir/fa/news/553712/فروکش-و-خط-بیگانه
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