Mohammad Ali Noorinejad

Mohammad Ali Nournejad, as the deputy coordinator of the police force, is responsible for facilitating the crackdown on protesters in November 2019. On November 28, 2019, he praised the crackdown on protesters, which led to the killing of hundreds of protesters, and called the protesters miscreants and insurgents.

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 November 15, 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 Amnesty International, at least 304 people were killed in the protests.

Noorinejad: The police did not allow the rioters to manoeuvre, ISNA, December 28, 2017

Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Interior Minister and Senior Law Enforcement Officials in Connection with Serious Human Rights Abuses

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