Yahya Mahmoudzadeh
- Governor, Gilan Province (2007 - 2009)
- Deputy of planning and economic affairs (2009 - 2016)
- Board member of NAJA Cooperative Foundation (2017 - 2019)
- NAJA Deputy of Budget and Planning (24 Jan 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters read more
- Institution
- The Police (NAJA)
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
Yahya Mahmoudzadeh, as deputy police chief for programs and budgets, was responsible for facilitating the crackdown on protesters during the November 1998 protests, which killed and injured thousands.
Yahya Mahmoudzadeh has been a member of the board of directors of the NAJA Cooperative Foundation for two years since March 2017. The US Treasury Department has placed the NAJA Cooperative Foundation on its human rights sanctions list for its role in facilitating the crackdown on protesters and the torture of detainees.
Mahmoudzadeh has held other positions such as head of the Engineering and Construction Organisation of the Ministry of Defence, member of the Technical Committee of the Supreme Council of Architecture and Urban Planning, and member of the Industry and Infrastructure Committee of the Cabinet.
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
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