Mehdi Mohammadi
- Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Mahshahr (2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Mahshahr
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression
- Description
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As a member of the County Security Council of Mahshahr, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters which led to the death of at least 30 protesters in this city. He is also responsible for mass arrest of citizens after the crackdown on the Nov 2019 protests.
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
Shoot to Kill:Preliminary Findings of Justice For Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, February 2020, p 13 https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SHOOT-TO-KILL-Preliminary-Findings-of-Justice-for-Irans-Investigation-into-the-November-2019-Protests.pdf
“Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it'”, Reuters, 23 December 2019 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-protests-specialreport-idUSKBN1YR0QR
“Iran finally admits it shot and killed ‘rioters.’ But it still won’t say how many people died in last month’s protests”, Washington Post, December 2019 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/03/iran-finally-admits-it-shot-killed-rioters-it-still-wont-say-how-many-people-died-last-months-protests/
“Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree”, Amnesty International, 20 May 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/iran-details-released-of-304-deaths-during-protests-six-months-after-security-forces-killing-spree/
List of confirmed and unconfirmed names of victims and detainees of the November protests, Iranwire, 2019 https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34397
"4 Days of Suppression in Iran: What Do We Know About the Protest Victims?", IranWire, November 2019
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more