Cyrus Mohammadi

As the Commander of Special Unit in Kermanshah Province, Mohammadi was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters by the forces under his command during the November 2019 protests. As a result, at least 31 protesters were killed and several others injured, and more that 250 protesters were arrested.

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.  The protests were brutally suppressed by the security and military forces. According to Amnesty International, at least 304 people were killed in the protests.

Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, Justice for Iran, February 2020

https://justice4iran.org/15229/

Mehrdad Ghasemfar, "Shocking details of the killing of a protester in Kermanshah", Radio Farda, 2019

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/interview-with-borhan-mansouri-relative-on-his-murder/30323832.html

"250 people were arrested in Kermanshah province",

Deutsche Welle, November 1998

https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DB%B2%DB%B5%DB%B0-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF/a-51720807

“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: 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