Mohammad Ali Nazari
- IRGC Commander, Kerman (10 Oct 2017 - 21 Jun 2020)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ground Force
- Location
- Kerman
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
As IRGC commander of the city of Kerman, and a member of the City Security Council, Nazari is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the November 2019 nationwide protests in this city.
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 Reuters at least 1500 protesters were killed. Amnesty International, revealed the identity of 324 protesters killed by the security forces including at least 23 children.
- Sources
"Arrest of 13 perpetrators of riots in Kerman", IRNA, 2019 https://www.irna.ir/news/83610472/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C-%DB%B1%DB%B3-%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86
“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
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?", Iran Wire, November 2019
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/34262
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- IRGC deputy Commander of Sarallah Corps, Kerman Province (21 Jun 2020 - present)