Seyed Hassan Firouzabadi
- Defence Deputy to the Prime Minister (1985 - 1986)
- Member of Supreme Council of National Security (1989 - 28 Jun 2016)
- Chief of Staff of Armed Forces (1989 - 28 Jun 2016)
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of the rights of Bahai minority ( 29 Oct 2005) read more
- Institution
- General Staff of the Armed Forces
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to non-discrimination, Right to work
- Description
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As Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, by issuing a top secret order for surveillance of Baha’i citizens, he has been involved in the identification and collection of information about Baha'i citizens' occupation and education. This was in violation of their individual and social freedoms, and deprived them of their economic rights, including the right to work, due to their religious beliefs.
- Sources
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“Text of secret Iran letter ordering "monitoring" of Baha'is made public”, Bahai World News Service, 29 Oct 2005 https://news.bahai.org/story/473/
- Human Rights Violation: Suppression of post-election peaceful protests (2009) read more
- Institution
- General Staff of the Armed Forces
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
As Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and a member of the Supreme National Security Council, he participated in ordering the killing and brutal suppression of peaceful protesters against the results of the 2009 presidential election.
Following the announcement of the results of the tenth Iranian presidential election, and the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, widespread protests broke out in cities across Iran. The protests were brutally suppressed by the riot police, the IRGC and the Basij, killing at least 70 people, injuring thousands, and leading to widespread arrests.
- Sources
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“Men Of Violence Perpetrators of the Post-Election Crackdown” Iran Human Rights Centre, June 2010 https://www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Men-of-Violence-c-ICHRI-2010-21.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Violation of the rights of Bahai minority ( 29 Oct 2005) read more
- Member of the Expediency Discernment Council (1996 - 3 Sep 2021)
- Senior Adviser to Supreme Leader in Armed Forces Affairs (28 Jun 2016 - 3 Sep 2021)
- Member of the Founding Committee of Construction Jihad, Razavi Khorasan Province (Unknown)
On 10 October , 2011, the European Union placed Hassan Firouzabadi on its human rights sanctions list for his role in suppression of 2009 protests as "forces under his formal chain of command brutally suppressed peaceful protestors and perpetrated mass detentions."
On 13 December , 2011, the US Treasury Department placed Firoozabadi on its human rights sanctions list for his role in widespread human rights abuses. According to this decision, Firoozabadi's assets in the United States or under the control of American companies and banks anywhere have been blocked and he has been banned from entering the United States.