Mohammad Ebrahim Zarei

Full Name (English)

Full Name (Farsi)

محمد ابراهیم زارعی

Date of Birth

1963

Place of Birth

Qorveh

Gender

Male

Education

PhD in Archaeology

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

22 May 2020

Positions and Violations

Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Kurdistan Province (1997 - 2007)
Governor , Sanandaj (2 Jun 2014 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Ministry of Interior
  
  Location
  
  Sanandaj
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  As Governor of Sanandaj, and chairman of the City Security Council, Zarei is responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters during the November 2019 protests, which led to the death of at least 2 protesters.
  
  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, Justice for Iran, February 2020
  
  “Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it', Reuters, 23 December 2019
  
  "Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces' killing spree", Amnesty International, 20 May 2020
  
  Video of security forces shooting at protesters in Sanandaj
- Human Rights Violation: Covering up the murder of a prisoner and participation in obtaining forced confession ( 14 Jan 2018) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Ministry of Interior
  
  Location
  
  Sanandaj
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  By concealing the cause of death of Saro Ghahremani, a political prisoner and collaborating with the security forces in obtaining forced confessions from Mohammad Ghahremani, Saro's father, has played a role in violating their rights.
  
  Sources
  
  “orwellian state: the islamic republic of iran state media as a weapon of mass suppression”, Justice for Iran, 1 June 2020 https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ORWELLIAN-STATE-ISLAMIC-REPUBLIC-OF-IRAN%E2%80%99S-STATE-MEDIA-AS-A-WEAPON-OF-MASS-SUPPRESSION-English-1.pdf
  
  “ Intelligence Ministry Forces Father of Slain Protester to Repeat Authorities’ Version of Events on State TV”, Centre for Human Rights in Iran, 16 Jan 2018 https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2018/01/intelligence-ministry-forces-father-of-slain-protester-to-repeat-authorities-version-of-events-on-state-tv/

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