Vali Esmaeili
- Chairman of the Social Committee of the Parliament, National (0000 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Supporting the Suppression of protesters (0000 - present) read more
- Institution
- Parliament
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Children's rights, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
- Description
Linking the protesters to foreign enemies, Vali Esmaili, the head of the Social Commission of the Iranian parliament, supported the killing, detention, and torture of people in connection with the 2022 nationwide demonstrations, and justified the crimes committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
In an interview with Mehr News Agency on 5 December 2022, he called the protesters “foreign agents” and said: “nearly 300 media outlets are currently working against us because the ‘Global Arrogance’ (istikbar-i jahani) has spent a lot of money to influence Iran’s internal situation. The people stood against rioters and showed that they would not take to the streets to pursue their demands.”
The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini on September 13, 2022, in the detention of the morality police of the Islamic Republic. These protests quickly spread across the country and are remembered as the largest revolutionary uprising against the government since the establishment of the Islamic Republic.
The Iranian government responded to these protests with deadly violence. According to human rights organizations, the security forces of the Islamic Republic have killed at least 551 people, with a minimum of 68 of them being children.
- Sources
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