Yarmohammad Resalatikhah
Yarmohammad Resalatikhah
یارمحمد رسالتیخواه
Dishmok
Male
Master of criminal law and criminology
No
Alive
12 Sep 2023
- Head of the Criminal Court , Dezful (Khuzestan Province) (2019 - 2 Sep 2021)
- Prosecution assistant of the Criminal Court , Dezful (Khuzestan Province)
- Investigator of the Criminal Court , Dezful (Khuzestan Province)
- Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Izeh (Khuzestan Province) (2 Sep 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing state-sanctioned death penalties (16 Nov 2022) read more
- Location
- Izeh (Khuzestan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
- Description
- As the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Izeh, Yarmohammad Resalatikhah is responsible for issuing the death sentence for Mojahed Koorkoor (Abbas Koorkoori) following proceedings which failed human rights and fair trial standards. On 16 November 2022, during the protests in Izeh, security forces killed several people including 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak. Mojahed Koorkoor (Abbas Koorkoori) was arrested in a joint operation by the IRGC, intelligence, and police forces on 20 December 2022. Based on the confessions extracted from him while subjected to enforced disappearance, Mojahed Koorkoor was accused of shooting and killing protesters. He is sentenced to death on charges of Moharebeh (waging war against God) and Fesad-fel-Arz (corruption on earth). Nationwide protests broke out in Iran in September 2022, after the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in custody of the morality police. Protests continued into 2023, in small pockets across the country. According to reports from human rights organisations, security forces were responsible for the deaths of 537 people, including 68 children.
- Sources
- The main accused in the murder of Kian Pirfalak was sentenced to death
- Human Rights Violation: Detaining and filing court cases against protesters and victims’ families (Nov 2022) read more
- Location
- Izeh (Khuzestan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of expression
- Description
- As the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Izeh, Yarmohammad Resalatikhah has been responsible for arresting and filing court cases against the protesters and families of the victims detained during the 2022 protests in Izeh. On 16 January 2023, Resalatikhah filed charges (unclear what the meaning was?) against protesters who demonstrated on 16 November 2022. He also ordered arrests of family members who had gathered for the 40-day commemoration ceremony for one of the executed protestors. Mahsa (Jina) Amini was killed on 16 September 2022 while being in custody of the Morality Police of the Islamic Republic. In protest of her death, a nationwide uprising broke out in Iran which is still ongoing in various forms in different cities. According to the reports of human rights organizations, the police and security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have killed at least 537 citizens, including 68 children, during the revolutionary uprising of the Iranian people.
- Sources
Filing cases against 70 people connected to the terrorist attack in Izeh
- Human Rights Violation: Issuing state-sanctioned death penalties (16 Nov 2022) read more
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.