Alireza Zakani
Alireza Zakani
علیرضا زاکانی
3 Mar 1966
Shahr-e Rey - Tehran
Male
PhD in Nuclear Medicine
No
Alive
6 Aug 2024
- Member of the Central Council of the Student Islamic Association, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran (Tehran Province) (1989 - 1990)
- Head of Student Basij, University of Medical Sciences, Tehran (Tehran Province) (1990 - 1994)
- Head of Student Basij, University of Medical Sciences and University of Tehran, Tehran (Tehran Province) (1994 - 1398)
- Head of Student Basij across Tehran Province, Tehran Province (1998 - 2000)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing the student protests (July 1999) (July 1999) read more
- Institution
- Basij Organisation
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of association, Right to life
- Description
- Alireza Zakani, in his role as the head of the Basij Student Organization at Tehran universities, was responsible for the detention, assault, and suppression of students at the University of Tehran dormitory on July 9, 1999. In a 2018 interview, he stated that he had a minute-by-minute report from the scene and was present until the very last day. Additionally, Mohsen Pirhadi, a member of the Tehran City Council, mentioned in a note that he had a mission to be present in the eastern streets of the dormitory of the University of Tehran and stated that Alireza Zakani was the one who "divided tasks among the Persons" and positioned individuals in the surrounding streets of the dormitory of the University of Tehran. Following the closure of Salam newspaper on July 6, 1999, a protest was held in the dormitory of the University of Tehran. Following the protest, plainclothes forces (consisting of the Basij and extremist militias such as Ansar Hezbollah) stormed the university dormitory, beating students and destroying property and arresting large numbers of students. At least one person named Ezzatollah Ebrahimnejad was killed in the attack of the security forces on the university campus. After that, two people named Saeed Zeinali and Fereshte Alizadeh went missing.
- Sources
- dormitory of the University of Tehran 1399 and a wise commander
https://shorturl.at/cfUMV
Investigating the events of 1978 in the dormitory of the University of Tehran in Tajzadeh and Zakani debatehttps://shorturl.at/YfGQ0
- Human Rights Violation: Suppressing the student protests (July 1999) (July 1999) read more
- Member of Press Court Jury (1999 - 2003)
- Head of the Student Basij, National (2000 - 2003)
- Member of Parliament (7th term), Tehran (Tehran Province) (27 May 2004 - 26 May 2008)
- Founder and General Secretary of Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution (2008 - 2016)
- Member of Parliament (8th term), Tehran (Tehran Province) (27 May 2008 - 26 May 2012)
- Member of Parliament (9th term), Tehran (Tehran Province) (27 May 2012 - 26 May 2016)
- Chair of the Supreme Assembly of Basij nationwide, National (2016 - 2019)
- Member of Parliament (11th term), Qom (Qom Province) (27 May 2020 - 14 Aug 2021)
- Mayor, Tehran (Tehran Province) (2 Sep 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Depriving hijab non-complying women from public services and imposing hijab on them (Dec 2022- Now) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Women's rights
- Description
- Alireza Zakani is responsible for threatening and limiting women due to non-compliance with hijab rules, in his position as Mayor of Tehran. Zakani is accused of in the institutionalising gender discrimination due to banning women without hijab from public spaces and public services.In interviews, he had announced that it is mandatory to wear hijab in places where municipal services are provided, and that the municipality is fully prepared to help the police regarding wearing hijab. Faraz online newspaper reported on August 24, 2013 that Tehran Municipality is deploying 400 members of its security unit known as "Hijab Watcher" in the subway. The duty of these forces is to give verbal warnings, prevent them from entering the subway cars, and deliver people with low hijab or no hijab to the police.
- Sources
Zakani: Hijab is vital in public spaces managed by the municipality
https://snn.ir/fa/news/1072798/%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%B6%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA
https://www.ghatreh.com/news/nn14020318498509344768/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%7C-%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA
Zakani: We are ready to help the police about hijabhttps://shorturl.at/5DRR2
The municipality hires Hijab watcherhttps://shorturl.at/pHgpZ
- Human Rights Violation: Depriving hijab non-complying women from public services and imposing hijab on them (Dec 2022- Now) read more
- Assistant to the President for Social Harm Management, Tehran (Tehran Province) (16 Aug 2023 - present)
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.
On December 8, 2023, the United Kingdom placed Alireza Zakani on its sanctions list for serious human rights violations, infringing on the right to freedom of expression, and gender discrimination through the imposition of compulsory hijab on women.
According to the statement, any assets belonging to Alireza Zakani in the United Kingdom will be frozen, and he will be prohibited from traveling to the country.