Mohammadjavad Tajik
Mohammadjavad Tajik
محمدجواد تاجیک
23 Feb 1981
Male
MA in Islamic History
No
Alive
5 Aug 2024
- Secretary of the Central Headquarters of Rahian-e Noor, National (22 Nov 2010 - 3 Oct 2012)
- Advisor and assistant to the mayor, Tehran (Tehran Province) (30 Sep 2021 - 25 Aug 2022)
- Board Member of Behesht Zahra Organization, Tehran (Tehran Province) (2 Jan 2022 - 25 Aug 2022)
- CEO of Behesht Zahra Organization, Tehran (Tehran Province) (25 Aug 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Destruction of Mass Graves of Political Prisoners and Violation of Baha (March 2021 - Present) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
- Description
- Mohammad javad Tajik, in his capacity as theCEO of Behesht Zahra Organization, is responsible for the secret or forced burial of the bodies of Baha'is in the mass graves of Khavaran. Mohammad javad Tajikhas also responsibility in the unlawful detention of four members of the Baha'i community who protested against this process and the violation of the rights of the families of deceased Baha'is to bury their loved ones according to their religious rituals. The mass graves are located near Khavaran Cultural Center in Tehran, adjacent to Golistan Javid Cemetery, the burial place of Tehran's Baha'is. The mass graves are the burial site of hundreds of political prisoners who were victims of a massacre in 1988.
- Sources
- Baha'is' Cemetery and the Islamic Republic; A Less Heard Tale of Oppression
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/117170-%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B8%D9%84%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87/
Expression of Concern by the Global Baha'i Community about the Forced Burial of Baha'is in Khavaran Cemeteryhttps://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-687/
- Human Rights Violation: Destruction of Mass Graves of Political Prisoners and Violation of Baha (March 2021 - Present) 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.