Alireza Kazemi Abiz
- Commander of the Special Units, South Khorasan Province (0000)
- Commander of the Special Units, Sistan and Baluchestan Province (At least from early 2021- Present)
- Human Rights Violation: persecution and arrest of protestors (23 September 2023 - Present) read more
- Institution
- Special Unit
- Location
- Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Sistan and Baluchestan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
Alireza Kazemi-Abiz, in his capacity as the commander of the Special Units in Sistan and Baluchestan Province and the operational commander, is responsible for using lethal weapons against protesters and arbitrary mass arrests of protesters during the protests on the anniversary of the bloody Friday in this province.
Security forces opened fire towards protesters, resulting in at least 29 people, including 8 children, being injured, and at least 200 people were detained.
Bloody Friday in Zahedan occurred on the Friday September 29, 2022. During the 2022 uprising, Zahedan residents protested against the sexual assault by the former commander of Chabahar police on a 15-year-old girl in front of the 16th police station. Security forces directly shot at protesters during this brutal suppression, resulting in at least 100 deaths, including 14 children.
The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Gina) 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
- September 28, 2022 - Zahedan - Khayyam Street - In front of Maki Mosque - security forces shooting at protesters
https://archive.ph/zR100
https://x.com/haalvsh/status/1707723162723430864
September 28, 2022 - Zahedan - Khayyam Street - near the Maki Mosque - direct security forces shooting at protestershttps://archive.ph/IRXDB
https://twitter.com/haalvsh/status/1707727565543371064
September 28, 2022 - Zahedan - near the Maki Mosque - direct security forces shooting at protestershttps://archive.ph/PdBoJ
https://x.com/haalvsh/status/1707737642367086861
- Human Rights Violation: persecution and arrest of protestors (23 September 2023 - Present) read more

