Mohsen Panahi
Mohsen Panahi
محسن پناهی
Male
No
Alive
Last military rank: colonel
8 Oct 2024
- NAJA Special Units Commander, Hamadan Province (0000 - 9 Feb 2022)
- NAJA Special Units Commander, Kermanshah Province (0000 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (16ٰ September 2022 - Present) read more
- Institution
- Special Unit
- Location
- Kermanshah (Kermanshah Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Mohsen Panahi as the Commander of Special Unit in Kermanshah Province, is responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters by the forces under his command during the 2022-2023 protests, which resulted in the death of at least 24 protesters. 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
- Kermanshah
https://archive.md/Xezcb
https://x.com/RadioFarda_/status/1601230308963131393
Kermanshah -20 September 2022- shooting at protestershttps://archive.md/G5sEL
https://twitter.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1572494384700194817
Those killed in the protests in Kermanshah province until 10 November 2022https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32124496.html
Shooting at protesters - Javanrudhttps://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1598438910568587264
Shooting at protesters - Javanrudhttps://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1609137802863841280
Shooting at protesters - Javanrudhttps://archive.md/L4wLR
https://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1637752805405368321
Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (16ٰ September 2022 - 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.