Seyed Ali Safari

Full Name (English)

Seyed Ali Safari

Full Name (Farsi)

سید علی صفری

Gender

Male

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Biography

military rank: Colonel In some Persian-language media outlets, this individual's first name has been written differently.

Last Updated

9 Oct 2024

Positions and Violations

Police commander, Kamyaran (Kurdistan Province) (3 Mar 2018 - 28 Apr 2021)
Police commander, Saqqez (Kurdistan Province) (21 Apr 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (2022-2023) (16 September 2022 - March 2023) read more
  
  Institution
  
  The Police (FARAJA)
  
  Location
  
  Saqqez (Kurdistan Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Seyed Ali Safari, as Police commander of the city of Saqqez, and a member of City Security Council is directly responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the 2022-2023 nationwide protests in this city, which resulted in the death of at least 5 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
  
  Shooting at the protesters- Saqez- 17-Sep-22
  
  https://archive.md/4L43T
  
  https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1571083874201120768
  
  Direct shooting at the protesters
  
  https://archive.md/HRUuY
  
  https://twitter.com/HengawO/status/1576570663292194817
  
  Shooting at the protesters
  
  https://archive.md/6kz8z
  
  https://twitter.com/FSeifikaran/status/1578686296851361792
  
  Exclusive: The serious condition of some of the injured in the Saqez protests due to bullet wounds to the head and heart
  
  https://www.iranintl.com/202209180066
  The sound of gunfire in the street - turpentine- 17-Sep-22
  https://archive.md/wip/zvN1q
  
  https://x.com/HengawO/status/1571048359263346688
  Security forces gunfire - September 17, 2022
  https://archive.md/i48N1
  
  https://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1571101035971903494
  The arrest and beating of a teenager -September 19, 2022
  https://archive.md/Rx7U9
  
  https://x.com/HengawO/status/1571798967838556160
  Security forces gunfire
  https://archive.md/G4HPc
  
  https://x.com/HengawO/status/1586370964144603137
  Direct shooting by security forces - Saqez
  https://archive.md/8sU0G
  
  https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1585551815910776832/video/1
  Direct shooting by security forces - Saqez
  https://archive.md/8sU0G
  
  https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1585551815910776832/video/4
  Direct shooting by security forces and destruction of people's property - Saqez.
  https://archive.md/l1djM
  
  https://x.com/MansouriSirwan/status/1580565742319464448
  
  The sound of gunfire with deadly weapons
  
  https://archive.md/C6BLh
  
  https://x.com/FSeifikaran/status/1579588089957482498
  
  Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity

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.

Legal Developments

On October 17, 2022, the European Union sanctioned Seyed Ali Safari due to severe and serious human rights violations against protesters during the 2022 protests. According to the statement, any assets he holds within the EU will be frozen, and this human rights violator will not be permitted to enter EU countries. On November 14, 2022, the United Kingdom sanctioned Seyed Ali Safari due to severe and serious human rights violations against protesters during the 2022 protests. According to the statement, any of his assets in the UK will be frozen, and this human rights violator will not be allowed entry into the UK.

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