Jafar Tavan
- mayor, Bukan (West Azerbaijan Province) (10 Aug 1997 - 2 Feb 2001)
- Governer, Divandarreh (Kurdistan Province) (31 Jan 2017 - 20 Apr 2020)
- Director General of Economic Affairs of Governorate, Kurdistan Province (2020)
- mayor, Saqqez (Kurdistan Province) (Probably 2003-2007)
- Governer, Saqqez (Kurdistan Province) (20 Apr 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (25 September 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Saqqez (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Jafar Tavan as governor of the city of Saqqez and head of the City Security Council is 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
https://archive.md/6kz8z
https://twitter.com/FSeifikaran/status/1578686296851361792
https://www.iranintl.com/202209180066
Shooting into people's homes - Saqez - September 19, 2022https://archive.md/yjfnA
https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1571799710364581890
security forces on motorcycles, who are shooting at the protesters in Baharestan neighborhoodhttps://archive.md/I8bgH
https://x.com/FSeifikaran/status/1578913358040174592
The sound of gunfire in the street - turpentine- 17-Sep-22https://archive.md/wip/zvN1q
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1571048359263346688
Security forces gunfire - September 17, 2022https://archive.md/i48N1
https://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1571101035971903494
The arrest and beating of a teenager -September 19, 2022https://archive.md/Rx7U9
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1571798967838556160
Security forces gunfirehttps://archive.md/G4HPc
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1586370964144603137
Direct shooting by security forces - Saqezhttps://archive.md/8sU0G
https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1585551815910776832/video/1
Direct shooting by security forces - Saqezhttps://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
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (25 September 2022 - March 2023) read more