Ali Reza Rezapour
- Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor, Saqqez (Kurdistan Province) (19 Sep 2019 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (16 September 2022 - March 2022) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Saqqez (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
- Alireza Rezapour, as General and Revolutionary Prosecutor of the city of Saqqez, and a member 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 (Jina) 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- Saqqez- 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
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 - Saqqezhttps://archive.md/8sU0G
https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1585551815910776832/video/1
Direct shooting by security forces - Saqqezhttps://archive.md/8sU0G
https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1585551815910776832/video/4
Direct shooting by security forces and destruction of people's property - Saqqez.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: Participation in the execution of minors (21 April 2022) read more
- Institution
- Prosecutors
- Location
- Saqqez (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Children's rights, Right to a fair trial, Right to life
- Description
- Ali Reza Rezapour, as the Deputy Prosecutor of Saqqez, has been involved in the judicial process and the issuance of death sentences for children under 18 years of age. He is responsible for the execution of Shayan Saeedpour, who was 17 years old at the time of committing the crime. A day before the execution of Shayan Saeedpour, his father told the Kurdistan Human Rights Network that the agents told him that they are following the execution of Shayan Saeedpour's sentence from Tehran and Alireza Rezapour insists that he be executed.
- Sources
- Shayan Saeedpour, Juvenile Offender who had escaped from Saqez prison, was executed
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (16 September 2022 - March 2022) read more