Mohammad Sadegh Motamediyan
- Governor, South Khorasan Province (28 Nov 2018 - 18 Oct 2020)
- Governor, Razavi Khorasan Province (18 Oct 2020 - 18 Oct 2021)
- Governor, West Azerbaijan Province (18 Oct 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- West Azerbaijan Province (West Azerbaijan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Mohammad Sadegh Motamediyan as the governor of West Azerbaijan and the head of the province's security council, was responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and issuing orders to use lethal weapons against the protesters during the 2022- 2023 protests in the cities of this province, which resulted in the death of at least 56 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
- Beating and assaulting a protester in Urmia
https://archive.md/zCRAJ
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1572611542130237441
Security forces shooting at the window of a residential house in Bukan
https://archive.md/lOIFY
https://twitter.com/HengawO/status/1573385700002643968
Shooting at protesters in Sardashthttps://archive.md/2k57x
https://twitter.com/Kolbarnews/status/1572605292612919303
Security forces shooting at protesters- Urmiahttps://archive.md/LJo7P
https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1573656459648417794
The moment Danesh Rahnama was killed- Baloov village - Urmiahttps://x.com/KurdistanHRN/status/1573253705100574720
https://archive.md/iSQW9
https://archive.ph/8V2j2
https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1594543569821376514
aiming and shooting at the protesters in Piranshahrhttps://twitter.com/fseifikaran/status/1594653300808376322?s=52&t=3Wd9rCfjHy8fJ-odrMGokQ
the direct shooting of the security forces at the protesters in Takabhttps://archive.md/toLiW
https://twitter.com/RadioFarda_/status/1572113095975403522
Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more