Habib Shahsavari
- IRGC Commander, West Azerbaijan Province (3 Feb 2018 - 26 Jun 2023)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Location
- West Azerbaijan Province (West Azerbaijan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Habib Shahsavari as the IRGC commander of West Azerbaijan province and a member of the Provincial Security Council, is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters during the the 2022-23 protests in 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
- IRGC Commander of the West Azerbaijan : We will give a decisive response to the evils of the enemy
https://shorturl.at/iIQU8
Beating and assaulting a protester in Urmiahttps://archive.md/zCRAJ
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1572611542130237441
Security forces shooting at the window of a residential house in Bukanhttps://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 protestershttps://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
- Deputy Coordinator of the Command of Hamzeh Seyed Al-Shohada IRGC, Urmia (West Azerbaijan Province) (2021 - Jun 2023)
- Advisor to the commander in chief of the IRGC, National (26 Jun 2023 - present)