Samad Mohammad Alizadeh
- IRGC Commander, Divandarreh (Kurdistan Province) (0000 - 27 Jun 2022)
- Deputy commander of the IRGC, Salmas (West Azerbaijan Province) (25 Jun 2015 - 7 Aug 2017)
- IRGC Commander, Bukan (West Azerbaijan Province) (29 Jun 2022 - 0000)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 20, 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Location
- Bukan (West Azerbaijan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Samad Mohammad Alizadeh as IRGC commander of city of Bukan and a member of the 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 12 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
- Samad Mohammad Alizadeh along with the agents threaten people in the streets of Bukan city
https://archive.ph/2zoJY
https://twitter.com/goliammar/status/1581773243945320449?lang=en
forces shooting at the window of a residential house in Bukanhttps://twitter.com/HengawO/status/1573385700002643968
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 20, 2023) read more
- IRGC Commander, Sardasht (West Azerbaijan Province) (2 Oct 2023 - present)