Yaghub Rashidi

Full Name (English)

Yaghub Rashidi

Full Name (Farsi)

یعقوب رشیدی

Gender

Male

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

2 Aug 2024

Positions and Violations

Deputy commander of IRGC, Sardasht (West Azerbaijan Province) (22 Apr 2019 - 0000)
IRGC Commander, Oshnavieh (West Azerbaijan Province) (0000 - present)
- 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
  
  Oshnavieh (West Azerbaijan Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Yaghoub Rashidi as IRGC commander of city of Oshnavieh 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 4 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
  
  Protesters who were injured by the shooting of security forces - Oshnavieh
  https://archive.md/mEkTx
  
  https://twitter.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1572638574297620482
  Tanks, armored vehicles, and heavy weapons in Oshnavieh
  https://archive.md/QdVcH
  
  https://twitter.com/chawshin_83/status/1595821399343792128
  Tank in Oshnaviyeh
  https://archive.md/NaULS
  
  https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1595874408685776896
  Milan Haghighi's father: They killed my son with three war bullets
  https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-protests-victems-milanhaghighi/32054154.html
  suppression of the Oshnaviyeh; Internet and landline are cut off and military forces are present in the city
  https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/c3gw22d3dj7o

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