Alireza Sartipi
- IRGC Commander, Takab (West Azerbaijan Province) (29 May 2022 - 7 Jan 2024)
- 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
- Takab (West Azerbaijan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Alireza Sartipi as IRGC commander of city of Takab 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 1 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
- the direct shooting of the security forces at the protesters in Takab
https://archive.md/toLiW
https://twitter.com/RadioFarda_/status/1572113095975403522
security forces arrest a protester by beating him
https://archive.md/Ctgb9
https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1571894422412967937
A video showing a protester injured by shotgun pelletshttps://archive.ph/DdJot
https://x.com/1500tasvir/status/1594924267828903936
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 20, 2023) read more