Gholamhossein Mohammadi Asl
Gholamhossein Mohammadi Asl
غلامحسین محمدی اصل
Male
No
Alive
Military rank: Sardar
2 Aug 2024
- Commander of the 37th IRGC Brigade, Ardabil Province (3 May 2017 - 0000)
- IRGC Commander, Sardasht (West Azerbaijan Province) (30 Apr 2019 - 13 Sep 2021)
- IRGC Commander, Ardabil Province (10 Aug 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Location
- Ardabil (Ardabil Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Gholamhossein Mohammadi Asl as IRGC commander of Ardabil 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 2 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
- Ardabil IRGC commander: The recent riots and seditions were planned in advance
https://shorturl.at/IV035
Security forces attack protesters with armored vehicles and firearmshttps://archive.md/LBpkR
https://twitter.com/hra_news/status/1581298144364544002
The security forces are severely beating a protester
https://archive.ph/Y5cu0
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1581663532310929408
Security forces arrest and beat a protester
https://archive.md/Ofe42
https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1581952288918106112
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.