Hossein Basati

Hossein Basati
حسین بساطی
Male
No
Alive
Military rank: colonel
1 Aug 2024
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  • Police Commander, Golpayegan (Isfahan Province) (13 Sep 2015 - 17 Oct 2018)
  • Police Commander, Shahin Shahr and Meymeh (Isfahan Province) (21 Oct 2018 - 1 Aug 2020)
  • Police Commander, Kashan (Isfahan Province) (5 Aug 2020 - 9 Jun 2022)
  • Police Commander, Isfahan (Isfahan Province) (24 Apr 2022 - present)
    • Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 20, 2023) read more
      Institution
      The Police (FARAJA)
      Location
      Isfahan (Isfahan Province)
      Rights Violated
      Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
      Description
      Hossein Basati as the Police Commander of Isfahan and the memeber of the City Security Council, was responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and issuing orders to use lethal weapons against the protesters during the 2022- 2023 protests in this citiy, which resulted in the death of at least 3 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
      Those killed in protests in Isfahan province

       https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32124498.html  

          Security forces shooting at people in Isfahan

       https://archive.md/wip/mkjqx

       https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1573244069152665600  

         Direct shooting of security agents at people in Isfahan 

      https://archive.md/DX6Jg

      https://twitter.com/hra_news/status/1576481021830340609 

        

      The security forces beat the protesters with batons 

      https://archive.md/HTnNb  

      https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1578813280768118784

      Shooting -Isfahan

      https://archive.md/LeHjH

      https://x.com/IHRights/status/1576534409863651329

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