Morad ElyasPour
- Central prefect, Isfahan (Isfahan Province) (3 Jul 2007 - 21 Dec 2010)
- Prefect, Pirbakran (in Falavarjan) (Isfahan Province) (6 Apr 2019 - 29 Jan 2022)
- Governor, Semirom (Isfahan Province) (29 Jan 2022 - 16 Mar 2023)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 16, 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Semirom (Isfahan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Morad Elyaspour as governor of the city of Semirom and head of the City Security Council is responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters and the mass detention of protesters, 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
- Elyaspour, the governor of Semirom: the police force asked the center for help during the gatherings on November 16, 2022 in Semiram.
https://shorturl.at/cqGS3
three disruptors They were killed in Semiramhttps://shorturl.at/flsKQ
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 16, 2023) read more