MohammadKazem Taghavi
- Police Commander, Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan Province) (0000)
- Border Guard Command, Razavi Khorasan Province (15 Apr 2010 - 22 Feb 2016)
- Deputy Commander of Border Guard Command of NAJA, National (22 Feb 2016 - 31 Oct 2018)
- Police Commander, Razavi Khorasan Province (31 Oct 2018 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 20, 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Police (FARAJA)
- Location
- Razavi Khorasan Province (Razavi Khorasan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Mohammadkazem Taghavi as the Police Commander of Razavi Khorasan Province and the memeber of province's 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 Province, which resulted in the death of at least 9 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
- If the people were not on the side of the police force in the hybrid war, we would not have succeeded
https://shorturl.at/qDFT7
The police foiled the plot of the enemieshttps://shorturl.at/gBFU1
Shooting from the police station at the protesters-Mashhadhttps://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1572797591968190467
https://archive.md/AuKut
Security forces shooting at the cameraman-Mashhadhttps://archive.md/ytwlh
https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1577992148137705472
The security forces are brutally beating a protester-Mashhadhttps://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1579018086212308992
https://archive.md/id7zw
Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 20, 2023) read more