Mohsen Davari
- Governor, Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan Province) (19 Jan 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Mohsen Davari as governor of the city of Mashhad 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 5 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 governor of Mashhad emphasized on dealing with rioters without appeasement
https://shorturl.at/cfvzM
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://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1577992148137705472
https://archive.md/ytwlh
The security forces are brutally beating a protester-Mashhadhttps://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1579018086212308992
https://archive.md/id7zw
Shooting in the streethttps://archive.md/KzVrx
https://x.com/pedram_shahin/status/1595180558010781696
https://x.com/IranIntl/status/1571954323315216385
Shooting in the streethttps://archive.md/z9zxi
https://x.com/goliammar/status/1572641686995574784
Brutal beating of a protesterhttps://x.com/beyondthewalls2/status/1572442476383797249
Shooting at peoplehttps://archive.md/0OhUF
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1572609381841133570
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 2023) read more