Alireza Moeirian
- Police commander, Farahan (Markazi Province) (28 Oct 2020 - 11 Apr 2022)
- Police commander, Arak (Markazi Province) (11 Apr 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Police (FARAJA)
- Location
- Arak (Markazi Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Alireza Moeirian as the Police Commander of Arak 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 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
- shooting directly from the front to the windshield of the car - Arak
https://archive.md/wip/8dEOC
https://twitter.com/mamlekate/status/1593813213858041856
security forces are shooting at women at close rangehttps://archive.ph/WL1If
https://twitter.com/MaryamMoqaddam/status/1600896015665545216
the violent arrest of an injured young man - Valiasr town of Arakhttps://archive.md/dqZc5
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1586793118736736261
Aimless shooting by security Forces to disperse the protesters- Arakhttps://archive.md/RIfHc
https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1578835968035258368
How was Mehrshad Shahidinejad killed?https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-protests-arak-victems-mehrshadshahidinejad/32112021.html
The sound of shooting - Arakhttps://archive.ph/hnY42
https://x.com/hra_news/status/1600833936753676290
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