Seyed Javad Hosseini
- IRGC Commander, Bahar (Hamadan Province) (16 Oct 2017 - 23 Jan 2019)
- IRGC Commander, Malayer (Hamadan Province) (20 Jan 2019 - 16 Feb 2022)
- IRGC Commander, Hamedan (Hamadan Province) (17 Feb 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Location
- Hamedan (Hamadan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Seyed Javad Hosseini as IRGC commander of city of Hamedan and a member of the Security Council in this city , is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the 2022-2023 nationwide protests in this city, which resulted in the death of at least 1 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
- Direct shooting of security forces at protesters - Hamedan
https://archive.md/9SMxI
https://twitter.com/Vahid/status/1572594227519057922
Direct shooting of security forces at the protesters and severe beating of the protesters - Hamedanhttps://archive.md/uTldt
https://twitter.com/RadioFarda_/status/1572533437822816257
A large number of protesters have been injured by the shooting of the security forces and are inside a passage- Hamedanhttps://archive.md/x8QkX
https://twitter.com/FSeifikaran/status/1573630718730801153
the security forces attack the protesters with motorbikes and batons and beat them- Hamedanhttps://archive.md/SIUYg
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1575071801255813120
Direct shooting of security forces at people - Hamedanhttps://archive.md/JgIAP
https://twitter.com/ManotoNews/status/1573010173018669060
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