Saleh Rahimi
- Central prefect of Bushehr, Bushehr (Bushehr Province) (1999 - 2014)
- Governor, Bushehr (Bushehr Province) (14 Nov 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Bushehr (Bushehr Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Saleh Rahimi as the governor of the city of Bushehr and head of the City Security Council is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters during the 2022- 2023 protestsin this city, which resulted in the death of at least 1 protester.
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
- Governor of Bushehr: 15 security agencies of the world were involved in the recent riots
https://shorturl.at/9Q0Fg
Mohammad Hossein Hajiani was 27 years old and had a 9-month-old daughter who was killed in Bushehr last yearhttps://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/c167n76edlno
Arrest of 200 people in Bushehr riots/ Arrest of main leadershttps://shorturl.at/CqWSc
Direct shooting of security forces at protesters- Bushehrhttps://archive.md/iZi07
https://x.com/hra_news/status/1576538987472232451
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