Mohsen Mansouri
- CEO of Alavi Foundation, National (26 Nov 2019 - 13 Oct 2021)
- Provincial Governor, Tehran Province (13 Oct 2021 - 22 Nov 2022)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - 22 Nov 2022) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Tehran Province (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- Mohsen Mansouri as the governor of Tehran province and the head of the 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 the cities of this province, which resulted in the death of at least 77 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 Tehran: The actions of rioters and people involved in riots will be dealt with
https://shorturl.at/DelFU
Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protesterhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68840881
Abolfazl Amir Attaei; A teenager who was killed by a direct shot of tear gashttps://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-protests-abolfazlamirataie/32425459.html
Siavash Mahmoudi's mother's account of the night he was killedhttps://ir.voanews.com/a/mother-of-siavash-mahmoudi-talks-about-what-happened-the-night-he-was-killed/6879516.html
Direct shooting at protesters - Valiasr Square - Tehranhttps://archive.md/unRkt
https://x.com/Vahid/status/1572415698806411267
Security forces shooting at bus passengers-Tehranhttps://archive.md/Zto2H
https://x.com/VOAfarsi/status/1572386818137665537
Direct shooting of security forces at protesters- Tehranhttps://archive.md/AU5Dp
https://x.com/1500tasvir/status/1572990096906878976
Shooting from the Basij base at the protesters - Pakdashthttps://archive.md/Op7qq
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1573003833445588992
Direct shooting of security forces at protestershttps://archive.md/MBcvY
https://x.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1573367883245420547
Plainclothes force shooting protesters with paintball guns - Tehranhttps://archive.md/T9PzA
https://x.com/1500tasvir/status/1573792519040671744
Shots fired at houses - Ekbatan - Tehranhttps://archive.md/X5LL2
https://x.com/1500tasvir/status/1574822127143878657
Shooting directly at protesters - Tehranhttps://archive.md/RM5fo
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1575111895388127232
Arresting a protester and shooting him from close rangehttps://archive.md/7vOKC
https://x.com/IranIntl/status/1576662683507601410
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 - 22 Nov 2022) read more
- Governor, Varamin (Tehran Province) (2009 - 2013)
- Executive deputy President and Head of the Presidential Institution, National (1 Nov 2022 - present)