Ghasem Mohammad Tehrani
- head of the Office of Election Supervision and Inspection Board , Tehran Province (2009 - 3 Jul 2022)
- Governor, Tehran (Tehran Province) (7 Mar 2022 - 21 May 2023)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Ghasem Mohammad Tehrani as the governor of the city of Tehran 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 15 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
- Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68840881
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
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 Humanityhttps://facesofcrime.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Waging-war-on-civilians.pdf
Shooting and firing of tear gas - Tehran
https://x.com/RadioFarda_/status/1572968657134964738
https://archive.md/fhyNQ
Arresting protestors and direct shooting by security forceshttps://archive.md/17ajd
https://x.com/1500tasvir/status/1576654038640123904
Tear gas fired - Tehranhttps://archive.md/5yVeF
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1578777367732191232
Firing tear gas into citizens' cars
https://archive.md/ztB1k
https://x.com/mamlekate/status/1578778814364078081
Direct shooting at protestershttps://x.com/Vahid/status/1578787134647177219
https://archive.md/c53lY
Shooting at protesters - Tehranhttps://archive.md/wip/joq9m
https://x.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1585186065643892738
Shooting at protesters - Tehranhttps://archive.md/uOIt6
https://x.com/Vahid/status/1600558109411393550
Security officers shooting at protesters - Tehranhttps://x.com/Vahid/status/1601623516167557120
Security officers shooting at protesters- Tehranhttps://x.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1601638848135847936
Security forces shooting at protesters - Tehranhttps://archive.md/XLKKH
https://x.com/Vahid/status/1626263888340692998
Direct shooting of security forces at protesters - Tehranparshttps://x.com/IranIntl/status/1626293330580570116
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 -March 2023) read more