Peiman Fattahi

Full Name (English)

Peiman Fattahi

Full Name (Farsi)

پیمان فتاحی

Gender

Male

Clerical Background

Status

Alive

Last Updated

5 Jun 2024

Positions and Violations

Police Commander, Asaluyeh (Bushehr Province) (Atleast 2018 - 9 Mar 2022)
Police Commander, Shahriar (Tehran Province) (12 Mar 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
  
  Institution
  
  The Police (FARAJA)
  
  Location
  
  Shahriar (Tehran Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  Peiman Fattahi as the Police Commander of Shahriar 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 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
  
  Narrative of Erfan Khazaei's government murder
  https://kurdpa.net/fa/news/2023/10/9
  A protester was injured by a bullet- firing tear gas - Shahriar
  https://archive.md/MlDUI
  
  https://x.com/IranIntl/status/1585740763496960001
  Shooting at protesters - Shahriar
  https://archive.md/hy0W4
  
  https://x.com/MansouriSirwan/status/1585891129299701760
  Abduction of protestors in street- The sound of gunfire - Shahriar
  https://archive.ph/M5PJN
  
  https://x.com/sedayeshahrivar/status/1597643532520783873?s=52&t=-NnCP5wTxv00GOQB6XWIHw
  Waging War on Civilians: Exposing Iran’s Repressive Units and Crimes Against Humanity

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