Esmaeil Zarei Kousha
- Governor, Nahavand (Hamadan Province) (14 Aug 2010 - 29 Sep 2012)
- Governor, Qom (Qom Province) (29 Sep 2012 - 15 Sep 2014)
- Director General of Public Relations of the Expediency Discernment Council, National (24 Dec 2017 - 28 Aug 2021)
- Head of the Ministerial Office of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare , National (28 Aug 2021 - Nov 2021)
- Deputy of the IRIB, Khuzestan Province (30 Dec 2015 - Unknown)
- Provincial Governor, Kurdistan Province (17 Nov 2021 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- Kurdistan Province (Kurdistan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to liberty and security of person, Right to life
- Description
- Esmaeil Zarei Kousha as the governor of Kurdistan 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 57 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
- The people of Kurdistan will not tolerate insults to sacred values or the creation of insecurity
https://www.irna.ir/news/84903402/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF
Shooting at the protesters- Saqez
https://archive.md/4L43T
https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1571083874201120768
Direct shooting at the protesters- Saqez
https://archive.md/HRUuY
https://twitter.com/HengawO/status/1576570663292194817
Shooting at the protesters- Saqez
https://archive.md/6kz8z
https://twitter.com/FSeifikaran/status/1578686296851361792
https://www.iranintl.com/202209180066
Security forces shooting at protesters - Banehhttps://archive.md/viq1E
https://x.com/hra_news/status/1580814040930344960
Security forces shooting at protesters - Marivanhttps://archive.md/SeHq0
https://x.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1589174503661535232
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/IZ0EV
https://x.com/Kolbarnews/status/1571539089341681666
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandajhttps://archive.md/phks2
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1587870361907085312
Video - Officers shooting at protesters - Sanandaj
https://archive.md/QaIkK
https://x.com/begoonah1/status/1571530159722995712
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