Akbar Nowrouzi
- IRGC Commander, Naqadeh (West Azerbaijan Province) (22 Oct 2020 - 8 Jul 2022)
- IRGC Commander, Mahabad (West Azerbaijan Province) (5 Jul 2022 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters 2022-2023 (September 16, 2022 - March 2023) read more
- Institution
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Location
- Mahabad (West Azerbaijan Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
Akbar Nowrouzi as IRGC commander of city of Mahabad and a member of the Security Council in this city , is responsible for the mass arrest of protesters and ordering the use of deadly weapons against unarmed protesters during the 2022-2023 nationwide protests in this city, which resulted in the death of at least 12 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
- So far, 11 people have been killed in Mahabad
https://shorturl.at/gorzE
Shooting at protestershttps://archive.md/wip/H0gJ6
https://twitter.com/bbcpersian/status/1585978117612601345
Shooting a teenagerhttps://archive.ph/8V2j2
https://twitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1594543569821376514
Shooting at people - Mahabadhttps://archive.md/pb7hd
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1572620293654581248
Shooting at people - Mahabadhttps://archive.md/BB3Xp
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1581413876813688833
Sound of shooting - Mahabadhttps://x.com/barin_omid/status/1593378288113782784
Shooting - Mahabadhttps://x.com/VOAfarsi/status/1593621601651937280
Shooting - Mahabadhttps://archive.md/giuBI
https://x.com/barin_omid/status/1594038107577483267
The direct shooting by security forces at protesting people - September 19, 2022https://archive.md/EDdEN
https://x.com/begoonah1/status/1571923243736629248
The body of Esmaeil Moloudi, who was killed by security forces' gunfire - October 26, 2022https://archive.md/wip/NUQK4
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1585378846190161920
The body of Esmaeil Moloudi, who was killed by security forces' gunfire - October 26, 2022https://archive.md/RT7xv
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1585558953710489600
Continuous gunfire sounds - Mahabad - October 27, 2022https://archive.md/r7txH
https://x.com/PanahiRafiq/status/1585549541117513729
protester injured by security forces' gunfire - September 19, 2022https://archive.md/ULxZP
https://x.com/SedayeShahrivar/status/1585593817591386112
The body of Shahou Khazri, killed by security forces' gunfire - October 27, 2022https://archive.md/Bl77k
https://x.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1585624199036428288
Continuous gunfire sounds - Mahabadhttps://archive.md/pb7hd
https://x.com/HengawO/status/1572620293654581248
Continuous gunfire sounds - Mahabad- October 27, 2022https://archive.md/E0mMh
https://x.com/chawshin_83/status/1585542894760386563
Continuous gunfire sounds - Mahabadhttps://archive.md/wip/I88cg
https://x.com/barin_omid/status/1594094204959199232
protester injured by security forces' gunfire - September 19, 2022https://archive.md/rBPgC
https://x.com/FattahiFarzad/status/1571987453551968256
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