Amirhossein Tarian
Amirhossein Tarian
امیرحسین تاریان
Male
No
Alive
24 Jan 2025
- Deputy Prosecutor, First Branch of the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office, Tehran’s District 33, Tehran (Tehran Province) (At least 2022)
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the prosecution of women not complying with mandatory hijab (2022-2023) read more
- Institution
- Courts & Judicial Administrations
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Women's rights
- Description
- Tarian has been responsible for making cases and issuing indictment order for women who have resisted the mandatory hijab. In the case of one woman protester, he accused her of Encouraging people to corruption through the publication of photos without hijab on the internet and issued her with a court summons. The 2022-2023 protests began following the killing of Mahsa (Jina) Amini on September 13, 2022, while in the custody of the Islamic Republic's Moral Security Police. Amidst the protests and afterwards, women have resisted the mandatory hijab in various ways and have suffered widespread repression, including denial of public services, education, arrest, court cases, fines, and imprisonment.
- Sources
- Indictment Order for Bargheh Ahrari
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the prosecution of women protesters (2022-2023) read more
- Institution
- Courts & Judicial Administrations
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of expression, Women's rights
- Description
- Tarian is responsible for issuing indictment order for women who protested as part of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests. In the case of women protester, he charged her with Propaganda activity against the regime; through the publication of posts and stories in cyberspace. Tarian requested that the prosecutor issue an indictment against her on that basis. 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
- Indictment Order for Bargheh Ahrari
- Human Rights Violation: Participation in the prosecution of women not complying with mandatory hijab (2022-2023) read more
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.