Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi

Full Name (English)

Full Name (Farsi)

قربانعلی دری نجف آبادی

Date of Birth

0000

Place of Birth

Najaf Abad, Isfahan

Gender

Male

Education

Seminary Education

Clerical Background

Yes

Status

Alive

Last Updated

6 Dec 2020

Positions and Violations

Secretary of the Supreme Council of Ideological Screening Public Servants (0000)
- Human Rights Violation: Violating the rights of the Gonabadi Dervishes (1991) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Executive Power
  
  Location
  
  Tehran (Tehran Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination, Right to work
  
  Description
  
  As the Secretary of the Supreme Board of Ideological Screening of Public Servants, he is responsible for violating the rights of Gonabadi Dervishes, a religious minority belonging to Irainian Sufism, by issuing a directive aimed at preventing the employment of Gonabadi dervishes in government offices.
  
  Sources
  
  "Wherever they find out I am a dervish, they fire me", Radio Farda, 2010 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Dorri-2.pdf
Minister of Intelligence (0000 - 10 Feb 1999)
- Human Rights Violation: Assassinating intellectuals and dissidents (1998) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Ministry of Intelligence
  
  Location
  
  Tehran (National)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  As Minister of Intelligence, he is responsible for the killing and torture of political dissidents, writers and intellectuals critical of the Islamic Republic, by Ministry of Intelligence agents during the 1990’s.
  
  The series of murders of Iranian intellectuals and writers, especially during the 1990s, is known as the Iran Chain Murders case. With the pressure of public opinion to form an investigation committee, finally on 5 Jan 2000, the Ministry of Intelligence of the Islamic Republic admitted in a statement to the design and execution of these murders by the agents of this ministry. On 7 Jan 2000 The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic linked the perpetrators of these killings to the Western intelligence services. The trial eventually resulted in light sentences for the defendants. But journalists and activists who followed the cases were severely punished.
  
  Sources
  
  Iran’s Chain Murders: A wave of killings that shook a nation, BBC, 2 December 2018 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46356725
  
  - Back up link
  
  "What are the key figures involved in the Chain Murder Case Doing Today", BBC Farsi report, 2016 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Dorri-1.pdf
  
  The announcement of the Ministry of Intelligence of Iran about serial killings, BBC Farsi, 2014 https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2014/01/140105_l44_ministry_intelligence_serial_murders
  
  - Back up link
  
  A review of serial killings after seven years, Radio Farda, 2005 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/مروری-بر-قتل-های-زنجیره-ای-پس-از-هفت-سال_-بخش-هشتم،-دری-نجف-آبادی-وزیر-اطلاعات-استعفا-می-دهد.pdf
Attorney General (0000 - 24 Aug 2009)
- Human Rights Violation: Violating the rights of the Baha’i minority (0000) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Attorney General
  
  Location
  
  Tehran, Mashhad (Razavi Khorasan Province, Tehran Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
  
  Description
  
  As Attorney General, he was responsible for the arrest and unfair trial of seven leaders of the Baha'i Community on trumped-up charges, and the sentencing of each to 20 years in prison for their religious beliefs.
  
  Fariba Kamalabadi, Mahvash Sabet, Behrouz Tavakkoli, Jamaluddin Khanjani, Afif Naimi, Saeed Rezaei, and Vahid Tizfahm were members of a delegation called the Yaran, which administered the affairs of the Baha'i minority.
  
  Sources
  
  "A Look at the Case of the Seven Baha'is Seven Years After the Controversial Arrest", BBC Farsi, 2015 https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran/2015/05/150513_u04_bahais_prison
  
  - Back up link
  "The activities of the errant Baha'i sect are illegal and forbidden", Aftab Yazd newspaper, 20 February 20, 2009 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Dorri.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Suppression of post-election protests (14 Jun 2009 - 24 Aug 2009) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Attorney General
  
  Location
  
  National (National)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to freedom of assembly, Right to freedom of expression, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  As the Attorney General, he is responsible for detaining, torturing and obtaining forced confessions from protesters against the results of the 2009 elections, holding show trials and issuing unjust sentences.
  
  Sources
  
  ORWELLIAN STATE: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN’S STATE MEDIA AS A WEAPON OF MASS SUPPRESSION, FIDH & JFI, June 2020 https://justice4iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ORWELLIAN-STATE-ISLAMIC-REPUBLIC-OF-IRAN%E2%80%99S-STATE-MEDIA-AS-A-WEAPON-OF-MASS-SUPPRESSION-English-1.pdf
  "Dorri Najafabadi: Confessions Were Legal", BBC Farsi, 2009 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/دری-نجف-آبادی_-اعتراف-ها-قانونی-بود-BBC-News-فارسی.pdf
- Human Rights Violation: Failure to investigate the murder of Zahra Kazemi (2003) read more
  
  Institution
  
  Attorney General
  
  Location
  
  Tehran (Tehran Province)
  
  Rights Violated
  
  Right to a fair trial, Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
  
  Description
  
  As the Attorney General, he refused to fulfill his legal responsibility to investigate the murder of Ziba (Zahra) Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian photographer in prison, and failed to administer justice to the perpetrators of this crime.
  
  Sources
  
  Zahra Kazemi’s killers still unpunished, 15 years after her death in custody, Reporters Without Borders , 10 July 2018 https://rsf.org/en/news/zahra-kazemis-killers-still-unpunished-15-years-after-her-death-custody
  
  - Back up link
  
  "Iranian Physician: Zura Kazemi was tortured and raped", BBC Farsi, 2005 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Mortazaviref12.pdf
  
  "Report of the Special Committee on the Case of the Death of Zahra Kazemi", Hamshahri, 21 July 21, 2003 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Mortazaviref10.pdf
  
  "Impunity in Iran: The Death of Zahra Kazemi", Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, 2013 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mortazaviref15.pdf
Member of Parliament (fourth and second session), National (0000)
Member of Parliament (Second session), Tehran (6 Jun 1984 - 6 Jun 1988)
Revolutionary Prosecutor , Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (Unknown)

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.

Legal Developments

On 12 April, 2011, the European Union added Dorri Najafabadi to its list of human rights sanctions due to his role in the show trials of political dissidents and protesters to the result of presidential election in 2009. According to this decision, Dorri Najafabadi's assets in the European Union have been frozen and his entry into the EU countries has been banned.

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