Habibollah Sayyari
- Commander of Training Marines, Manjil (1988 - 1991)
- Commander of the 1st Marine Brigade (1991 - 1995)
- Deputy Commander of the 1st Marine Region (1995 - 1998)
- Commander of Armey\'s Marine Force (Aug 2007 - Nov 2017)
- Member of the State Security Council, National (Nov 2017 - present)
- Head of Joint Headquarters of the Army, National (Nov 2017 - present)
- Human Rights Violation: Suppression of the 2017-2018 protests (Dec 2017 - Jan 2018) read more
- Institution
- Joint Headquarters of the Army
- Location
- National (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
- As the head of the Joint Staff of the Army and a member of the National Security Council, he was responsible for killing at least 25 protesters, by issuing orders to use force and firearms against protesters during the nationwide protests in December 2017 and January 2018.
- Sources
Iranian Officials Confirm 25 Dead in Protests, VOA News, 14 January 2018 https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran_judiciary_mohseni_ezhei_protests/28974896.html
“Sayyari: No one in the world today can deny Iran's place in the international order”, Salameno, February 2019 https://www.salameno.ir/news/6508774/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%B8%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%84
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (Nov 2019) read more
- Institution
- Joint Headquarters of the Army
- Location
- (National)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
As the Head of Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, and member of the Country Security Council, he is responsible for taking part in the sessions that resulted in issuing an overall order to the police and other armed forces to use lethal weapons during the November 2019 protests. This caused the deaths of hundreds of unarmed protesters’ and other civilians’,injuring thousands in many cities across the country.
The nationwide protests of 2019, known as the protests of November 2019, were a series of large-scale popular demonstrations against the Iranian government, which began on 15 November, 2019 in protest of the tripling of gasoline prices and quickly turned into anti-government protests that spread to 29 provinces in more than 100 cities across the country. According to Reuters at least 1500 were killed during the protests. Amnesty International, verified the identity of 304 protesters killed by the security forces.
- Sources
- Human Rights Violation: Suppression of the 2017-2018 protests (Dec 2017 - Jan 2018) read more