
Anushiravan Mohseni Bandpey
- Member of Parliament, Nowshahr (Jun 2000 - Jun 2012)
- Head of Social Security Organisation (17 Nov 2018 - 17 Dec 2018)
- Provincial Governor , Tehran Province (17 Dec 2018 - 2021)
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Interior
- Location
- (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of assembly, Right to life
- Description
As provincial governor of Tehran, and chairman of the provincial security council, he was responsible for ordering the use of deadly weapons against protesters, which led to the death of at least 130 protesters in this province. 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
"Tehran Governor's on the number of people killed in November protests", Parsineh, February 2019 https://www.parsine.com/fa/news/595829/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B6%DB%8C%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87
“Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree”, Amnesty International, 20 May 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/iran-details-released-of-304-deaths-during-protests-six-months-after-security-forces-killing-spree/
- Human Rights Violation: Killing and suppressing protesters (November 2019) read more