At the outset of the Aban Tribunal on Wednesday, 10 November, the names of 133 Iranian officials from 12 Iranian provinces were read out to the room.
Because of their positions on local or national security councils, according to the co-counsel, these individuals could be considered to bear command responsibility for international crimes committed in connection with the November 2019 protests. First established during the post-WWII Nuremberg Trials, command responsibility means that those who gave the order for acts to be carried out that they knew to be illegal, and/or who failed to take steps to prevent these crimes from occurring, are as criminally liable as – in this instance – the officer that pulled the trigger.
Drewery Dyke, chairperson of the London-based Rights Realization Centre and a former researcher for Amnesty International, explained to the Aban Tribunal panel: “We want to say the names, for those in Iran who could be watching. We hold these people responsible for the acts that took place in Iran in November 2019.”
In this spirit, IranWire has also decided to publish the names in full. Job titles are as they were at the time the atrocities were committed in November 2019.
Ali Khamenei: Supreme Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran
Hassan Rouhani: President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Ali Shamkhani: Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
Ebrahim Raisi: Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli: Minister of Interior
Mahmoud Alavi: Minister of Intelligence
Hossein Ashtari: Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian police
Hossein Salami: Commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Hossein Taeb: Head of the IRGC's Intelligence Organization
Habibollah Sayyari: Head of Joint Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and member of the Supreme National Security Council
Anoushirvan Mohseni-Bandpey: Governor of Tehran province
Azizollah Shahbazi: Governor of Alborz province
Enayatollah Rahimi: Governor of Fars province
Gholamreza Shariati: Governor of Khuzestan province
Mohammad Javad Fadaei: Governor of Kerman province
Gholamreza Soleimani: Head of the Basij Organization
Mojtaba Zolnouri: Representative of parliament on the Supreme National Security Council
Hassan Karami: Commander of Iranian Police Special Units (NAJA)
Habibollah Jan Nesari: Deputy Commander of NAJA
Mohammad Pakpour: Commander-in-chief of the IRGC ground force
Hassan Shahvarpour: Commander of the IRGC in Khuzestan
Karim Babaei: Commander of the IRGC forces in Mahshahr
Mohsen Khancharli: Police commander in western Tehran province
Mahdi Ghasemi: Commander of NAJA in western Tehran province
Leila Vaseghi: Governor of Shahr-e Qods
Majid Kaviani: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Shahr-e Qods
Masoud Mokhtari: Mayor of Shahr-e Qods
Hossein Habibi: Commander of IRGC and Basij forces in Shahr-e Qods
Shahpour Fallahi: Commander of police forces in Shahr-e Qods
Mohammad Mahmoud Abadi: Governor of Sirjan
Hossein Bagheri: Commander of the IRGC and Basij forces in Sirjan
Mohammad Reza Iran-Nejad: Commander of Sirjan police
Abbasali Mohammadian: Commander of Alborz province police
Seyyed Yousof Molaei: Commander of Alborz province IRGC forces
Jahanshah Zeinoddini: Commander of Alborz province NAJA Special Units
Mohammad Moazami Goudarzi: Commander of Karaj city NAJA Special Units
Majid Zanjani: Commander of Karaj city IRGC and Basij forces
Mehdi Kheiripour: Commander of the Abouzar Mosque Basij base
Fardin Jozani-far: Commander of Shahriar police
Faraj Shojaei: Commander of Shiraz police
Mohsen Beiranvand: Governor of Mahshahr
Reza Papi: Commander of Mahshahr police
Mehdi Mohammadi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Mahshahr
Hossein Sistani Mohammadabadi: Governor of Isfahan province
Mojtaba Fada: Commander of Isfahan province IRGC forces
Mehdi Masoom Beigi: Commander of Isfahan police force in Esfahan province
Ali Esfahani: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Isfahan
Artikas Eghbal: Governor of Marivan
Mansour Valiei: Commander of Marivan IRGC forces
Alireza Safari: Commander of Marivan police
Fazlollah Ranjbar: Governor of Kermanshah
Bahman Reyhani: Commander of Kermanshah IRGC forces
Ali Akbar Javidan: Commander of Kermanshah police
Mohammad Hossein Sadeghi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Kermanshah
Ghafour Ghasempour: Governor of Karaj
Haji Reza Shakarami: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Karaj
Mohsen Nikvarz: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Sirjan
Mohammad Reza Amiri: Governor of Shiraz
Seyyed Hashem Ghiasi: Commander of Fars province Fajr Corps
Heidar Asiabi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Shiraz
Mir-Jalal Mousavi: Commander of Shiraz NAJA Special Units
Abbas Jamshidi: Governor of Bushehr
Ali Razmjou: Commander of Imam Sadeq Corps in Bushehr province
Khalil Vaezi: Police Commander in Bushehr province
Ali Hassanpour: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Bushehr
Abdolali Arzhang: Governor of Shahr-E Kord
Ali Mohammad Akbari: Commander of Qamar Bani-Hashem Corps in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province
Ali Sepahvand: Commander of Shahr-E Kord police
Abdolreza Alimohammadi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Shahr-E Kord
Reza Nasiri: Commander of Charmahal and Bakhtiari NAJA Special Units
Zeinolabedin Mousavi: Governor of Abadan
Shapour Ahmadi: Commander of Abadan IRGC forces
Seyyed Mohsen Taghizadeh: Commander of Abadan police
Hamid Maranipour: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Abadan
Behrouz Mahdavi: Governor of Tabriz
Abedin Khorram: Commander of East Azerbaijan province Ashura Corps
Hossein Abdi Fathabadi: Commander of East Azerbaijan police
Babak Mahboub Alilu: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tabriz
Mohammad Hamidi: Governor of Gorgan
Vahid Fakhroddin: Commander of Gorgan IRGC forces
Rouholamin Ghasemi: Commander of Golestan province police
Mohammad Masrour: Commander of East Azerbaijan NAJA Special Units
Seyyed Reza Seyyed Hosseini: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Gorgan
Ali Babaei Rayeni: Governor of Kerman
Abdolreza Nazeri: Commander of Kerman province police
Dadkhoda Salari: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Kerman
Eisa Farhadi Sartangi: Governor of Tehran
Esmaei Kowsari: Deputy head of IRGC’s Sarallah Headquarters
Hossein Rahimi: Commander of Greater Tehran police
Ali Alghasi Mehr: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Tehran
Mojtaba Raei: Governor of Najafabad
Hojatollah Safarpour: Commander of Najafabad IRGC forces
Mohammad Hossein Babakalani: Commander of Najafabad police
Ali Zare: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Najaf Abad
Kurosh Maveddat: Governor of Khorramshahr
Alireza Kheradmand: Commander of Khorramshahr IRGC forces
Hemmat Ali Tarkarani: Commander of Khorramshahr police
Fakher Bavi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Khorramshahr
Abolfazl Inanloo: Governor of Fardis
Ehsan Alizadeh: Commander of Fardis IRGC forces
Bijan Jannati: Commander of Fardis police
Hossein Jahanshahlou: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Fardis
Mohammad Ebrahim Zarei: Governor of Sanandaj
Hassan Askari: Commander of Sanandaj IRGC forces
Ali Azadi: Commander of Sanandaj police
Mohammad Jabbari: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Sanandaj
Jamal Alemi Neisi: Governor of Ahvaz
Mohsen Dalvand: Commander of Ahvaz police
Abbas Hosseini Pouya: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Ahvaz
Nourollah Taheri: Governor of Shahriar
Fayaz Allahyari: Commander of Shahriar IRGC forces
Hamid Asgaripour: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Shahriar
Mojtaba Khanjani: Governor of Baharestan
Yadollah Soleimani: Commander of Baharestan IRGC forces
Faramarz Rezaei: Commander of Baharestan police
Gholamreza Sadeghi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Baharestan
Massoud Morsalpour: Governor of Eslamshahr
Hadi Ilka: Commander of Eslamshahr IRGC forces
Mehdi Karami: Commander of Eslamshahr police
Yunes Asadi Moghaddam: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Eslamshahr
Saeed Hajian Saeedi: Governor of Shadegan
Sadegh Maniat: Commander of Shadegan IRGC forces
Eskandar Jamashiani: Commander of Shadegan police
Reza Kianirad: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Shadegan
Yousef Zamani Asl: Governor of Behbahan
Abdollah Kheiranpour: Commander of Behbahan IRGC forces
Mohammad Azizi: Commander of Behbahan police
Rouhollah Zandi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Behbahan
Rastegar Yousefi: Governor of Javanroud
Abouzar Anvari: Commander of Javanroud IRGC forces
Hushang Mubaraki: Police Commander of Javanroud
Amin Mohammadi: Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor of Javanroud
Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi: Minister of Information and Communications Technology
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