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The Department of State sanctioned IRGC Brigadier General Heidar Abbaszadeh under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 for their involvement, by operation of command responsibility, in gross violations of human rights, namely the flagrant denial of the right to life;
Reza Papi was involved in the killing of nearly 150 individuals in the city of Mahshahr as part of the Iranian regime’s crackdown on the November 2019 protests. Reza Papi and his immediate family members are ineligible for entry into the United States.
The Iranian regime killed as many as 148 Iranian civilians in Mahshahr, while imposing digital darkness to hide evidence of their savage crackdown on last November’s protests in that city. Both protesters and bystanders were targeted by snipers on rooftops, tracked down and surrounded by armored vehicles, and sprayed with machine-gun fire. When protesters sought refuge in nearby marshlands, regime forces set fire to the area and then shot those trying to escape. When families tried to recover the remains of their loved ones, Iranian authorities charged them hundreds of dollars for each bullet that had pierced their bodies;
Also Known As:
Brigadier General Reza Papi
Country:
Iran
Address:
Khuzestan Province, Iran
Nationality:
Iranian