Ahmad-Reza Radan

Brigadier-General Ahmad Reza Radan is Deputy Commander of the Iranian police and as Tehran's police chief, infamous for his crackdown on "unIslamic" hair and dress style.

Radan started his career as a member of Revolutionary Gourd During Iran-Iraq war.During the Islamic Revolution. He served as commander during the 1980-88 Iraqi-imposed war. He also held various posts in the Islamic Republic of Iran Police (IRIP), including as Police commander of Khorasan Razavi province.During The War he was injured more than 4 times but back to war-zone to defend his country against Iraqi forces.

Radan is well-known for his action on Islamic dress code, distribution of illegal Drug Dealing and controlling Gangs. in His Commanding years he made 4 of major provinces of Iran Much Safer and secure. He served as Police Commander Of Kordistan province, Sistan and baloochestan province, Khorasan province, and also the capital of Iran Tehran province.

Public security plan and Moralization Campaign

In 2007, Ahmad Reza Radan launched a "Public Security Plan".The police arrested dozens of “thugs” to increase public security. The arrested "thugs" are sometimes beaten on camera in front of neighborhood inhabitants, or forced to wear hanging watering cans used for lavatory ablutions around their necks. Among these "thugs" is Meysam Lotfi, a young Iranian who was arrested during Iran student riots in July 1999 and jailed for 6 months. According to his parents, he has never had any criminal history or history of illegal action, and has never been arrested or jailed before. He is currently listed for execution. His former lawyer was Abdolfattah Soltani.

Notes

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center. "Violent Aftermath: The 2009 Election and Suppression of Dissent in Iran." Feb. 2010, New Haven, CT. http://www.iranhrdc.org/httpdocs/English/pdfs/Reports/Violent%20Aftermath.pdf p. 51

See also

• History of fundamentalist Islam in Iran
• 2007 Karaj Rock Concert incident
• Saeed Mortazavi
• Zahra Bani Ameri
• Reza Zarei