Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was a key security figure in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) during the crackdown on the 1999 student protest, which took place as the government began restricting press outlets that favored reformist ideas. The crackdown was brutal, killing several students, and hundreds more were injured or detained. Ghalibafâs exact role in the crackdown is unclear, but he later claimed in some instances that he had personally beaten protesters and said in other instances that he had refused orders to open fire. After the protests had subsided he signed a letter claiming that the protest movement was a threat to national security and warning that the IRGC may take action against future protests.
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