Spring of freedom

The Iranian regime's Judiciary spokesperson confirmed that Ebrahim Raisi will take over as Iran's  next Judiciary Chief , replacing mullah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on March 8. Raisi (a.k.a. Seyyed Ebrahim Rais al-Sadati) was Deputy Tehran Prosecutor and a key member of the Khomeini’s notorious “Death Commission” in the Iranian capital which oversaw the mass executions of political prisoners during the  1988 massacre . More than 30,000 political prisoners, the vast majority affiliated to the main democratic opposition group People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI or MEK ), were executed in the space of a few weeks in the summer of 1988 following a fatwa by the regime’s Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini. That fatwa described all members and supporters of the PMOI, also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), as Mohareb (at war with God) and  condemned to execution . Amnesty International published a 201-page report in December 2018 titled “Iran: Blood-soaked Secre...

Over 30,000 political prisoners were sent to the gallows by the mullahs’ regime in Iran during the summer 1988 massacre Iran, March 4, 2019  - Mostafa Pourmohammadi, former judiciary minister in the cabinet of Hassan Rouhani, President of the mullahs’ regime in Iran, has acknowledged his crimes during the horrendous summer  1988 massacre  of over 30,000 political prisoners. The majority of the victims sent to the gallows during in this crime against humanity were members and supporters of the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ). Pourmohammadi was a member of the notorious “ Death Commission ” that sent the political prisoners to their deaths. “This is an active case. This dossier is now very much alive and the enemy has invested on this issue. And now, discussing this matter would be playing into the enemy’s hands. That is why I haven’t talked about this subject. I don’t know when it would be proper to talk about this matter...

An investigation into a dossier of crimes committed by the Iranian dictators has been called for, as a result of a statement issued by Amnesty International and published by the United Nations General Assembly. According to the statement, “Between late July and September 1988, the Iranian authorities forcibly disappeared and extrajudicially  executed thousands of prisoners  for their political opinions and dumped their bodies in unmarked individual and mass graves… Since then, the authorities have tormented the relatives by refusing to tell them when, how and why their loved ones were killed and by keeping their remains hidden. To reinforce secrecy, they have also destroyed mass grave sites and forbidden commemorations.” It is believed that over 30,000 political prisoners were killed — most of them members and supporters of the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI/MEK ). Now, Amnesty International is asking all countries to extend the miss...

Amnesty International has published a  200-page comprehensive report  on the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, 30 years after it actually took place. Its main focus is the dark days of 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. Had the 1988 massacre been given enough international attention it deserved back then, Iranian people would not have faced unbridle human rights abuses in the years that followed. Impunity for crimes in those days, embolden the regime over the years to the extent that it is leveling the graves of the same victims all over Iran. “The UN establishes an independent, impartial and effective international mechanism to help bring those responsible for these abhorrent crimes to justice,” the “Blood soaked” history of 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran will be put to rest”, the report concludes. The human rights watchdog also says that these are crimes against humanity and the perpetrators should be hauled before the interna...

Nowshahr, Iran-Dedicated to the martyrs of 1988 massacre  30 years ago, Ruhollah Khomeini, the Islamic Republic’s founder and then-Supreme Leader of the Iranian regime, ordered the execution of all political prisoners who had ties to the PMOI/MEK. In a matter of months, the regime’s officials, many of whom  continue to hold positions of power , executed 30 thousand political prisoners across Iran. The move was aimed at eliminating the opposition and prolonging the life of the Iranian regime. But contrary to the regime’s wishes, the PMOI/MEK found deeper roots in the Iranian society and earned the respect of the people for the sacrifice that its members made for the cause of freedom and democracy in their country. “Thirty years are gone but not their memories. The memories of the victims of the 1988 massacre continue to awaken the conscience of Iranian society and inspire them to rise. Those prisoners are continuing to have their impact,” NCRI president Maryam Rajavi...

Mothers of Laleh Park also supported in their statement the legitimate demands of the hunger striking political prisoners in Gohardasht prison. Iran, 03 September 2017  -- Mothers of Laleh Park which include mothers of the martyrs of 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran and mothers of the martyrs of 2009 uprising and political prisoners who were executed in recent years have issued a statement on Thursday 31 August 2017 calling for trial of the Iranian regime’s leaders for the massacre of the political prisoners in the summer of 1988.     Mothers of the Iranian Martyrs Demand Trial of the Regime Leaders for the 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners   They emphasized in the statement that to achieve freedom and democracy in Iran, there is no way other than putting on trial and bringing to justice the masterminds and perpetrators of the mass executions of political prisoners in the 1980s and all other crimes committed by the leade...

The family members all currently live in Iran, and all put their names to the letter, a potentially dangerous move. Almost 30 years have passed, and Iran’s government would like people to forget the atrocity it committed. But the memory only grows more bitter, even among those unborn in 1988. August 30, 2017 --  The families of political prisoners executed in the 1980s have appealed to the  United Nations  to publicize the truth about one of the Islamic Republic’s most horrific crimes against its people. Fifty Iranian citizens whose family members were killed in mass executions have written to Asma Jahangir, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran. They appealed to Jahangir to work with the U.N.’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances to clarify what happened—and to force the Islamic Republic to acknowledge the crime. The letter demands those responsible for the mass executions be tried in a public court, and b...

The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran Time for the Truth Justice Reparation Human rights, in particular, bringing to justice the officials involved in the 1988 massacre, should be at the core of Iran policy      Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, in a message to the exhibition said 30,000 political prisoners were hanged in Iran in days such as these in the summer of 1988 Human rights defenders, dignitaries, European politicians and the Iranian Resistance called for the formation of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in the summer of 1988 and bringing those responsible for this genocide and crime against humanity to justice. They stressed that the issue of human rights should be at the core of the West’s policy on Iran. They urged the UN, EU and the US to put the issue of flagrant and systematic violation of human rights in Iran on top of their...