Iran: 16 Acts of Resistance by Defiant Youth in Tehran and 14 Other Cities on the Anniversary of the Death of Ebrahim Raisi, the Butcher of the 1988 Massacre
In 16 coordinated operations across Tehran and 14 other cities, defiant youth set fire to images and symbols of Ebrahim Raisi—known as the “Death Judge” in the 1988 massacre, former head of the judiciary, and president appointed by Khamenei—on the anniversary of his death.
These operations took place in Tehran as well as the cities of Mashhad, Isfahan, Ahvaz, Rasht, Kerman, Urmia, Gorgan, Birjand, Neyshabur, Aligudarz, Borujerd, Lahijan, Dorud, and Sarpol-e Zahab.
Despite the presence of repressive security forces in many of these cities, images of this executioner—who symbolizes cruelty and the slaughter of thousands of political prisoners—were consumed by flames one after another, expressing the people’s outrage and their cries for justice for the spilled blood that remains unavenged.
Ebrahim Raisi, widely recognized as the “Death Judge” for his role in the massacre of 30,000 prisoners in 1988—most of them members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)—had repeatedly acknowledged the central role of the PMOI in uprisings and popular protests. On June 27, 2022, he stated in an interview: “In every sedition that has occurred in this country over the past 40 years, you can see the footprints of the Mojahedin,” adding, “From the beginning, the blows we received from the Mojahedin were never inflicted by infidels or atheists.”
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
24 May 2025
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