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Will Iran Ever Be Held Accountable for its 36-Year-Old Genocide?
In the summer of 1988, the Iranian regime committed genocide. That is one of the key takeaways from the final report issued by Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur for the situation of human rights in Iran, who concludes his mandate this month before passing the baton to Japanese lawyer Mai Sato. Rehman’s report focused in part on the 1988 massacre of political prisoners, which claimed as many as 30,000 victims. He noted that this and a series of underlying mass killings were justified by the clerical regime as attacks on “enemies of Islam,” therein signaling a goal of religiously motivated extermination in keeping with the definition of genocide.
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The Dire Road Ahead of The Iranian Regime’s New President
On July 30, Iranian regime president Massoud Pezeshkian, in his inauguration ceremony at the Majlis (parliament), in addition to signing the pledge document, repeatedly emphasized the implementation of regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s programs in his speech. Like his endorsement ceremony, he began his remarks with praise for Regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, former IRGC Quds force commander Qassem Soleimani, and former regime president Ebrahim Raisi, and emphasized “pursuing the policies dictated by Khamenei.” He also repeatedly affirmed his commitment to the regime’s constitution and the vision document crafted by Khamenei.
Khamenei, both in the endorsement decree and in his speech at Pezeshkian’s endorsement ceremony, gave him numerous instructions summarized in one word: subservience. And that according to Raisi’s model. Khamenei’s appointees also constantly warned the new president of the regime not to overstep his bounds. They advised him to focus on economic issues and avoid creating trouble by engaging in cultural matters like hijab and internet censorship.
Sulmaz Hassanzadeh, 30, Transferred to the Central Prison of Urmia
On July 30, 2024, during the birthday of Mohammad Hassanzadeh, a victim of Iran’s 2022 nationwide protests in Bukan, security forces launched an attack on his family home. They violently arrested his father and sister, Ahmad and Sulmaz Hassanzadeh. The situation escalated as they physically assaulted his mother and two neighbor women. The incident occurred while the Hassanzadeh family prepared to commemorate their late son’s birthday.
Sulmaz Hassanzadeh, Mohammad’s sister, bore the brunt of the assault. Security forces used a stun gun on her knees during her arrest. When her mother attempted to intervene, she was punched in the chest and fell to the ground, subsequently requiring hospitalization.
Iran: At Least 27 Prisoners Executed in 6 Days
According to human rights sources, from Saturday, July 20 to Thursday, July 25, at least 27 prisoners were executed in the prisons of Urmia, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Torbat-e Jam, Khorramabad, Shiraz, Qaen, Qazvin, Qom, Karaj, Kermanshah, and Mashhad. The Iranian regime has executed at least one person every five hours over the past six days. Among those executed, four were female prisoners, and three were citizens of Afghanistan. On Thursday, July 25, a prisoner named Ghader Jamshidi was executed in Torbat-e Jam prison. On this day, two other prisoners named Hamed Naderi and Ali Moharramkhani, who had been sentenced to death in a case, were executed in Chubindar prison in Qazvin.
July 2024 Monthly Report – Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM)
Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) presents its monthly report on the human rights situation in Iran at a time when the Iranian judiciary continues to extensively employ executions as the most ruthless and inhumane form of punishment. Based on the statistics recorded by the Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM) Statistics and Documentation Center, and with extensive research conducted in this field, the final figures for executions in July 2024 have been obtained. However, it is emphasized that the actual numbers are significantly higher, as most executions in Iran are carried out secretly.
MEK Supporters Hold Series of Exhibitions in Paris in Solidarity with the Iranian Revolution
For a long time, Paris has been the venue for a series of exhibitions organized by supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK). These events, held in various locations across the city, have been aimed at showing solidarity with the Iranian Revolution and protesting against the increasing wave of executions in Iran. Throughout the series of exhibitions held in recent months, the organizers have consistently pursued several key objectives:
1. Solidarity with the Iranian Revolution: A primary goal of these exhibitions has been to demonstrate unwavering support for the ongoing Iranian Revolution. The events have served as a platform for freedom-loving Iranians and MEK supporters to express their solidarity with those fighting for change in Iran.
MEK Resistance Units Commemorate Martyrs of the Deadly Attack on Camp Ashraf in July 2009
Iran, July 28, 2024: In recent days, the MEK Resistance Units, a network of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) inside Iran, commemorated the martyrs of the July 28-29, 2009 attack on Camp Ashraf. The members of the Resistance Units installed posters in various cities. Some of the posters read: “Commemorating the martyrs of the July 2009 massacre in Ashraf,” “We will continue your path,” “We fight, we struggle, we will take back Iran,” “In memory of the martyred MEK fighters on July 28 and 29, 2009,” “By the blood of our comrades, we stand until the end,” and “The cry of the Iranian people, punishment for the murderers.
Also, read Iran News in Brief – August 2, 2024
