In the summer of 1988<\/a>, the Iranian regime summarily and extra-judicially executed tens of thousands of political prisoners held in jails across Iran. The massacre was carried out on the basis of a fatwa by the regime\u2019s then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/p>\nThe facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2022 More than 30,000 political prisoners were massacred in Iran in the summer of 1988.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The massacre was carried out on the basis of a fatwa by Khomeini.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The vast majority of the victims were activists of the opposition PMOI (MEK).<\/p>\n
\u2022 A Death Committee approved all the death sentences.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, a member of the Death Committee, is today Hassan Rouhani\u2019s Justice Minister.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The perpetrators of the 1988 massacre have never been brought to justice.<\/p>\n
\u2022 On August 9, 2016, an audio tape was published for the first time of Khomeini\u2019s former heir acknowledging that that massacre took place and had been ordered at the highest levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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