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NCRI –\u00a0The Human Rights Council of the United Nations received a written statement from the Nonviolent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty, the Women’s Human Rights International Association and the France Libertes : Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, the International Educational Development, Inc. and the Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l’amiti\u00e9 entre les peuples regarding the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners carried out by Iranian authorities.<\/p>\n
In March this year, the Secretary General of United Nations wrote a report detailing that dozens of families had written to the organization demanding justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre. The UN High Commissioner had already stated that the impunity the Iranian regime has enjoyed has just fuelled even more human rights abuses, and the massacre has never in fact been acknowledged officially, nor has it been prosecuted.<\/p>\n
One complaint points out that the government of Iran has been allowed to continue committing crimes because of the \u201cinternational community\u2019s inaction and insensitivity\u201d. The same report claims: \u201cThe failure of the international community thus far to investigate this ‘crime against humanity’ and to bring the perpetrators to justice has fueled a culture of impunity for Iranian officials to the point that those officials who sat on the 1988 \u2018Death Commission\u2019 in Tehran are today the very people standing as candidates in the Iranian Presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n
The electoral process in Iran is far from the internationally-recognized norms of democracy, with candidates being eliminated by the Guardian Council if they do not have an allegiance to the Supreme Leader of the country. Ebrahim Raisi was one of the main presidential candidates and was a member of the so-called death commission. The current president, Hassan Rouhani, beat him to the post, but he does not have a better track record. Rouhani, during his first term, presided over some three thousand executions. His justice minister is a member of the death commission.<\/p>\n
The statement mentioned that \u201cinternational efforts to ensure accountability over the 1988 massacre\u201d is essential, otherwise there is a risk, or rather likelihood, that nothing will change with regards to human rights in the country.<\/p>\n
The statement also talks about the bravery of the Iranian people who have defied the authorities by talking about the massacre and demanding justice. Many people\u2019s loved ones were buried in mass graves, whereabouts unknown, and the government has tried to cover up evidence now that international and domestic heat is rising.<\/p>\n
At the end of 2016, Iran was called to \u201claunch a comprehensive accountability process in response to all cases of serious human rights violations, including those involving the Iranian judiciary and security agencies, and \u2026 to end impunity for such violations\u201d, but it has failed to do so.<\/p>\n
The statement ends: \u201cWhat happened in Iranian prisons in 1988 remains a deep scar on the body and soul of the Iranian people. The only way to soothe this wound would be a comprehensive investigation and identifying those who abused their power to execute thousands of their ideological opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to international conventions there is no statute of limitations for crimes against humanity. It is the responsibility of the international community, including the Human Rights Council and the Security Council, to attend to this matter and to ensure that accountability is achieved. What gives this matter urgency is that the massacre and genocide of 1988 has not come to an end and still continues \u2013 for example, High Commissioner Zeid Al Hussein issued a statement deploring \u201cmass executions\u201d in Iran following the execution of 25 Sunnis on August 2, 2016. Additionally the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre still hold key positions and could soon be at the helm of a government that continues to murder its opponents with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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