An exhibition and a conference were held today at the 5th arrondissement of Paris, focusing on the \u201cmassacre of thousands of political prisoners in 1988 in Iran \u2013 Right of families of the victims to learn the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Invited by Mayor Florence Berthout, the conference was co-sponsored by the Committee to Support Human Rights in Iran and the Committee of French Mayors for A Democratic Iran. A number of political personalities, lawyers and a large number of elected representatives of France participated in the conference and delivered their speeches, calling on the UN, world governments and relevant judicial authorities to show appropriate reaction to this \u201ccrime against humanity\u201d which had been forgotten for years, but has been recently brought up in Iran and on the international level.<\/p>\n
Many speakers including former Algerian Prime Minister Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Rama Yade, Ingrid Betancourt, Attorney William Bourdon, expert jurist Tahar Boumedra, a former senior UN official, called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the extrajudicial executions of 30,000 political prisoners in the summer of 1988, and following month, following a fatwa by Khomeini, founder of the ruling theocracy in Iran.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, sent a video message to the conference, in which she declared, \u201cThe international community\u2019s appeasement of the Iranian regime and the immunity enjoyed by its officials over some 40 years has emboldened these criminals. The mullahs who carried out the massacre in 1988, now hold world record in per capita executions.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mothers of some of the victims of this crime who are still searching for the bodies of their loved ones, as well as representatives of Iran\u2019s young generation who demand accountability of the Iranian regime\u2019s officials on these crimes, also gave their testimonies in this conference.<\/p>\n
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Bernard Kouchner recalled that Khomeini ordered the death of 30,000 political prisoners within a few months, which he described as \u2018climax of barbarism\u2019. He condemned the fact that a member of the death commission is Rouhani\u2019s justice minister. The former foreign minister, reiterated that it is time to ask all levels to investigate this massacre.<\/p>\n
Ingrida Betancourt noted that the economic benefits of the nuclear deal are taken by the Revolutionary Guards. The IRGC has misused this opportunity for its aggressions in the region. Ingrid Betancourt stated that, the separation of the nuclear issue from human rights issue has not been but a trap. The IRGC interferes in Syria and Iraq and finances terrorists like Hezbollah. The policy of appeasement gave a blank check to Iran to attack its neighbors and exploit the people of Iran. She strongly criticized the position of Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, saying that Europe has made a mistake and has no right to betray itself by turning a blind eye to the sufferings of the Iranian people.<\/p>\n Rama Yade demanded an international investigation into the 1988 massacre, and recalled that the Iranian judiciary, whose minister had a direct role in the massacre, is not competent to investigate this crime. She also criticized the nuclear deal with Iran, saying that the deal served as a permit for the regime so long as repression in Iran and war and terrorism pursued by the regime continue. She stressed that if the Iranian regime refuses to end its missile program and withdraw its militias from Syria, then we should to re-enforce the sanctions.<\/p>\n![\"csdhi-4\"](\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/11\/csdhi-4.jpg\" "\\"csdhi-4\\"")
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