{"id":243436,"date":"2021-07-18T09:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T14:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=243436"},"modified":"2023-01-31T04:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T03:24:33","slug":"iran-policy-should-prioritize-human-rights-before-ominous-presidential-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-policy-should-prioritize-human-rights-before-ominous-presidential-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Policy Should Prioritize Human Rights Before Ominous Presidential Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the summer of 1988, \u201cdeath commissions\u201d throughout Iran systematically interrogated, condemned, and executed 30,000 political prisoners<\/strong><\/a> as part of an effort to stamp out organized opposition to the fledgling theocratic dictatorship. In the more than three decades since, no one has been held accountable for the killings. Quite to the contrary, officials who participated in the massacre have repeatedly been rewarded for their commitment to violent repression.<\/p>\n

Many of those rewards have come in the form of appointments to government positions that are deeply ironic insofar as they ostensibly serve to promote justice. Both the current and the former Ministers of Justice for the entire regime were previously members of the death commissions<\/strong><\/a> in 1988. Both the outgoing and the newly appointed head of the national judiciary also played substantial roles in the massacre, one as a member of the Tehran death commission and the other as the judiciary\u2019s representative to the Ministry of Intelligence and Security.<\/p>\n

The former, Ebrahim Raisi<\/strong><\/a>, was confirmed as the new president of the Iranian regime on June 18, after a tightly controlled electoral process in which the vast majority of the Iranian population refused to participate. According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/strong><\/a>, many polling places remained empty that entire day and lent support to the conclusion that the voter participation rate was less than 10 percent.<\/p>\n

The electoral boycott is a profound statement denying legitimacy to the new president and to the entire system underlying his \u201celection.\u201d Indeed, the NCRI\u2019s main constituent group, the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)<\/a>, promoted the boycott to the domestic population as a means to \u201cvote for regime change.\u201d The MEK Resistance Units<\/strong><\/a> conveyed that message via graffiti, posters, and illegal public demonstrations in hundreds of towns, for months prior to the election. A number of those activists highlighted their efforts for an international audience as well, via anonymous messages to the Free Iran World Summit<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Highlights: Free Iran World Summit 2021-The Democratic Alternative on the March to Victory- July 10<\/div><\/div>
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