{"id":243818,"date":"2021-07-26T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=243818"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:17:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T15:17:12","slug":"who-is-ebrahim-raisi-raisis-role-in-irans-death-commissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-raisis-role-in-irans-death-commissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Ebrahim Raisi: Raisi\u2019s Role in Iran\u2019s Death Commissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-242220\" title=\"iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988.jpg\" alt=\"iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/iran-raisi-president-massacre-1988-696x391.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On June 18, 2021, the Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjH9cWJ_IDyAhVPg_0HHVweAK0QFjAAegQIBRAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fenglish.mojahedin.org%2Fi%2Firan-ali-khamenei-suprem-leader&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xOuKVBcXOK2Rcmzf9gJaq\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ali Khamenei<\/a> pulled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> out of the ballot box as the regime\u2019s next president. Raisi is a notorious criminal. He has held top positions in the regime\u2019s oppressive apparatus. Most importantly, he was one of the key members of the \u201cDeath Commissions\u201d during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In 1988, the Iranian regime\u2019s then-Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a religious decree or fatwa, ordering the mass execution of all political prisoners. Shortly after, the \u201cDeath Commissions\u201d were formed in more than 70 cities. These &#8220;Death Commissions&#8221; implemented Khomeini&#8217;s fatwa. In a matter of a few months, more than 30,000 political prisoners, mostly members and supporters of the main opposing group, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">People&#8217;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK), were executed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_231739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231739\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-231739 size-full\" title=\"Khomeinis-main-fatwa\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Khomeinis-main-fatwa.jpg\" alt=\"Khomeinis-main-fatwa\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Khomeinis-main-fatwa.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Khomeinis-main-fatwa-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Khomeinis-main-fatwa-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Khomeinis-main-fatwa-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-231739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khomeini&#8217;s fatwa in 1988<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The \u201cDeath Commissions\u201d were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/iran-1988-massacre-death-commissions\/\" rel=\"noopener\">compromised<\/a> of a judge, Intelligence Ministry representatives, and Prosecutor. Some of these \u201cDeath Commissions\u201d had substitute members, including the local or provincial prison chief.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" rel=\"noopener\">(PMOI\/MEK)<\/a> latest list about the \u201cDeath Commissions\u201d includes 86 members forming 35 commissions across Iran. These include commissions in 12 provinces, nine provincial capitals, and 13 towns and officials of urgent trials in western Iran. At the time of the executions, Iran was broken into 24 provinces. Therefore, the latest list includes half of the commissions in half the provinces at that time.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Raisi played one of the main roles in the bloodbath of religious fascism at the age of 28 as a member of the 1988 Death Commission. Some of the survivors of the executions have narrated that they saw Ebrahim Raisi in the corridors and torture chambers of the prison while he was working on the execution cases without religious clothes or a turban and clad, wearing comfortable clothes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On January 1, 1989, after being convinced of Raisi\u2019s brutality as Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran, Khomeini selected him to be in a two-member delegation alongside the\u00a0Nayyeri. The two were tasked with issuing death sentences and ordering amputation of limbs to increase repression \u201cregardless of the administrative difficulties.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khomeini\u2019s order:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cHis excellency,\u00a0Hojjat\u00a0al-Eslam\u00a0Mr.\u00a0Nayyeri,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Since I have received numerous reports of the weakness of the judiciary, and the honorable and committed people of Iran expect a more serious approach to various issues, Your Excellency and Hojatoleslam Raisi will be given a judicial mission to investigate the reports from the cities of Semnan,\u00a0Sirjan, Islamabad, and\u00a0Doroud, and to carry out what is God\u2019s command in these cases, regardless of the administrative difficulties. May peace be with you.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">January 1, 1981, Ruhollah Khomeini\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The facts mentioned above are just part of Raisi\u2019s dark record of human rights violations. His role in the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners, mostly the MEK members, and his cruelty was the main reason for Khamenei to appoint him as the regime\u2019s new president.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The international community should\u00a0not\u00a0stay silent. Raisi does not represent the Iranian people. He represents Iran\u2019s murderous regime and should be held to account for his crimes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/2077cfe36d0d\/mvalhuta4du\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-1\" width=\"250\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 18, 2021, the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pulled Ebrahim Raisi out of the ballot box as the regime&rsquo;s next president. Raisi is a notorious criminal. 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