{"id":244330,"date":"2021-08-05T08:10:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=244330"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:00:41","slug":"recognizing-raisi-as-irans-president-fuels-impunity-over-human-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi\/recognizing-raisi-as-irans-president-fuels-impunity-over-human-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing Raisi as Iran\u2019s President Fuels Impunity Over Human Rights Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Iranian regime\u2019s new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/op-ed\/irans-new-president-should-be-isolated-pending-his-arrest-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">president<\/a>,<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ebrahim<\/a> Raisi, was inaugurated today. Many international human rights organizations have called for Raisi\u2019s prosecution for his human rights abuses. Yet, Enrique Mora, the Deputy Political Director of the European External Action Service, participated in Raisi\u2019s inauguration today.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Raisi dubbed the \u201cButcher of Tehran,\u201d was a member of Tehran\u2019s \u201cDeath Commission\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> of political prisoners. Raisi and his fellow \u201cDeath Commission\u201d members sent thousands of political prisoners to the gallows.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reacting to Mora\u2019s planned visit to Iran, Amnesty International stated: \u201cThe international community, including the EU, which is sending Enrique Mora to Raisi\u2019s inauguration, must publicly demonstrate its commitment to fight against systematic impunity in Iran for extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, and torture.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The int\u2019l community, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a>, which is sending <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/enriquemora_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@enriquemora_<\/a> to Raisi\u2019s inauguration, must publicly demonstrate its commitment to fight against systematic impunity in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> for extrajudicial executions &amp; other unlawful killings, enforced disappearances &amp; torture.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amnesty EU (@AmnestyEU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmnestyEU\/status\/1422876059901603844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Amnesty underlined that \u201cCrimes against humanity loom large over Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s inauguration as president of Iran. We continue to call for him to be criminally investigated for his role in past and ongoing crimes against humanity related to the 1988 massacre.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">During his first press conference after his selection as the regime\u2019s new president, Raisi blatantly said he should be \u201crewarded\u201d for his career. Recognizing Raisi as Iran\u2019s representative and shaking hands with him is the approval of this criminal and indeed a reward for his crimes against humanity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The int\u2019l community, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a>, which is sending <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/enriquemora_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@enriquemora_<\/a> to Raisi\u2019s inauguration, must publicly demonstrate its commitment to fight against systematic impunity in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> for extrajudicial executions &amp; other unlawful killings, enforced disappearances &amp; torture.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amnesty EU (@AmnestyEU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmnestyEU\/status\/1422876059901603844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">His presidency, as underlined by the Amnesty Secretary-General, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/news\/2021\/06\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-must-be-investigated-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Agnes\u00a0Callamard,<\/a> on June 19, \u201cis a grim reminder that impunity reigns supreme in Iran.\u201d By participating in Raisi\u2019s inauguration or pursuing negotiations with him, the European Union is fortifying this impunity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The international community\u2019s failure in holding Raisi and other perpetrators of the 1988 massacre to account has led to systematic impunity in Iran, where mass murderers like Raisi are rewarded instead of being prosecuted.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Seven United Nations human rights experts underlined in their letter published in December 2020 that this failure \u201chad a devastating impact on the survivors and families\u201d and \u201cemboldened\u201d the Iranian authorities to \u201cconceal the fate of the victims and to maintain a strategy of deflection and denial.\u201d\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The murder and torture of\u202f<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/iran-november-2019-gasoline-price-protests\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">protesters in November 2019<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202falso took place under Raisi\u2019s watch are part of the devastating impact of the international community\u2019s failure to hold Raisi and his ilk to account.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Raisi is under sanctions for his human rights abuses. Khamenei chose him as the regime\u2019s next president so Raisi could serve Khamenei, suppress protests and dissidents, and keep the mullahs\u2019 regime afloat.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">When in October 2020, the EU adopted its new \u201cGlobal Human Rights Sanctions Regime,\u201d the EU\u2019s High Representative\u00a0Josep\u00a0Borrell underlined that the efforts to defend human rights should go \u201cbeyond\u201d legislations and resolution.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">By sending his deputy to Raisi\u2019s inauguration Borrell and the EU are not only staying behind their human rights values and the Global Sanctions Regime, but they are also indeed justifying the systematic human rights abuses in Iran.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The international community, mainly the European Union, should not recognize Raisi as Iran\u2019s president. 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