{"id":245331,"date":"2021-08-24T10:39:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=245331"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T16:53:33","slug":"the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-eyewitness-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-eyewitness-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran: Eyewitness Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Iran-1988-massacre\"<\/p>\n

The following video clips are a series of eyewitness accounts from men and women who survived the 1988 massacre<\/a> of 30,000 political prisoners, most of whom were affiliated with the main Iranian opposition movement, the Mujahedin-e Khalq<\/a> (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>).
\nInternational human rights organizations have called this massacre the greatest case of \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d since World War II.
\nThe eyewitness accounts will reveal the barbarity of the Iranian regime in harrowing detail. At the same time, these testimonials will vividly demonstrate a generation\u2019s unbreakable resolve to neither abandon their ideals nor submit to the hated mullahs despite the heavy cost.
\nEven after 33 years, families of the victims have not received death certificates or information on the manner in which their loved ones were murdered or what was done with their bodies.
\nThese prisoners\u2014none of whom had been sentenced to death\u2014were executed based on a 1988 fatwa<\/a> issued by the then-supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini.
\n\u201cAs the treacherous Monafeqin [Mojahedin] do not believe in Islam and what they say is out of deception and hypocrisy\u2026 and as they are waging war on God \u2026. and as they are tied to the World Arrogance, and in light of their cowardly blows to the Islamic Republic since its inception, it is decreed that those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for the Monafeqin (Hypocrites) [Mojahedin (MEK)], are waging war on God and are condemned to execution,\u201d Khomeini wrote. He urged the regime to carry out his order with \u201cno mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDeath commissions<\/a>,\u201d were established in every province to identify prisoners who were suspected of remaining steadfast in their allegiance to the MEK and its ideals of a free, democratic Iran with a duly elected, secular government.<\/p>\n

Tens of thousands of prisoners from Evin and Gohardasht prisons were brought before these \u201cdeath commissions\u201d and usually had their fates determined in just a few minutes. In one case, a 28-year-old man named Mahmoud was brought before a death squad around 7:00 p.m. on July 30, 1988, according to a witness. Mahmoud said he told the death commission \u201cI am a supporter of the MEK.\u201d Around 9:00 p.m., he and a large number of other prisoners were taken to the \u201cdeath corridor,\u201d where they were lined up and led into execution halls. Mahmoud was hanged that night.
\nHamid Noury, a former assistant prosecutor in Iran, is now in Sweden facing criminal charges for his role in the 1988 \u201ckilling machine.\u201d
\nMany of Iran\u2019s current senior officials were also part of the 1988 massacre, according to witnesses. These include Iran\u2019s new President Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, who was a member of the Commission in Tehran in 1988; prominent Sharia Judge Hossein Ali Nayyeri; Tehran Prosecutor Morteza Eshraqi; Deputy Minister of Intelligence Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi<\/a>; and several criminal mullahs such as Ali Mobasheri, Mohammad Moghesiye, Esmail Shushtari, and Ali Razini.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness Accounts<\/h2>\n

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\"Asghar-Mehdizadeh\"<\/a>Asghar Mehdizadeh<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1982 -1995; He spent 13 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Fooman, Rasht, Evin and Soomehsara, Gohardasht
\nWatch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"k-f-g-1-1\"<\/a>Farideh Goodarzi<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1982- 1988; she spent 6 years in prison.
\nPrison: Hamadan<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"AKBAR-SAMADI-2\"<\/a>Akbar Samadi<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981- 1991; He spent 10 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Ghezelhesar, Evin, Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Hossein-Farsi\"<\/a>Hossein Farsi<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-1993; He spent 12 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht
\nWatch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mahmoud-Royaee\"<\/a>Mahmoud Royaei<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-1991; He spent 10 years in prison.
\nPrison: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Parvin-Pour-Eqbali\"<\/a>Parvin Pour Eqbali<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-1991; She spent 10 years in prison.
\nPrison: Evin<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mohammad-Zand\"<\/a>Mohammad Zand<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-1992; He spent 11 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Majid-Sahebjam\"<\/a>Majid Saheb Jam<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1982-1999; He spent 17 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Hassan-Zarif\"<\/a>Hassan Zarif Nazarian<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-1993; He spent 12 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Jamshidia, Evin, and Ghazal Hesar<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Hassan-Ashrafian\"<\/a>Hassan Ashrafian<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1983-1995;\u00a0He spent 12 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Evin, Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Haydar-Yousefi\"<\/a>Heydar Yousefi<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1983-1991; He spent 8 years in prison.
\nPrison: Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mohammad-Sarkheili\"<\/a>Mohammad Sarkhaili<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1984-1993; He spent 9 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Evin and Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Golamreza-Jalal\"<\/a>Gholamreza Jalal<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1980-1986; He spent 6 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Tehran, Evin, Ghezel Hesar, Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
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\"Khadijeh-Borhqani\"<\/a>Khadijeh Borhani<\/h3>\n

Ten family members, including six of her brothers, have been executed by the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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\"Seyed-Hossein\"<\/a>Seyyed Hossein Seyyed Ahmadi<\/h3>\n

Two of his brothers have been executed in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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\"Mofid\"<\/a>Seyyed Jafar Mir Mohammadi<\/h3>\n

One of his brothers has been executed in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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\"Ebrahim-Khaksar\"<\/a>Ebrahim Khaksar<\/h3>\n

Two of his cousins have been executed by the Iranian regime, and his brother was executed in the 1988 massacre<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Fereydoun-Hamzeh-Alipour\"<\/a>Fereydoun Hamzeh Alipour<\/h3>\n

He was arrested in 1980 and was interrogated by Ebrahim Raisi<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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\"Masoud-Abouie\"Massoud Abouie-Rad<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: He spent 8 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Evin, Gohardasht, Ghezelhesar, Babol, Sari, and the joint committee.<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Arman-Jam\"Arman Jam<\/h3>\n

He was arrested in 1980 and was interrogated by Ebrahim Raisi<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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\"Firouz-Danafar\"Firooz Danafar<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1982-1986; He spent 4 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Ghezel Hesar and Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Rahman-Heydari\"Rahman Heydari<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner:\u00a0 He spent 4 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Hamedan prison<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
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\"Nahid-Taheri\"Nahid Taheri<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1982-1984
\nPrisons: Hamedan prison<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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\"Majed-Karim\"Majed Karim<\/h3>\n

One of his sisters has been executed by Ebrahim Raisi.<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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\"Reza-Veisi\"Reza Veisi<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-1985; He spent 4 years in prison.
\nPrisons: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
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\"Assadollah-Nabavi\"Assadollah Nabavi<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: He spent 13 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Prisons: 4 years in Semnan\u2019s province and 9 years in Evin prison<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
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\"Akbar-Shafeqat\"Akbar Shafeqat<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner:1981 to 1995<\/p>\n

Prisons: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht prisons<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Mojtaba-Akhgar\"Mojtaba Akhgar<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner:1982 to 1992<\/p>\n

Prisons: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht prisons<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Ali-Zolfaghari\"Ali Zolfaghari<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-<\/p>\n

Prisons: Rasht, Evin, and Gohardasht prisons<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Rasoul-Tabrizi\"Rasoul Tabrizi<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 1981-1991<\/p>\n

Prisons: Evin, Ghezelhesar, and Gohardasht prisons<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n

\n
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\"Batoul-Majani\"Batoul Majani<\/h3>\n

Political prisoner: 7 years<\/p>\n

Prisons: Evin, and Gohardasht prisons<\/p>\n

Watch the video clip and read the text here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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