{"id":245535,"date":"2021-08-24T02:59:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=245535"},"modified":"2023-01-31T19:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:07:26","slug":"un-experts-reports-underlines-the-necessity-of-investigating-irans-1988-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/un-experts-reports-underlines-the-necessity-of-investigating-irans-1988-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Expert\u2019s Reports Underlines the Necessity of Investigating Iran\u2019s 1988 Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"j-rahman-1-1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j-rahman-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"j-rahman-1-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j-rahman-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j-rahman-1-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j-rahman-1-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j-rahman-1-1-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/j-rahman-1-1-696x364.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">In his report to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, expressed concern about the regime\u2019s attempts to destroy evidence of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>. He also underlined that how the regime authorities involved in human rights violations enjoy systematic impunity.\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\">\u201cThe Special Rapporteur is concerned at reported attempts by the authorities to continue to destroy evidence of past violations, including the reported mass extrajudicial executions of political dissidents in 1988,\u201d read the report.<\/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\">In the summer of 1988, the Iranian regime extrajudicially executed over 30,000 political prisoners. Most of the victims were members and supporters of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/primer-the-history-the-peoples-mojahedin-organization-iran\" rel=\"noopener\">the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" rel=\"noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Raisi, Butcher of 1988 Massacre in Iran\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL__gyE0HgavYY\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F_gyE0HgavYY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gyE0HgavYY\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M38S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-06-30T18:03:24Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte__gyE0HgavYY\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F_gyE0HgavYY%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Raisi, Butcher of 1988 Massacre in Iran<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_gyE0HgavYY\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F_gyE0HgavYY%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Raisi, Butcher of 1988 Massacre in Iran\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Raisi butcher of 1988 Massacre in Iran Ebrahim Raisi, A return to darker days or a declaration of character by the theocratic regime? On June 19, Raisi was selected as President in the aftermath of a nationwide boycott of Iran\u2019s sham elections. Who is Raisi, and what does his presidency mean for Iran and the world? Dubbed butcher of 88, Raisi was one of four members of the death commission for Evin and Gohardasht prisons near Tehran during the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners. Geoffrey Robertson: Late in July 1988 as the war with Iraq was ending, prisons in Iran that were crammed with opponents suddenly went into lockdown. All family visits were canceled, television and radios switched off. Prisoners were kept in their. The only permitted visitation was from a delegation, turbaned and bearded, a religious judge, a public prosecutor, and an intelligence chief. Before them were paraded briefly and individually, almost every prisoner, and there were thousands of them who were being jailed for adherence to the MEK. The delegation had but one question for these young men and women, and although they didn\u2019t know it, on their answer their life would depend. Those who by their answer evinced any continuing affiliation with the MEK were blindfolded and ordered to join a conga line that led straight to the gallows. They were hung from cranes 4 at a time, or in groups of 6, from ropes hanging from the front of the stage of the assembly hall, some were taken to army barracks at night and then shot by firing squad. Their bodies were doused with disinfectant, packed in refrigerator trucks and buried at night in mass graves. Months later their families, desperate for information about their children and partners, would be handed a plastic bag with their few possessions they would be refused any information about the location of the graves, and ordered never to mourn them in public. By mid-August 1988 thousands prisoners had been killed in this manner by the state, without trial, without appeal and utterly without mercy. Montazeri to Raisi, Pour-Mohammadi, Nayyeri and Eshraqi (Senior Members of 1988 Massacre Death Commission): The greatest crime committed under the Islamic Republic, for which history will condemn us, has been committed by you. Your names will in the future be etched in the annals of history as criminals.\u201d From the onset, Raisi has served as interrogator, Prosecutor, and Prosecutor General; serving as Justice Minister since March 2019. On his watch over 500 have been executed and 1500 killed at point-blank on the streets in November 2019 And now, he believes he should be \u201clauded and encouraged\u201d for his brutality It is now on the international community to take a stance The people of Iran have voiced their historic \u2018No\u2019 to the entirety of this regime Will you stand with the Iranian people? \u2022 Recognize the 1988 Massacre of 30,000 political prisoners as a crime against humanity \u2022 End impunity &amp; prosecute perpetrators \u2022 Don\u2019t negotiate with the henchmen of the Iranian people #ProsecuteRaisiNOW\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mr. Rehman highlighted in his report that, \u201cIn April 2021, the authorities issued an order denying Baha\u2019is permission to bury their dead in empty plots in Golestan Javid cemetery, the cemetery designated for Baha\u2019is, forcing them to instead bury their dead between existing graves or at the Khavaran mass gravesite. The latter site is believed to contain the remains of victims of enforced disappearances and summary executions perpetrated in 1988.\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\">\u201cThis order is the latest of the attempts to interfere with evidence of the executions, which have included bulldozing gravesites and the harassment of relatives, such as Maryam Akbari\u00a0Monfared,<\/span><a href=\"\/\/_ftn1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">[1]<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fwho are seeking truth and accountability,\u201d the report adds.<\/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\">Rehman criticized the regime\u2019s violation of its international obligations, \u201cresulting in a climate of impunity.\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\">In December 2020, a letter originally sent to the regime officials September by seven U.N. human rights experts, including Mr. Rehman, was published. In their letter, the U.N. experts underlined that the 1988 massacre \u201cmay amount to crimes against humanity.\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\">They also underlined that the international community\u2019s failure to act regarding the 1988 massacre had had a \u201cdevastating impact\u201d on the \u201cgeneral human rights situation\u201d 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 regime\u2019s cold-blooded killing of over 1500 protesters during the major Iran protests in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener\">November 2019<\/a>, the ongoing executions in Iran, and the recent oppression of protesters in Khuzestan province are examples of the \u201cdevastating impact\u201d of the world\u2019s failure to hold the regime accountable.\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><span data-contrast=\"none\">Mr. Rehman underlined in his recent report that \u201cThe continued impunity in relation to the disproportionate force used during the countrywide November 2019 protests, and the shooting down of<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/blog\/op-ed\/inaction-regarding-last-years-iranian-terrorism-will-make-the-regime-more-unruly\" rel=\"noopener\"> Ukraine Airlines flight PS752<\/a>, remains emblematic of the state of impunity.\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\">In June, the systematic impunity reached its climate when the regime\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, selected <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-ebrahim-raisi-ncr-iran\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> as the regime\u2019s new president. Raisi played a key role in the 1988 massacre, was the regime\u2019s Judiciary Chief during the November 2019 protests, and oversaw the arrest and systematic human rights violations in Iranian prisons.<\/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<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Who is Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran presidential election and an executioner in 1988 massacre\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_xD6hbo76b7s\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FxD6hbo76b7s%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xD6hbo76b7s\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M20S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-05-17T20:42:28Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_xD6hbo76b7s\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FxD6hbo76b7s%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Who is Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran presidential election and an executioner in 1988 massacre<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xD6hbo76b7s\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FxD6hbo76b7s%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Who is Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran presidential election and an executioner in 1988 massacre\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"May 17, 2021\u2014Raisi was born in Mashhad, northeast Iran, back in 1960. He went to school for six years then entered the Mashhad Religious School. At the age of 15, he went to Qom, continuing his studies in the Haghani School alongside other known regime criminals such as Ali Fallahian, Ruhollah Hosseinian, Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, and Hossein Ali Nayeri. He was 18 during the 1979 revolution and had no political experience. At the age of 19, he was officially selected to supervise the interrogation and torture of prisoners in Karaj, west of Tehran. He was appointed as public prosecutor of Karaj and Hamedan at the age of 20. He went on to become the deputy public prosecutor in Tehran, and in 1988 he was an active member of the \u201cDeaths Commission,\u201d overseeing the massacre of political prisoners in Evin and Gohardasht prisons. And this is Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s reward: a poorly educated mullah who reached the realms of power by massacring political prisoners. Public prosecutor of Tehran for five years. Head of the country\u2019s Inspections Office for ten years. General Prosecutor for two years. Deputy judiciary chief for ten years. Head of the Astan Quds Razavi foundation, meaning Iran\u2019s largest economic entity. And finally, head of the regime\u2019s judiciary. This ruthless criminal was Khamenei\u2019s candidate in the 2017 presidential election. However, he lost due to the revelations made by the Iranian opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran. This criminal mullah has entered the 2021 presidential election to relieve Khamenei of the many crises engulfing his regime. However, this time around he will once again be condemned by the people and his victims\u2019 families. Read More: https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IranNCR\/ https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy Subscribe to NCRI weekly newsletter t.ly\/MybJ\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">When Raisi became the so-called \u201cconqueror\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/exclusive-report\/who-is-gholamhossein-mohseni-ejei-irans-new-judiciary-chief\/\" rel=\"noopener\">of the regime\u2019s sham election in June 2021<\/a>, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General Agn\u00e8s\u00a0Callamard\u202f<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/press-release\/2021\/06\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-must-be-investigated-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">underlined<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u202fthat his presidency, \u201cinstead of being investigated for the crimes against humanity of murder, enforced disappearance and torture, is a grim reminder that impunity reigns supreme in Iran.\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\">While protests against Raisi\u2019s presidency continue to spread and rise across the globe, the western powers continue their inaction, fueling the systematic impunity in Iran. The European Union sent one of its top diplomats, Enrique mora, to Raisi\u2019s inauguration on August 5.<\/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\">Accepting Raisi as Iran\u2019s representative in the world would only allow the regime further\u00a0increase\u00a0its human rights violations in Iran. The European leaders should know that the regime\u2019s systematic prosecution and purge of dissidents are not limited to Iran\u2019s borders.<\/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 recent trial of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-regime-diplomacy-of-terror\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Assadollah Assadi<\/a>, Tehran\u2019s diplomat-terrorist who had attempted to bomb the opposition rally in France in 2018, is a testament to the fact that turning a blind eye on the mullahs\u2019 domestic violence would have devastating results abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The E.U. is repeating the same mistake in dealing with Iran\u2019s violent regime that it did during World War 2.<\/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\">As Winston Churchill once said, \u201cAn appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile\u2014hoping it will eat him last.\u201d Assadi\u2019s failed bombing in the heart of Europe is a testament to the fact that criminals ruling Iran would devour anything they want if not facing firmness.<\/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 western powers should not recognize Raisi as Iran\u2019s president. They should prosecute him and other human rights abusers for ending the systematic impunity in Iran with its devastating domestic and international impacts.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><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}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncr-iran.us4.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=90c3ad44f96a18fb1fe0cf2e6&amp;id=b561586c73\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo-300x100\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his report to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran, expressed concern 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