{"id":246682,"date":"2021-09-10T03:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T08:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=246682"},"modified":"2024-06-10T10:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:35:29","slug":"iran-1988-massacre-who-is-mostafa-pourmohammadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/who-is-who\/iran-1988-massacre-who-is-mostafa-pourmohammadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Mostafa Pourmohammadi, Key Perpetrator of Iran&#8217;s 1988 Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246685\" title=\"Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-1-696x484.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED ON JUNE 10, 2024<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The call for international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/Documents\/Issues\/Executions\/A_75_384_AdvanceUneditedVersion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">investigations<\/a> into the 1988 massacre has gained significant support in recent years. As the justice-seeking campaign to hold the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre accountable expands, it is crucial to familiarize ourselves with the individuals responsible for this crime against humanity. One such criminal is Mostafa Pourmohammadi, a former Interior and Justice Minister. Pourmohammadi was a member of Tehran\u2019s &#8220;death commission,&#8221; which executed thousands of political prisoners during the 1988 massacre.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Who is Mostafa Pourmohammadi?<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Full Name:<\/strong> Mustafa Pourmohammadi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date of Birth:<\/strong> 1959<\/li>\n<li><strong>Place of Birth:<\/strong> Qom, Iran<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education:<\/strong> Advanced studies in Jurisprudence and Principles<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current Position:<\/strong> Advisor to the Office of the Supreme Leader and Head of the Political and Social Affairs Group in the Supreme Leader\u2019s Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political and Party Affiliations:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Disciple of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticcouncil.org\/blogs\/iransource\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-crocodile-ayatollah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mesbah Yazdi<\/a>:<\/strong> Part of the Haqqani School, known for its influence over parallel security institutions and its aggressive stance against independent scholars and intellectuals. Other notable figures from this school include current Chief Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/ebrahim-raisi\/who-is-gholamhossein-mohseni-ejei-irans-new-judiciary-chief\/\">Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei<\/a>, head of the 41st branch of the Supreme Court Ali Razini, former MOIS Chief Mohammad-Mehdi Reyshahri, former MOIS Chief Ali Fallahian, and former Deputy Prosecutor of the Islamic Revolution in the Ministry of Information and Intelligence Ruhollah Hosseinian.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member of the Coordination Council of Revolutionary Forces (February 17, 2005):<\/strong> Along with five others (Khamenei&#8217;s senior advisor Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Tehran City Council Chair Mehdi Chamran, Kayhan Daily editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari, Khamenei&#8217;s representative in the Martyrs Foundation Mohammad-Hassan Rahimian, and former Resalat Daily editor-in-chief Morteza Nabavi), expanded the decision-making body to 11 members.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Imam Sadiq University:<\/strong> Teaches Islamic Political Studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_246687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246687\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246687\" title=\"Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-during-Iraq-war\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-during-Iraq-war.jpg\" alt=\"Mostafa Pourmohamadi during Iraq war\" width=\"1000\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-during-Iraq-war.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-during-Iraq-war-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-during-Iraq-war-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-during-Iraq-war-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi-during-Iraq-war-696x500.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-246687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mostafa Pourmohamadi (right) during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mostafa Pourmohammadi&#8217;s dark past and present<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi was born in Qom in 1959. He attended the seminary from an early age. Before Iran\u2019s 1979 revolution, he was a student at Haqqani school in Qom, where most of the regime\u2019s top officials and clerics studied.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Months after the 1979 revolution, Pourmohammadi was dispatched to Khuzestan, southwest Iran, as the province\u2019s \u201cProsecutor of the Revolutionary Court.\u201d According to eyewitnesses, Mostafa Pourmohammadi sentenced more than 300 prisoners to death in Bandar Abbas Prison, including 16- and 17-year-olds. Pourmohammadi was only 20 years of age at that time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the inception of the Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) in 1983, Mostafa Pourmohammadi was the deputy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/anews\/who-is-who\/who-was-mohammad-reyshahri\/\">Mohammad Mohammadi Reyshahri<\/a>, the first Minister of Intelligence. He also held the positions of deputy and head of the Foreign Intelligence Division under the leadership of <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/ali-fallahian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Fallahian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/justice4iran.org\/11620\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi<\/a> in the 1990s. Under former regime president Mohammad Khatami, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed Mostafa Pourmohammadi as one of the officials in the Special Office of Intelligence and Security of the Supreme Leader.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi\u2019s positions<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mostafa Pourmohammadi has held important judicial and security positions since the establishment of the Iranian regime, including:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Prosecutor of the Revolutionary Courts in the provinces of Khuzestan, Hormozgan, and Khorasan from 1979 to 1986<br \/>\n\u2022 Prosecutor of the Revolutionary Courts in the west of the country from 1986 to 1987<br \/>\n\u2022 Advisor to the Minister of Information from 1987 to 1989<br \/>\n\u2022 Deputy Minister of Intelligence from 1989 to 1990<br \/>\n\u2022 Head of Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (<a href=\"https:\/\/irp.fas.org\/world\/iran\/mois-loc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MOIS<\/a>) from 1990 to 1997<br \/>\n\u2022 Head of Political and Social Affairs of the Supreme Leader since 2001<br \/>\n\u2022 Minister of Interior in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\u2019s administration from 2005-2008<br \/>\n\u2022 Head of the National Inspection Organization from August 2002 to May 2008<br \/>\n\u2022 Minister of Justice in Hassan Rouhani\u2019s administration from August 2013 to August 2017<br \/>\n\u2022 Advisor to the Head of the Judiciary from 31 August 2017 until now<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246686\" title=\"Mostafa-Pourmohamadi4-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi4-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mostafa Pourmohamadi4 (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi4-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi4-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi4-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi4-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi4-1-696x463.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi\u2019s dark record of human rights<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While acting as the prosecutor of the revolutionary courts in several provinces, Pourmohammadi ordered, oversaw, and participated in the systematic purge of dissidents.<br \/>\nIn September 1981, Mostafa Pourmohammadi was transferred from Bandar Abbas to Mashhad and became the Attorney General of Khorasan Province.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the first week of January 1981, several young women were executed in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad. Immediately after the executions, some of the families of the executed girls told their relatives that their daughters had been raped before the executions. Based on the evidence obtained from some relatives, three executed girls, Sima Motalebi, Mandana, and Mitra Mojavarian, were tried and sentenced to death in a few minutes without a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few days after the news of the execution of Mandana and Mitra Mojavarian was announced, a prison guard went to their houses and gave flowers and sweets, saying that the Revolutionary Guards had married their daughters before the execution. Sima also wrote on her leg that \u201cI was raped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the testimony of two political prisoners, one of whom was tried in September 1981 and the other in January 1981, from September to the end of January, Ali Razini was the Sharia judge. He issued all execution orders for young women. Mostafa Pourmohammadi, as the Revolutionary Prosecutor of the province, supervised all these executions. Pourmohammadi\u2019s human rights abuses reached their peak in the summer of 1988.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi and the 1988 massacre<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi played a key role during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/campaigns\/2018\/10\/blood-soaked-secrets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> of Iranian political prisoners. Over 30,000 political prisoners were executed in a matter of months. Most of the victims were members and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/audio-transcript-iran-officials-remarks-1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hossain-Ali Montazeri<\/a>, then-successor of Ruhollah Khomeini, revealed that Pourmohammadi was \u201cthe representative of the MOIS in charge of questioning prisoners in Evin Prison\u201d during the 1988 massacre. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-human-rights\/publication-of-montazeri-s-shocking-audio-recording-during-a-meeting\/\">Montazeri described<\/a> Pourmohammadi as one of the \u201ccentral figures\u201d in the massacre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"84da916b-8db3-46ea-87bc-f1271d88f0d4\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Montazeri stated that whenever a decree prohibiting the execution of girls was issued, Pourmohammad would counter by citing Khomeini&#8217;s fatwa regarding the Mojahedin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi defends Iran&amp;#039;s 1988 massacre\" style=\"width:853px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_uAo6w1QOFqw\" 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%2FuAo6w1QOFqw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uAo6w1QOFqw\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT6M40S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-07-31T21:13:53Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_uAo6w1QOFqw\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FuAo6w1QOFqw%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi defends Iran&#039;s 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\/uAo6w1QOFqw\" 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%2FuAo6w1QOFqw%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi defends Iran&amp;#039;s 1988 massacre\" width=\"853\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, Advisor to the Judiciary Chief of Iran and a former Iranian Interior and Justice Minister, has defended the 1988 massacre of tens of thousands of political prisoners in Iran and vowed to continue exterminating supporters of the opposition People&#039;s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), also known as the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK). Pour-Mohammadi, who in 1988 sat on the Tehran Death Commission that sent some 30,000 political prisoners to the gallows, defended that crime against humanity in an interview with the state-run Mosalas magazine on July 24, 2019. Mosalas also posted the video of the interview online. Pour-Mohammadi&#039;s shocking defence of the 1988 extrajudicial executions in Iranian prisons is a sign of the impunity enjoyed by top perpetrators of that massacre and indicates that the regime plans to continue exterminating PMOI activists in Iran. In March 2019, Iran&#039;s Supreme Leader appointed Ebrahim Raisi, who in 1988 sat alongside Pour-Mohammadi on the Tehran Death Commission, as Iran&#039;s Judiciary Chief. Survivors, family members of those executed and human rights defenders are at increased risk of harassment and persecution simply for seeking truth and justice about the 1988 massacre, according to international human rights groups.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:853px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ruhollah Khomeini issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/khomeini-decrees-execution-of-steadfast-monafeqin-mojahedin-in-prisons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fatwa in 1988<\/a>, ordering regime authorities to execute dissidents, particularly supporters and members of the MEK. On August 28, 2016, Pourmohammadi was quoted by the state-run Tasnim news agency, stating, &#8220;God commanded to show no mercy to the nonbelievers because they will not show mercy to you either. There should be no mercy to the [MEK] because if they could, they would spill your blood, which they did. We are proud to have carried out God\u2019s commandment regarding the [MEK] and to have stood with strength and fought against the enemies of God and the people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 24 July 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/top-iran-official-defends-1988-massacre-vows-to-exterminate-the-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pourmohammadi<\/a> once again defended the 1988 massacre and stated that newly captured MEK activists would face capital punishment. He said, &#8220;I think the issue of the MEK is clear. We have no ambiguity about the MEK. We are at a time of war. Now is not the time for talk. Now is the time to fight them. Now is the time to subdue them. Now is the time to conduct prosecutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"a5873afd-cb31-443d-9886-8da448cc076b\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aparat.com\/v\/EY749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exclusive interview on mass executions<\/a> in the 1980s, he said, &#8220;We have not yet settled the score with the MEK. We will discuss these matters after we eliminate them. We are not joking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pourmohammadi continued his human rights abuses in the following years by holding top positions in the regime\u2019s judiciary and MOIS. He served as the Minister of Justice under Hassan Rouhani. During Rouhani\u2019s tenure, over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/17451\/iran-record-rouhani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4,000 people were executed<\/a>. In addition to his role in domestic human rights violations, Pourmohammadi also played a key role in assassinating dissidents abroad for the MOIS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi in the MOIS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0.5 juice:pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-6 w-6 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full juice:h-8 juice:w-8\">\n<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"52683719-c4d5-4542-a3ef-fce86c6405e9\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Mostafa Pourmohammadi joined the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in 1987 under then-intelligence minister Mohammad Rieshahri. At the age of 29, under the direction of Ali Fallahian, he was appointed director of the ministry\u2019s counterintelligence directorate. From 1997 to 1998, Pourmohammadi served as the director of the ministry\u2019s foreign directorate.<\/p>\n<p>During this period, he oversaw the assassinations of numerous dissidents, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranrights.org\/memorial\/story\/30421\/abdol-rahman-qasemlu-ghassemlou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Abdolrahman Ghassemlou<\/a>, Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI); <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/i\/kazem-rajavi-murder-case-investigation-20200917\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Kazem Rajavi<\/a>, the NCRI Representative in Switzerland; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/farrokhzad-unsolved-murder\/28665547.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fereydoun Farrokhzad<\/a>, a prominent Iranian showman; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1992\/09\/19\/world\/iran-kurdish-leader-among-4-killed-in-berlin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sadegh Sharafkandi<\/a>, Ghassemlou&#8217;s successor in the KDPI.<\/p>\n<p>In 1998, at least 120 prominent Iranian political commentators, writers, and intellectuals were assassinated inside Iran. Dariush and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-46356725\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parvaneh Forouhar<\/a>, prominent political activists and leaders of the Nation of Iran Party, as well as Majid Sharif, Mohammad Mokhtari, and Mohammad Jafar Pooyandeh, well-known dissident writers and journalists, were murdered by the MOIS. As one of the MOIS\u2019s top officials, Pourmohammadi was involved in these killings, which became known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com\/supreme-leader\/chain-murders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;the Chain Murders.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246689\" title=\"Mostafa-Pourmohamadi3-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mostafa Pourmohamadi3 (1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi3-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi3-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi3-1-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi3-1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mostafa-Pourmohamadi3-1-696x445.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi garnered significant notoriety and disapproval. In 1999, when he expressed intentions to run for parliament from Qom, even state officials protested against his candidacy, ultimately leading him to withdraw.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In June 2000, Pourmohammadi commented on the closure of newspapers, expressing that while shutting down newspapers was not an ideal approach, he questioned if there were any viable alternatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 18, 2000, Mohammad Khatami referred to the MOIS &#8220;therapeutic killing&#8221; project and mentioned that <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qNFxq2ohqxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akbar Ganji<\/a>, one of the individuals who uncovered the &#8220;darkroom of ghosts,&#8221; was being tried for exposing the roles of former Intelligence Minister Ali Fallahian and his deputies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/internal-strife-in-the-ministry-of-intelligence-and-security\/\">Saeed Emami<\/a> and Mostafa Pourmohammadi, as well as those issuing fatwas for the murders, such as Mohseni Ejei.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi was one of the main plaintiffs against <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfocus.com\/terrorism\/34218-crimes-against-christians-in-iran-remembering-bishop-haik-hovsepian-mehr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emadeddin Baghi<\/a>, one of the founders of the IRGC a former member of the editorial board of the now-banned newspaper Fath, who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pourmohammadi explained his complaint against Emadeddin Baghi, stating, &#8220;Regarding the chain murders, which were extensively discussed in newspapers, my name and those of some colleagues were mentioned in articles. However, the situation escalated when the defendant, Baghi, explicitly named me in a specific instance. In an article titled &#8216;Decoding the Black Box of Chain Murders&#8217; published on January 30, 2000, in Fath newspaper, Baghi mentioned the murder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/who-is-esmail-khatib-irans-minister-of-intelligence-mois\/\">Mrs. Fakhr ul-Sadat Burqai<\/a>, who happened to be my cousin&#8217;s wife, claiming it was among the chain murders and that I was involved. Baghi alleged that the late Borghei possessed certain information, leading to her murder. According to him, her father was advised not to pursue the case due to the powerful opposition, and the forensic doctor delayed issuing a report. If Baghi asserts that this murder was political and part of the chain murders, he should provide evidence and documentation. It&#8217;s as if our professional duty was merely to kill a chaste, virtuous, and knowledgeable woman. Baghi&#8217;s article appears to aim at disturbing public opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mostafa Pourmohammadi played a key role within the primary team responsible for initiating judicial proceedings against government critics and dissidents. This team&#8217;s mandate included the apprehension and interrogation of detainees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his capacity as Deputy Minister of Intelligence, Pourmohammadi was involved in a manipulated report titled &#8220;New Information on the Chain Murders,&#8221; which essentially absolved all the defendants of guilt. The report shifted the blame onto a single individual, Mostafa Kazemi Mousavi, portraying him as the primary perpetrator. Pourmohammadi&#8217;s report went further to suggest that Mousavi enjoyed the trust of former President Mohammad Khatami, thereby exonerating other prominent figures, such as Saeed Emami, while implicating a rival faction.\u00a0In an interview in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entekhab.ir\/fa\/news\/488298\/\">Pourmohammadi reiterated<\/a> these statements once more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite widespread accusations regarding Pourmohammadi&#8217;s alleged involvement in serial murders and massacres, rumors circulated suggesting that Khamenei had sidelined him from his office. However, it became evident in 2003 that Pourmohammadi remained actively engaged in &#8220;his official duties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to his significant notoriety within the Iranian regime, Pourmohammadi has consistently been a subject of concern for state officials, leading to a cautious and often contradictory approach in dealing with him. In 2015, he ran for the Assembly of Experts from Alborz Province but his qualification was not approved by the Guardian Council.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the March 1 elections for the Assembly of Experts, Pourmohammadi nominated himself, only to have his eligibility rejected by the Guardian Council. He lodged a complaint, and after three days, his complaint was positively addressed, and his eligibility was confirmed by the Guardian Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED ON JUNE 10, 2024 The call for international investigations into the 1988 massacre has gained significant support in recent years. 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