{"id":329076,"date":"2025-02-28T17:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329076"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T16:56:55","slug":"new-book-distorted-narrative-challenges-iranian-regimes-efforts-to-rewrite-history-of-1988-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/new-book-distorted-narrative-challenges-iranian-regimes-efforts-to-rewrite-history-of-1988-massacre\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book \u201cDistorted Narrative\u201d Challenges Iranian Regime\u2019s Efforts to Rewrite History of 1988 Massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-248308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-the-list-of-1988-massacre-myttirs.jpg\" alt=\"Iran-the-list-of-1988-massacre-myttirs\" width=\"1000\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-the-list-of-1988-massacre-myttirs.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-the-list-of-1988-massacre-myttirs-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-the-list-of-1988-massacre-myttirs-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-the-list-of-1988-massacre-myttirs-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-the-list-of-1988-massacre-myttirs-696x441.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A newly published book, <em>Distorted Narrative: Setting the Record Straight on the 1988 Massacre<\/em>, by Swedish legal expert Kenneth Lewis, presents a critical legal and historical examination of one of the darkest chapters in Iran\u2019s modern history\u2014the mass execution of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Distorted-Narrative-Setting-Straight-Massacre\/dp\/B0DX1FDR6S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The book<\/a>, published in English, delves into the trial of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official convicted in Sweden for his role in the massacre at Gohardasht Prison. Lewis, who was directly involved in the trial, provides an insider\u2019s perspective on the legal battles, disinformation campaigns, and efforts by Tehran to obscure its crimes.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exposing a Disinformation Campaign<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Lewis, the Iranian regime and its allies have systematically attempted to distort the truth about the massacre, demonizing the victims\u2014most of whom were members and supporters of the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK)\u2014while portraying the perpetrators as victims. The book criticizes certain publications, including <em>The Smiling Executioner<\/em> by journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/sophie-tanha\">Sofie Tanha<\/a>, for allegedly downplaying the atrocities and misrepresenting the victims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kenneth Lewis, lawyer for PMOI in the Swedish trial of Hamid Noury, provides evidence that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s regime had a religiously motivated intent to exterminate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mojahedineng<\/a> even before the armed conflict began on June 20, 1981. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8ahJuyO55S\">pic.twitter.com\/8ahJuyO55S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1833180061765083338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2024<\/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;\">Lewis refutes these claims with firsthand accounts from former prisoners, court testimonies, and legal analysis, showing how the regime has spent decades producing films, books, and articles to discredit the opposition and obscure the truth.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Legal and Historical Context<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The book argues that the 1988 executions were not just crimes against humanity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/countries\/iran\/20240717-SR-Iran-Findings.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but acts of genocide<\/a>\u00a0as they were intended to annihilate a specific political and ideological group. Lewis draws parallels between the 1988 massacre and the Nuremberg Trials, noting that unlike Nazi war criminals, those responsible for the executions in Iran remain in power, making justice more challenging.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to analyzing the legal framework of the case, <em>Distorted Narrative<\/em> highlights the resilience of PMOI prisoners, who refused to renounce their beliefs despite knowing they faced execution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mr. Kenneth Lewis, a Swedish-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/American?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#American<\/a> lawyer who has been assisting the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IranianResistance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IranianResistance<\/a> for more than 2 decades, explained in detail how the MEK has been moving heaven and earth to shed light on the crimes of the clerical regime&#39;s officials in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> and bring them\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t4Bv3TodRP\">pic.twitter.com\/t4Bv3TodRP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1683498289746903040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Response from Iranian Resistance<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mojahedin.org\/i\/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%AA-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B8%DB%B8-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spokesperson for the PMOI\/MEK<\/a> welcomed the book\u2019s release, stating that it serves as a powerful rebuttal to Tehran\u2019s ongoing propaganda efforts and a \u201cdecisive blow to the regime\u2019s attempts to erase its crimes from history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lewis\u2019s book is available for purchase on Amazon, aiming to contribute to the ongoing global effort to recognize the 1988 massacre as genocide and hold the Iranian regime accountable for its past and present 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