{"id":329859,"date":"2025-03-26T17:52:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329859"},"modified":"2025-03-30T09:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:08:36","slug":"convicted-1988-massacre-perpetrator-hamid-noury-sparks-outrage-with-provocative-cemetery-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/convicted-1988-massacre-perpetrator-hamid-noury-sparks-outrage-with-provocative-cemetery-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted 1988 Massacre Perpetrator Hamid Noury Sparks Outrage with Provocative Cemetery Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A video posted shows convicted human rights violator Hamid Noury at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Tehran, Iran’s capital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a shocking display that has reignited public outrage over past regime atrocities, Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official convicted of crimes against humanity in Sweden, appeared in a video filmed at Behesht-e Zahra<\/a> cemetery, taunting victims and survivors of the 1988 massacre. Noury, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2022 for his direct role in the mass execution of political prisoners at Gohardasht Prison, was controversially returned to Iran in 2024 through a secretive political deal widely condemned by the Iranian Resistance human rights advocates.<\/p>\n

The new footage shows Noury walking through section 92 of Behesht-e Zahra, known to contain the unmarked graves of many Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK\/PMOI) members and other dissidents killed in the 1988 massacre<\/a>. In the video, Noury shouts provocations at exiled opposition members and those who participated in his prosecution, declaring, \u201cYou all should have been here, like your comrades. You ran away abroad.\u201d His message implied that if those in exile had remained in Iran, they too would have faced execution.<\/p>\n

Observers and opposition figures quickly denounced the act as a grotesque provocation\u2014one made all the more disturbing by its timing and location. The appearance took place \u201cat the right time and in the right place,\u201d noted one commentary, pointing out that Noury\u2019s outburst comes as the regime faces an unprecedented internal crisis and isolation. \u201cThe strategic dead-end confronting Khamenei\u2019s rule makes these grotesque displays necessary for the regime\u2019s morale,\u201d the commentary said, while suggesting that the return of Noury to the scene of the crime may unintentionally signal the regime\u2019s growing fear of justice.<\/p>\n

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Hamid Noury, one of the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran, threatens dissidents and former political prisoners by visiting Behesht-e Zahra cemetery: "You should have all been here but you escaped and went abroad."
Credit: @HanifJazayeri<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/C6Rgbe5JoP<\/a><\/p>\n

— People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK) (@Mojahedineng) March 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n