Iran’s presidential candidates, henchman Ebrahim Raisi, IRGC Brig Gen Ali Larijani, Es’haq Jahangiri, Saeed Jalili & half a dozen Revolutionary Guards commanders played major role in crimes against humanity, war crimes, repression, censorship, corruption &terrorism. #رئیسی_جلاد۶۷
Ebrahim Raisi, became Assistant Prosecutor in Karaj in 1980 at the age of 19 and a year later as Prosecutor of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj, and shortly thereafter as the prosecutor of Hamadan; he has been involved in the killing of so many innocent people. #رئیسی_جلاد۶۷
In 1985, due to his active role in killing those associated with the main opposition, the MEK, Ebrahim Raisi was appointed as the deputy Revolutionary Court Prosecutor in Tehran, and director of division suppressing opposition groups. #رئیسی_جلاد۶۷#BoycottIranShamElections
At the age of 28, then Supreme Leader Khomeini appointed Ebrahim Raisi as a member of the death commission which carried out the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. Raisi has repeatedly defended his role in the massacre. #رئیسی_جلاد۶۷#MyVoteRegimeChange
US Treasury had designated Khamenei’s preferred candidate, Ebrahim Raisi pursuant to E.O. 13876 “Raisi participated in a so-called ‘death commission’ that ordered the extrajudicial executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988.” #MyVoteRegimeChange#رئیسی_جلاد۶۷
This sham presidential election is highly influenced by nationwide uprisings since 2017: People have been chanting, "Reformers, Hardliners, the Game is Now Over" & “Death to the Dictator.” People's desire is #MyVoteRegimeChange#BoycottIranShamElections
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Treasury Targets Billion Dollar Foundations Controlled by Iran’s Supreme Leader home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel… The Execution of Khomeini’s Order ‘EIKO’, is the richest and highest revenue-generating enterprise controlled by Khamenei. The other is The Astan-e Qods-e Razavi Foundation.
"EIKO and AQR control large swaths of the Iranian economy, including assets expropriated from political dissidents and religious minorities, to the benefit of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and senior Iranian government officials." EIKO was also designated in 2013 under E.O. 13599.
EIKO, also known as SETAD, has been able to take possession of some of the most profitable and largest commercial and financial firms, thanks to the direct and daily backing of Khamenei himself. The most conservative estimate of SETAD wealth is $95 billion.
Supreme Leader @khamenei_ir &his patronage network, Minister of Intelligence & his notorious ministry (MOIS) have been engaged in killing, massacre of Iranians & #terrorism abroad. Such designation & more are warranted, as Iranian people have been chanting “Death to Khamenei.”
Intel Minister Mahmoud Alavi designated today under E.O. 13553, for "serious human rights abuses" against the Iranian people, also collaborated with Foreign Minister @JZarif in a series of terror plots in Europe since 2018. Both deserve additional #terrorism designation as SDGT.
Treasury stated Alavi's "MOIS agents are responsible for beatings, sexual abuse, prolonged interrogations&coerced confessions of prisoners, particularly political prisoners." Recent example is wrestling champ #navidafkari murdered after torture for participating in #IranProtests.
Prosecutors: Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi handed over a bomb package,"to plant it at a mass rally near Paris two days later attended by tens of thousands of opponents of Iran’s theocratic regime & by prominent British & American politicians." #Iran#Terrorism@statedeptspox
"This was no casual encounter, as the plainclothes officers watching them knew. The diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, 48, is thought to be a member of Iran’s intelligence service, and the package allegedly contained a powerful bomb," according to The Sunday Times. 2/
The suspected Pizza Hut plot, which would have caused a mass loss of life if succeeded, was thwarted in an operation involving Belgian, French German police. Next week, after a 2yr investigation, the 3 suspects, together with a 4th man, are due to go on trial in Antwerp. 3/
Indeed long overdue. No "Ambassador" title should cover the nature of a terror master. Iraj Masjedi is one of the most veteran commanders of the IRGC and one of the first commanding organizers of its Qods Force, which was formed in early 1990s to do nothing but #terrorism. 1/
Prior to 2003, Masjedi was the commander of Ramazan Garrison in Western Iran, which was the base of the regime forces and groups who pursued terrorist operations in Iraq. Hadi Ameri (then commander of the Badr Corp) and Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, were under his command. 2/
After 2003, Hashd Al-Shaabi (militia) was fully under the command of Iraj Masjedi as he worked closely with Mohandes who was running day-to-day operations of the Shiite militias in Iraq, before he was eliminated along with Qassem Soleimani in Jan. 2020 by the United States. 3/
Indeed, in summer 1988, as many as 30,000 political prisoners-none sentenced to death-were murdered, ordered by "Supreme Leader" Khomeini, in a matter of weeks. Key perpetrators, unpunished, are now Judiciary Chief & Justice Minister. Pursue justice for #1988Massacre victims.
As documented in "Iran: Where Mass Murderers Rule," by @ncrius, Khomeini issue a fatwa (decree) that any political prisoner who refused to denounce the main opposition movement, the MEK, should be killed; that was the key question each political prisoner in Iran was asked.
"If the person at any stage or at any time maintains support for the Hypocrites [the MEK], the sentence is execution. Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately,” Khomeini responds to then Chief Justice inquiry about his fatwa, clearing all doubts for the massacre.
Again the Iranian regime is designated "the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism" for being, "directly involved in plotting terrorism through its IRGC & Ministry of Intelligence and Security including plots in recent years in North & South America, Europe, ME, Asia & Africa."
"In another historic action, the U.S. Department of State designated #Iran’s IRGC as an FTO in April 2019. This unprecedented step reflected the Iranian regime’s unique place among the governments of the world in its use of #terrorism as a central tool of its statecraft."
"Several European countries took concrete steps to combat Iranian regime-backed #terrorism in 2019. Albania, Denmark, and France all reduced diplomatic relations in response to Iran-backed plots to conduct assassinations or bombings in those countries."