Thread by @Mojahedineng

#Iran: 1988 Massacre & Genocide

No to Impunity, Yes to Accountability

1,000 former political prisoners in attendance

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Today — 3:30 PM CEST 9:30 AM EDT
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.@AttiasDominique

These murderers have reached the peak of their crimes, this destruction of the lives of mothers, sisters, children.
This is a crime against humanity.

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.@RobertsonQC

There is no doubt that there is a case for prosecuting [regime President Ebrahim] Raisi and others. There has been a crime committed that engages international responsibility.

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Theo van Boven, former Director of UN Division of Human Rights & UN Special Rapporteur on Torture

Raisi has a lengthy judiciary career. While holding these functions, large-scale killings occurred across Iran, i.e. the #1988Massacre.

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.@kuminaidoo

The #1988Massacre was a brutal and bloodthirsty massacre, and a genocide. I would like to pay tribute to all the PMOI prisoners and applaud you.

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.@Azubalis

No one has yet faced justice for this crime against humanity. There is no political will to hold the perpetrators to account. A UN investigation into the #1988Massacre is a must.

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Eric David, Professor of Int'l Law from Belgium

This is a crime against humanity, an attack on a civil population, & genocide because the victims were killed based on their adherence to a set of belief that was banned by the mullahs.

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Former UN official Gulnara Shahinian

Little has been done to address the issue of mass graves. Mass graves are places of evidence and critical for justice. They are proof that heinous events took place that must never have happened.

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Former Iranian political prisoner Mehri Hajinejad

There is no doubt that Hamid Nouri must be brought to justice. But there are also many others who were perpetrators in this case, and at the top is Ebrahim Raisi.

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Sima Mirzaei, relative of #1988Massacre victims with 14 family members killed by the regime

One of my brothers was 16 years old when he was arrested. The torturer told my mother I personally shot your son in the head.

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.@FrancoFrattini

#Iran's presidents have always spoken about their adherence to the UN’s values. But in practice, the regime has lost popular support, applying for the rule of gun instead of the rule of law.

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.@guyverhofstadt

#Iran's #1988Massacre was never officially investigated by the UN and the perpetrators were not indicted. They continue to enjoy impunity. Today, the regime is run by the killers of that time.

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.@GiulioTerzi

Over 90 percent of #Iran's #1988Massacre victims were MEK members and supporters. The prisoners chose to stand tall by refusing to renounce their support for the MEK.

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Prof. Valeriu M. Ciucă

I think #Iran's government must answer any questions regarding the #1988Massacre. He who remains silent when accused admits to the allegations.

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Parvin Kouhi

During my time in prison, on some nights, up to 600 people were executed per night. The #1988Massacre took place in all cities of #Iran.

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Former Iranian political prisoner Khadijeh Ashtiani

I personally saw Hamid Nouri during my time in prison. The regime killed my brother in prison. He was only 19 years old when arrested and the executed in the #1988Massacre.

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Dr. Javad Ahmadi

My sister was arrested by the Shah’s security forces, tortured in prison, and released in 1979. She was arrested again by the mullahs’ regime in 1981 and brutally tortured. She was hanged with other prisoners in the #1988Massacre.
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Former political prisoner Nezam Mir Mohammadi, lawyer

I spent 18 months in prisons without trial. Before my arrest, as a lawyer, I was seeing to MEK members’ legal cases arrested by the regime. In prison, I witnessed brutal torture.

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Former political prisoner Azadali Hajilouei

Hamid Nouri, who is now on trial in Sweden, read out the names of thirty prisoners, including some of my cellmates. I later learned that they had been executed.

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Former political prisoner

During the #1988Massacre, a delegation came to the prison. Sometime later they came and took away several prisoners and transferred them to Gohardasht. We later learned that they were taken for execution.

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