November 16 - 39th trial session of Hamid Noury, an Iranian prison official charged with torturing inmates in Gohardasht prison (Karaj) during the 1980s and being directly involved in #Iran's #1988Massacre, continues in the district court of Durres, Albania. #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
In Tuesday's session, Mahmoud Royaei, a former political prisoner who spent ten years in prison for supporting the MEK, testifies on the atrocities in the regime's horrific prisons. #1988Massacre #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
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Royaei, arrested in 1981 at the age of 18, has described the crimes #Iran’s regime committed against political prisoners in a series of five books. His writing also includes the role Hamid Noury played in the #1988Massacre as one of the senior prison guards in Gohardasht prison.
Royaei's testimony indicates #Iran's #1988Massacre was years in the making.
“In March 1988, a group of prisoners were brought from Kermanshah to Gohardasht... under a plan to classify prisoners, employed by Davoud Lashgari, Nasserian [Mohammad Moghiseh] & Hamid [Noury]," he said.
“These series of events reminded us of the dark memories of 1981. Every night, hundreds of prisoners were executed while the authorities shouted ‘Death to the Monafegh’ [the term the regime uses to refer to the MEK,” Royaei said. #1988Massacre #Iran
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“It became clear to us that the first executions were from the prisoners of Karaj because [current regime president Ebrahim] Raisi was the prosecutor of Karaj and personally knew them,” Royaei said. #ProsecuteRaisiNOW #1988Massacre #Iran
"33 years ago, I was in the same room with Iran's new president when he voted to execute political prisoners"
Raisi was a member of the “Death Commission” that decided the fate of each political prisoner. Those who did not disavow their support for the MEK would be sent to the gallows.
The Death Commission was acting on direct orders from regime supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini.
On August 2, 1988, Royaei was summoned along with several other prisoners. The prisoners were taken to a corridor that became known as the “Death Corridor,” where prisoners waited for their turn to meet the Death Commission. #1988Massacre #Iran #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
At the end of the Death Corridor was the “Death Hall,” the warehouse where prisoners were hanged in groups. As one group of inmates were hanged, the prison authorities forced the others to watch until it became their turn to have the noose thrown around their neck. #1988Massacre
"After about half an hour, I recognized the voice of Hamid Abbasi [Noury] calling names. I pushed up my blindfold a bit and saw Hamid Abbasi standing in the middle of the hallway and reading names,” Royaei said. #1988Massacre #Iran
“Around 5 or 6 pm, Nasserian took me to the Death Commission,” Royaei said. “There was [Hossein Ali] Nayyeri; intel ministry representative [Mostafa] Pourmohammadi, [Morteza] Eshraghi, and [Ebrahim] Raisi whom I thought to be a prison guard," he added. #ProsecuteRaisiNOW #Iran
In the Death Corridor, Royaei heard Noury calling 10-15 names, those being taken for execution.
“I was sitting less than a meter from [Noury]. I could see a few meters from under the blindfold. The guards were wearing military attire. But Nasserian & [Noury] wore plain clothes.”
November 16 - Stockholm
Rally of supporters of the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK coinciding with the Hamid Noury trial in Durres, Albania.
Royaei:
I came to Gohardasht prison in 1986 & I would see Hamid Abbasi & Nasserian from then on. I’ve remembered his face ever since… In total I had seen Hamid Abbasi about five or six times from 1986 to the days of the Death Corridor. #1988Massacre #Iran
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November 17 - 40th trial session of Hamid Noury, an Iranian prison official charged with torturing inmates in Gohardasht prison (Karaj) during the 1980s and being directly involved in #Iran's #1988Massacre, continues in the district court of Durres, Albania. #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
In Wednesday's session, Hossein Farsi, a former political prisoner who spent 12 years in #Iran's prison for supporting the MEK, testifies on the atrocities in the regime's horrific prisons. #1988Massacre #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
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During #Iran's #1988Massacre, Farsi was taken to the Death Corridor four times and faced the Death Commission twice.
During this period, he saw Hamid Noury several times as he played an active role in taking prisoners for execution.
November 15 - 38th trial session of Hamid Noury, an Iranian prison official charged with torturing inmates in Gohardasht prison (Karaj) during the 1980s and being directly involved in #Iran's #1988Massacre, continues in the district court of Durres, Albania. #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
In Monday's session, Akbar Samadi, a former political prisoner who was arrested at the age of 14 for supporting the PMOI/MEK & sentenced to 10 years in prison, testifies on the atrocities in the regime's horrific prisons. #1988Massacre #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
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Arrested in 1981, Samadi spent ten years in prison for supporting the MEK. He was transferred to Gohardasht prison in April 1986.
November 14 - Isfahan, central #Iran
Retired steel workers rallying and demanding answers to their long raised issues and economic woes. #IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسری
November 14 - Ahvaz, southwest #Iran
Retired Khuzestan steel workers and pensioners rallying and protesting officials' refusal to see to their long-raised demands regarding their wages and deteriorating living conditions. #IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسری
November 14 - Tehran, #Iran
State bus line drivers rallying and demanding answers to their long-raised demands, and protesting economic grievances. #IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسری
November 11 - 36th trial session of Hamid Noury, an Iranian prison official charged with torturing inmates in the Gohardasht prison (Karaj) during the 1980s & being directly involved in #Iran's #1988Massacre, continues in the district court of Durres, Albania. #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
In Thursday's session, Majid Saheb Jam, a former political prisoner who spent 17 years in #Iran’s prisons, testifies on the atrocities that took place in the regime's horrific prisons. #1988Massacre #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
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Saheb Jam said that in early 1988, he was transferred from Evin prison to Gohardasht. In 1986, prison authorities were classifying prisoners based on their MEK stance. Those who stood firm in their support for the Iranian opposition were transferred to Gohardasht. #1988Massacre
November 11 - #Iran
Teachers across the country are holding protests demanding answers to their long-raised demands, including better paychecks and higher pensions for their retired colleagues. #IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسری
November 11 - Tehran, #Iran
Teachers rallying for better paychecks and higher pensions for their retired colleagues as inflation rises.
Protests were seen in 51 cities across the country. Security forces arrested some of the protesters. #IranProtests
November 11 - Fars province, #Iran
Protesting teachers demanding better pay are seen chanting:
"Release jailed teachers!" #IranProtests #اعتراضات_سراسری
The trial of Hamid Noury, an Iranian prison official charged with torturing inmates in the Gohardasht prison (Karaj) during the 1980s & being directly involved in #Iran's summer #1988Massacre, continues in the district court of Durres, Albania. #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
In Tuesday’s session, Mohammad Reza Zand, a former political prisoner who spent ten years in #Iran’s prisons, testified on the atrocities that took place in the regime's horrific prisons. #1988Massacre #ProsecuteRaisiNOW
“As soon as we said we are supporters of the MEK, the guards started to beat us. One of the guards broke my toe... They continued beating us for an hour," Zand said in his testimony.