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November 18 - 41st 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.
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In Thursday's session, Hassan Ashrafian, a former political prisoner who was transferred to Gohardasht prison in March of 1986, testifies on the atrocities in the regime's horrific prisons.
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#Iran's IRGC arrested Ashrafian on January 4, 1983, for supporting the MEK. He spent three years in Tehran’s Evin and Ghezel Hesar prisons. In 1986, he was transferred to Gohardasht prison. During the #1988Massacre, he was in Ward 3 of Gohardasht prison.

Ashrafian described Gohardasht prison's chain of command.
Mohammad Moghiseh, who was also known as “Nasserian,” ran the affairs of the prison.

“As far as I know, Hamid Abbasi [Noury] was his [Nasserian’s] deputy. And Davoud Lashgari was in charge of prison security,” he said.

November 18
Coinciding with the Hamid Noury trial in Durres, Albania, #Iran opposition PMOI/MEK members in Ashraf 3 held a ceremony in memory of the over 30,000 political prisoners executed by the mullahs' regime during the #1988Massacre.
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"I could hear Hamid Abbasi’s [Noury] voice who was saying, 'Beat these Monafeghs (infidels)' [the term the regime uses to refer to MEK members and supporters]," Ashrafian explained recalling a certain case of prison guards torturing the political prisoners.
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“In September 1988, we were 53 prisoners in Ward 3. Before the #1988Massacre, there were 200 people. Of these, six or seven were charged with offenses other than supporting the MEK, but 190 of them were MEK supporters. Of these 200 people, only 53 remained,” Ashrafian said.
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Ashrafian:
"Nasserian threatened us & said: 'We killed all of them & we will kill the rest of you later... Don’t think our hands are tied. We can execute you like the rest anytime we want.’... Noury was there & agreed with every statement by nodding his head."
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Ashrafian:
In Nov 1988, in response to issues we raised about our conditions in prison, Abbasi said, ‘Go & thank God that you’re alive. If we wanted to execute Imam’s fatwa—he meant Khomeini—completely, we would have to arrest & execute half of the people of Iran.’”
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In July 1988, Khomeini issued a religious decree describing political prisoners who don’t disavow support for the MEK as enemies of God & deserve to die. The regime executed more than 30,000 political prisoners across #Iran, mainly MEK members/supporters.

November 18 - Stockholm
Rally of supporters of the Iranian Resistance and the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK coinciding with the Hamid Noury trial in Durres, Albania.

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“From July 30, 1988, when they started reading out names, we knew where they were taking them,” Ashrafian said. “They took the rest of us to the cells. We said our goodbyes to those who were taken away.”
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Reporters outside the Durres court, Albania, conducted interviews with former political prisoners and members of the Iranian opposition participating in today's court hearing in Durres, Albania.
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