Iran news in brief, June 30, 2021

 

 Iran news in

 brief, June 30, 2021 UN Expert Calls for Investigation into Iran’s 1988 Massacre On Monday, Mr. Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, called for an international investigation into the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and Raisi’s role in this crime against humanity. According to Reuters, “The U.N. investigator on human rights in Iran has called for an independent inquiry into allegations of state-ordered executions of thousands of political prisoners in 1988,” and the role played by “Ebrahim Raisi as Tehran deputy prosecutor.” In September, Mr. Rahman and six other UN experts published a letter sent earlier to the Iranian regime in 2020, underlining that the 1988 massacre “may amount to crimes against humanity.” Iran: Coronavirus Death Toll Exceeds 319,700 Over 319,700 people have died of the novel coronavirus in Iran, according to reports tallied by the Iranian opposition People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran as of Tuesday. The official death toll declared by the regime stands at 84,127, around a fourth of the actual figure. “The number of people hospitalized in Tehran is increasing at an alarming rate and it is certain that the capital will be registered as a red zone. The Health Ministry announced there are 63 red zone cities, 184 orange, and 201 yellow,” according to a Tuesday report wired by the regime’s official IRNA news agency.

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