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Iranian regime official admits extrajudicial executions of opponents July 30, 2019 Ali Razini, a judiciary official admitted on July 29, 2019, that extrajudicial executions in summer 1988 were carried out on Khomeini’s emphatic order “without being held up by red tape.” Deputy of Legal Affairs and Judicial Development of the Judiciary,  Ali Razini  considered the trials that led to the extrajudicial executions of thousands of political prisoners as one of Khomeini’s last major decisions. Speaking to Jamaran, a website close to the family of Khomeini, Razini examined the circumstances that led to the issuance of the decree. He also explained how the executions had benefited the regime. On July 24, 1988, Khomeini issued a secret edict to hold emergency trials under the pretext of “investigating war crimes.” He appointed Ali Razini as head of this court. The complete text of this secret edict was divulged three months later by the Iranian Resistance. In t...

Iranian political prisoner marks 1988 massacre 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran Reported by PMOI/MEK Iran, July 30, 2019 -  Iranian political prisoner Mrs. Fatemeh (Houri) Ziaie sent a message on the anniversary of the  1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners  by the regime of Iran. Below are excerpts of her message, in which she commemorated the memory of those “freedom-lovers who said no to tyranny and kissed the noose.” There are some unforgettable chapters in history that will never be erased from our memories, such as the summer of 1988 when the blood of the most beloved and talented young people of our country was shed to strengthen an idea. Those freedom-lovers who kissed the noose and continued their journey with smiles on their faces; those relentless souls who were executed for defying the darkness and defending their beliefs.  Those days, no one realized what happened to those freedom-loving youth in the regime’s prisons;...

A Little Prince in the Land of the Mullahs: The True Story of a Teenager Who Stood up to  the Mullahs’ Regime in Iran BOOK RELEASED ON JUNE 18 The true story of a teenager who stood up to the mullahs’ regime in Iran, recalled in the words of his surviving sister and told through drawn pictures. Ahmad, the hero of this story, was killed in 1988 at the age of 24, while in captivity but the perpetrators of the murder remain in key positions of power in Iran. The story of A Little Prince in the Land of the Mullahs reveals to the reader the human tragedy facing millions of Iranians. With Ahmad, we can go through this tragedy, live it and try to understand why, and most importantly what can be done so that justice can be served, and freedom can be achieved by the Iranian people. “A Little Prince in the Land of the Mullahs  revives the little hero in the reader by telling the story of a brave young man who wants nothing more than to live the life that all boys and g...

Political Prisoner’s Open Letter About Iran’s 1988 Massacre Written by  Hamideh Taati  on  30 July 2019 . Iranian political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has written an open letter on the 1988 anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, criticising the West for their silence on the matter, noting that those responsible still hold positions of power in the Regime, and asserting that those two things are connected. She wrote: “Anyone who [remains] silent and fails to speak out against injustices [or] decides to pursue appeasement [betrays] human cognizance and freedom of choice. This destroys the gem that exists in all human beings and distinguishes human beings from all other living creatures. Your concealing of this crime, remaining silent about it, and encouraging the masterminds and perpetrators of the massacre of Iran’s valiant children, have emboldened the religious fascism in suppression and warmongering.” Akbari Monfared, who is being h...

The U.S. Should Sanction Iran’s Key Slush Fund and Its Brutal Custodian By TZVI KAHN September 15, 2018 Ebrahim Raisi arrives with a crowd of supporters to vote in Tehran, Iran, in 2017. (TIMA/via Reuters) Former presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi runs a massive business conglomerate that helps Tehran suppress dissent at home and export terror abroad t first, he couldn’t identify the sound. But Amir Atiabi, an inmate in Iran’s Gohardasht Prison, was curious. Over the course of several nights in 1988, he  recalled , “strange noises that sounded like the dropping of cooking-gas containers” reverberated from trucks in the jail’s loading dock. Each time, he marked the date on his calendar. On some days, the sound echoed through his cell as many as 50 to 55 times. Eventually, he discovered the truth. One night, Atiabi said, he and his fellow prisoners “went to the end of the corridor to the shower room and toilettes and climbed up to see through the window what the...

by  Jolie Kavar Gohardasht Prison carries out executions, at least 30 in August. One  Human Rights  organization summed it up as ‘one execution every day.’ The  No to execution and prison organization  reminds that Iran holds the highest number of executions. This is compared to the number of citizens it executes compared to other countries in the world. Recently in Gohardasht prison, some ten prisoners have been sent to solitary confinements in order to be executed. It’s known by Iranian Human Rights’ experts that Iran executes in secret. More than a third of those executed have been carried out secretly. Some of these executions inside prison have not been announced by government media. Still, the highest number of executions count up for Rajaishahr Prison. This prison is also known as Gohardasht. It’s located in the city of Karaj approximately 20 km west of Tehran.  Since yesterday ten Rajaishahr prisoners on the death row ...