Partial Translation of the remarks by Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri in a meeting with the members of the “death commission” in Tehran regarding the massacre of political prisoners in Iran August 15, 1988 Introduction:
Kirsty Brimelow QC, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Kirsty Brimelow QC, Chair of Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation …
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Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Dr. Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former Vice-President of European Parliament, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran and the 1988 …
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Ingrid Betancourt, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Ingrid Betancourt, former presidential candidate for Columbia, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran and the 1988 massacre of …
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Tahar Boumedra, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Tahar Boumedra, former chief of UN Human Rights Office in Iraq, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran and …
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Brian Ó Domhnaill, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Brian Ó Domhnaill, Irish Senator, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran and the 1988 massacre of political …
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Gilbert Mitterrand, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Gilbert Mitterrand, President of France Libertés, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran and the 1988 massacre of political …
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Rémy Pagani, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Rémy Pagani, former Mayor of Geneva, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran and the 1988 massacre of political …
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The Sunday Telegraph By Christina Lamb, Diplomatic Correspondent 4 February 2001 CHILDREN as young as 13 were hanged from cranes, six at a time, in a barbaric two-month purge of Iran’s prisons on the direct orders of Ayatollah Khomeini, according to a new book by his former deputy. More than 30,000 political prisoners were executed …
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Pierre Galand, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Pierre Galand, President of OMCT Europe, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran and the 1988 massacre of political …
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Perviz Khazai, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Perviz Khazai, Iran’s former ambassador to Norway and Sweden; NCRI representative in Nordic countries, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in Iran …
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Behzad Naziri, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Behzad Naziri, Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights situation in …
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Sanabargh Zahedi, has called for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in 1988. Sanabargh Zahedi, Chairman of the Judicial Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, made the remarks in a panel at the United Nations in Geneva on the human rights …
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa (or religious decree) in July 1988 ordering the execution of members and supporters of the main opposition group PMOI (MEK) who remained loyal to the organization, including those who had already been tried and were serving their prison sentences. The following is the full translation of …
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Ettela’at, October 3, 1981 Referring to the grouplets’ operations, Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaker of the Islamic parliament and Tehran’s acting Friday prayer leader, said in his first sermon:
On July 31, 1988, Iran’s former Deputy Supreme Leader Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri wrote to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to express his grave concern over the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran, namely members of the PMOI, which he said could not be justified in any way. While trying to convince Khomeini to withdraw …
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In his second letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on August 2, 1988, after failing to receive a response to his earlier appeal, Iran’s former Deputy Supreme Leader Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri once again notified him of the way his death decree was being carried out and taking the lives of thousands of political …
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Newsweek has published an article by former Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi pointing out that members of the Rouhani administration ordered the execution of political prisoners during Iran’s 1988 massacre. The following is the text of Mr. Terzi’s article which was published by Newsweek on 23 September 2016: THE DANGEROUS MYTH OF ROUHANI’S BOGUS MODERATION …
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The French news agency Agence France-Presse covered the launch of ‘Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran’ in a press conference at the United Nations in Geneva on 21 September 2016. The following is the full text of AFP’s report from the press conference: Campaigners demand 1988 Iran massacre probe as tape …
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The Spanish news agency EFE covered the launch of ‘Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran’ in a press conference at the United Nations in Geneva on 21 September 2016. It quoted committee members as saying that more than 30,000 political prisoners were massacred in 1988 on the orders of Khomeini, Iran’s …
The Swiss news agency ATS (Agence télégraphique suisse) covered the launch of ‘Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran’ in a press conference at the United Nations in Geneva on 21 September 2016. It wrote that the committee has urged both the UN Human Rights Council and the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran to …
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In the Name of God Date: 10/7/1360 (2/10/1982) No. 3250 From: Prosecutor General’s Office of the Islamic Republic of Iran To: All Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Offices in Cities and Provinces
From the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), this text outlines the international standards that guide the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: International Standards The Special Rapporteur is guided primarily by international legal standards. The main substantive legal framework, as indicated by the Commission on Human Rights, in …
The Death Penalty under International Law: A Background Paper to the IBAHRI Resolution on the Abolition of the Death Penalty Material contained in this report may be freely quoted or reprinted, provided credit is given to the International Bar Association. International Bar Association 10th Floor, 1 Stephen Street London W1T 1AT United Kingdom
From the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), this text outlines the overview of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions: Overview of the mandate The subject of summary or arbitrary executions had been discussed in the United Nations for many years within the framework of …
United Nations A/HRC/RES/26/12 General Assembly Distr.: General 11 July 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-sixth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2014 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/69/488/Add.2 and Corr.1)] 69/186. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International …
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/457/Add.2 and Corr.1)] 67/176. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles contained in the Charter of the United Nations, Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International …
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United Nations A/RES/65/206 General Assembly Distr.: General 28 March 2011 Sixty-fifth session Agenda item 68 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2010 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/65/456/Add.2 (Part II))] 65/206. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2008 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/63/430/Add.2)] 63/168. Moratorium on the use of the death penalty The General Assembly, Reaffirming its resolution 62/149 of 18 December 2007 on a moratorium on the use of the death penalty,
