Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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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 […]
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