Position during 1988 massacre: Revolutionary Prosecutor of Rasht; member of Rasht “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Deceased At the time of the mass executions, he was the Revolutionary Prosecutor and had allegedly signed off the execution of prisoners in Rasht Prison during the mass executions period.
Position during 1988 massacre: Director General of the Ministry of Intelligence in Gilan Province; member of Rasht “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Member of executive board of a construction company in Bandar Anzali (adjacent to Rasht) He was the prison warden of Bandar Anzali from 1981 to 1985. He was transferred to the prosecutor’s
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Position during 1988 massacre: Deputy Shari’a Judge of Rasht and Shari’a Judge of eastern cities of Gilan Province; member of “Death Commission” of cities in eastern Gilan Present post and occupation: Deceased He was a member of the “Death Commission” of Gilan Province. He assisted mullah Moghadassifar, the Shari’a Judge of Rasht, in issuing death
Position during 1988 massacre: Representative of the Intelligence Ministry; member of Masjed Soleyman “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown He reportedly was interrogator of the Intelligence Ministry in the “Death Commission” which was allegedly responsible for the execution of 31 people in this city.
Position during 1988 massacre: Director of Khuzestan prisons; member of Khuzestan “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Retired He was the director of Khuzestan’s prisons from 1985 to 1996. He, allegedly, took part in decisions leading to the executions that took place in Khuzestan prisons. Prior to the 1988 mass executions, according to surviving witnesses,
Position during 1988 massacre: Assistant Prosecutor; member of Dezful “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Supreme Court judge Gholamreza Khalaf Rezai-Zare’ was allegedly promoted to chief justice for several provinces due to his compliance and active role during the 1988 mass executions. He was later assigned as deputy of the regime’s Supreme Court.
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Position in 1988 massacre: Head of Dezful Prison; member of Dezful “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown He reportedly was a member of the “Death Commission” in Dezful’s UNESCO prison during the 1988 mass executions. He allegedly, together with the prosecutor Alireza Avaei and the representative of the Intelligence Ministry Naser, held court martial
Position in 1988 massacre: Prosecutor of the city of Ardabil; member of Ardabil “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown Mirsadeghi was a native of Zanjan. He was appointed as Ardabil Prosecutor in 1981. Together with two others under the name of Akbari and Bayat (Prosecutor and the Deputy Prosecutor), he was directly involved in
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Position in 1988 massacre: Director General of the Prisons Organization in East Azerbaijan Province; member of Eastern Azerbaijan “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown Haj Seyyed Abol-Hassan Chapari (A.K.A Shejkh al Modir)
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Iran’s former Deputy Supreme Leader Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri criticized on a number of occasions the practices of the Iranian regime’s officials and the decrees by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini which had led to the massacre of political prisoners in Iran. He described the massacre as being contrary to the Islamic Shari’at that the leaders
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Position during 1988 Massacre: Representative of the Ministry of Intelligence in East Azerbaijan “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown
Position during 1988 Massacre: Provincial Prosecutor and member of the “Death Commission” of Eastern Azerbaijan Province Current Position: Head of the logistics section of the Administrative Justice Court He was the Prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tabriz, Eastern Azerbaijan, during the 1988 mass executions. He allegedly was involved in repression, torture, and execution
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Text of letter sent to Khomeini by the religious judge of Islamic Revolutionary Courts in Khuzistan on the manner of implementation of His Eminence’s decree on the Monafeqin [Mojahedin] In the Name of God, the Most High, His Eminence Imam Khomeini, With greetings, I would like to bring to Your Eminence’s attention some points
In 1988, Ahmad Khomeini, son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, conveyed a message to his father on behalf of Iran’s then-Chief Justice, Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, who raised some ambiguities about Khomeini’s death decree and how it should be carried out. Khomeini’s answer was that his decree must be carried out as quickly
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