Perpetrators

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Ali Dadizad

Position in 1988 massacre: Deputy Prosecutor; member of Tabriz “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Ethics teacher in Tabriz He was the Friday prayer leader in Jolfa for a while. He currently serves as professor of ethics in Tabriz.

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Khalil Abedi

Position during 1988 Massacre: Shari’a Judge in city of Tabriz; member of Tabriz “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Runs a law firm in Tabriz During the 1980s he was a Shari’a Judge in Tabriz.

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Mirza Najaf Aghazadeh

Position during 1988 Massacre: Shari’a judge; head of the “Death Commission” of Eastern Azerbaijan Province Present post and occupation: Administrative secretary of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi in Eastern Azerbaijan Mandated by Khomeini and Mousavi Ardabili, he was a provincial Shari’a judge in charge of the final ruling on death penalty in the cities of Tabriz,

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Javad Ali-Akbarian

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Deputy Minister of MOIS Present post and occupation: Deputy head of Shah Abdul-Azim Endowment In early days after the Revolution he was in charge of investigation in the revolutionary General Prosecutor and also served as revolutionary prosecutor in Gonbad and Esfahan. He was also charge of planning directorate,

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Mohammad Moghisseh (a.k.a. Nasserian)

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Governor of Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison; member of “Death Commission” in Tehran Present post and occupation: President of the 28th branch of the Revolutionary Court According to survivors of the 1988 mass executions, Moghisseh was directly and personally involved in the executions of political prisoners in the 1980s. Using

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Alireza Avaei

Position in 1988 massacre: Prosecutor; member of the Dezful “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Minister of Justice (from September 2017); Head of the Presidency’s Inspectorate Office (until September 2017) A.K.A. Alireza Avaie, Alireza Avaee, Seyyed Ali-Reza Avaee, Seyyed Alireza Avaei, Alireza Avayi After receiving Khomeini’s fatwa, he reportedly was the main person in charge

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Majid Torabpour

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Head of the state Prisons Organisation in Fars and Kohkiloye and Boyer Ahmad provinces (based in Shiraz); member of Shiraz “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown

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Eslami

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Shiraz Prosecutor; member of Shiraz “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown Eslami, a cleric, was the prosecutor in the “Death Commission” during the 1988 mass executions in Adel Abad Prison in Shiraz. The executions were carried out in the same prison.

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Ramazani

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Shari’a Judge of Shiraz; member of Shiraz “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown Ramazani, a cleric, was the Shari’a Judge in the city of Shiraz. He was known as a notorious judge. According to the very few survivors of Shiraz, nearly all political prisoners in Shiraz were

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Brig. Gen. Ahmad Nourian

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Head of Dizel-Abad Prison in Kermanshah; member of Kermanshah Province “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Coordinator of the Tharallah Garrison in Tehran (one of the main garrisons responsible for the protection of Tehran) In 1988 as head of the prison, he was a member of the “Death

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Abdolreza Mesri

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Prosecutor of Kermanshah; member of Kermanshah “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Member of Parliament In 1984-1985, he was chief interrogator and acted as deputy prosecutor. In this capacity, he was allegedly involved in implementation of Khomeini’s order to execute non-repentant political prisoners.

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Hossein Valipour

Position during 1988 massacre: Deputy Prosecutor of Mashhad (representative of the Prosecutor); member of Mashhad “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Retired Valipour, a cleric, was allegedly actively involved in mass executing prisoners in Mashhad during the 1988 massacre.

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Seyyed Taghi Badavam

Position during 1988 massacre: Representative of the Intelligence Ministry in Fuman; member of Fuman “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Retired agent of the Ministry of Intelligence; took up industrial activities, factory owner Allegedly, he was involved in the interrogation and torture of the prisoners during the 1980s. During the 1988 mass executions, he was

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Seyyed Ahmad Ghatilzad

Position during 1988 massacre: Shari’a Judge for Bandar-Anzali and west of Gilan; member of “Death Commission” of Bandar-Anzali and western Gilan Present post and occupation: Deceased (2013) He was assigned as Shari’a Judge to the following cities by direct orders from Khomeini: Some’e Sara, Abkenar, Fuman, Pare-sar and Anzali in Gilan province. He had allegedly

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Brig. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Ali-Abadi

Position during 1988 massacre: Head of Naval Prison; member of Rasht “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Coordinator of the Headquarters of the Armed Forces According to an eyewitness, the “Death Commission” in Rasht consisted of the local prosecutor, the representative of the Intelligence Ministry as the interrogator and Brig. Gen. Abdollahi as the prison

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Mohsen Khodaverdi

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.

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Hossein Moayed Abedi

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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Alimorad Heydari

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

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Hamid Moussavi

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.

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Reza Sarami

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,

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Gholamreza Khalaf Rezai-Zare’

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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Shamsedin Kazemi

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

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Hossein Mirsadeghi

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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Mahboubi

Position during 1988 Massacre: Representative of the Ministry of Intelligence in East Azerbaijan “Death Commission” Present post and occupation: Unknown

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Mukhtar Heydarzadeh

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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