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Political prisoner files complaint with Tehran’s Prosecutor over 1988 massacre

Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, has written a letter of complaint to the Prosecutor General of Tehran over the arbitrary execution of her brother and sister during the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran. In a bold act from prison, Ms. Akbari Monfared on 15 October 2016 […]

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Political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared: Four executed, two imprisoned and all the suffering of my family

The following is a letter by Maryam Akbari-Monfared on 16 October 2016: Autocratic and totalitarian regimes cannot tolerate any growing entity that inspires people to join it. Under such regimes physical and psychological tortures are among the main tools of suppression, and monitors who are aware don’t expect the accused to be able to defend

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THE DANGEROUS MYTH OF ROUHANI’S BOGUS MODERATION

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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Spanish news agency EFE reports on JVMI’s call for prosecution of perpetrators of 1988 massacre in Iran

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

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Swiss news agency: JVMI demands prosecution of perpetrators of 1988 massacre in Iran

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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The Swiss daily Le Temps 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.

Le Temps: Top Iranian officials including Rouhani’s Justice Minister implemented Khomeini’s fatwa

The Swiss daily Le Temps 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. Le Temps wrote that senior Iranian officials, including the current Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, implemented Khomeini’s fatwa. The JVMI seeks their prosecution,

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POLITICO: France’s Kouchner urges probe of 1988 Iran prison massacre

Former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has called for an international probe into a 1988 killing of thousands of political prisoners in Iran. Kouchner told POLITICO Iran’s killing of political prisoners at the end of the Iran-Iraq war was likely a crime against humanity that needed to be investigated and prosecuted by the International Criminal

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A mourner holds a poster of Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri at the cleric's funeral in 2009. (Associated Press).

An opponent of political violence was once set to lead Iran. One last quarrel changed it all.

The Washington Post has reported on the newly-released audiotape of Iran’s former deputy supreme leader who acknowledged that the massacre of political prisoners was ongoing in Iran. The following is the full text of the Washington Post’s report: The Washington Post An opponent of political violence was once set to lead Iran. One last quarrel

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