Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI)
Son of dissident cleric begins prison term
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that the son of late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has begun serving a six-year prison term. In November, a clerical court sentenced Ahmad Montazeri to six […]
JVMI deeply saddened to lose Professor Sir Nigel Rodley
Professor Sir Nigel Rodley KBE, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture from the United Kingdom, passed away on 25 January 2017 at the age of 75, following a short illness. He was a member of the advisory board […]
HRW researcher: Iran’s moderates must stand on right side of history by backing #1988massacre probe
Human Rights Watch’s Iran Researcher, Tara Sepehri Far, has published an op-ed calling on Iran’s ‘moderates’ to stand on the ‘right side of history’ by supporting a probe to determine the complete truth about the 1988 massacre of political prisoners […]
Political prisoners in Gohardasht pay homage to comrades fallen for cause of freedom in Iran
A group of political prisoners in Iran’s notorious Gohardasht Prison, in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, paid homage on 29 December 2016 to the victims of the 2009 uprising and those of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.
Rouhani’s so-called “Citizens’ Rights” declaration ridiculed by Iran political prisoner
Iranian political prisoner Ali Moezi in an open letter fiercely ridiculed a recent so-called ‘citizens’ rights’ declaration by the Iranian regime’s president Hassan Rouhani. The letter, made public on Saturday, 24 December, reads: The regime’s president Rouhani has declared on […]
Iran: 28 years after the massacre of political opponents, remains unpunished, the regime continues with the mass executions.
An appeal to the UN and international organizations – Dr. Ranjana Kumari, Centre for Social Research – India – I write this letter to express my solidarity with Iranian human rights defenders to demand justice for victims of events in […]
Mass grave discovered in Tabriz requires UN probe into Iran’s 1988 massacre
The United Nations must respond with a commission of inquiry following the discovery of a mass grave in the north-western Iranian city of Tabriz suspected of holding bodies of a large number of political prisoners who perished in the 1988 […]
Appeal by political prisoner on imminent execution of cellmate in Iran
To: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Ms. Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation Greetings, According to reliable information, authorities of Zabol prison have received instructions on Monday, 5 December 2016, to […]
WSJ editorial: Let’s not forget #Iran’s #1988massacre
The Wall Street Journal published an editorial on 1 December 2016 on Iran’s 1988 massacre of political prisoners. The following is the full text of the editorial:
Ahmad Montazeri sentenced to 6 years in jail for publishing audio tape about #Iran’s #1988massacre
The Special Clerical Court in the city of Qom, central Iran, has sentenced Ahmad Montazeri, son of the late Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, to 21 years imprisonment and to be stripped of any clerical authority. The ruling, which was notified […]
Translation of verdict against Ahmad Montazeri over publication of #1988massacre audio tape
Shabtab News (Ayatollah Montazeri’s Telegram Channel) – Monday November 28, 2016 “The full text of the Special Clerical Court’s verdict for Hojatoleslam Ahmad Montazeri” Regarding the charges laid against Mr. Ahmad Montazeri, son of Hossein-Ali, established to (including):Letter reveals names of inmates deliberately killed in Iran’s Rajai-Shahr Prison
Behnam Ibrahimzadeh, an Iranian political prisoner in Gohardasht (Rajai-Shahr) Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, has recently written a letter to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Asma Jahangir; the UN High Commissioner for […]
Former ICC Judge: We have historical duty to punish perpetrators of #Iran’s #1988massacre
Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra, a former judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), has pointed out Iran’s Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi as one of the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre of […]
Letter by group of political prisoners to Paris conference on #Iran’s #1988massacre
A group of political prisoners currently languishing in Iran’s jails wrote a letter of solidarity to the organisers, guests and participants of the 26 November 2016 conference in Paris, the theme of which was the 1988 massacre of political prisoners […]
Ali Moezi writes to Special Rapporteur protesting denial of due process in Iran
Iranian political prisoner Ali Moezi has written a letter from Gohardasht Prison in Karaj to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran protesting his mistreatment and denial of due process by the regime. The following is […]
METRO: Families still seeking justice for thousands ‘massacred’ in Iran in 1988
Britain’s METRO has reported on the campaign by Anglo-Iranians seeking justice over the execution of their relatives in Iran’s 1988 massacre of political prisoners. The following is the text of the report:
Times Series: Cross-party conference at House of Commons calls for investigation into #Iran’s #1988massacre
British Parliamentarians are urging the United Kingdom government to move the focus of its Iran policy onto the human rights situation in that country and seek an international investigation into the events of the summer of 1988, when the Islamic […]
#Iran’s #1988Massacre: ‘Crime against humanity the world cannot allow to go unpunished’
Scotland’s Herald carried an op-ed on 15 November by former European lawmaker Struan Stevenson urging the United Nations to launch a full and independent investigation into the #1988Massacre in #Iran, describing it as an “appalling crime”. The following is the […]
200 British lawmakers call for UN probe into #Iran’s #1988massacre
Some 200 British lawmakers have backed an appeal for a United Nations investigation into the massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in the summer of 1988. Their appeal was unveiled at a press conference at the House of […]
Text of letter by Sara Jafari-Hatam to Asma Jahangir, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran:
Greetings dear Ms. Asma Jahangir, My name is Sara Jafari-Hatam, the daughter of Maryam Akbari-Monfared. I am 11 years old, and when I was three they separated my mother from me. It’s now eight years that my mother is not […]
Letter of Sediqeh Moradi from Evin Prison
Iranian political prisoner Sediqeh Moradi has smuggled out a letter from behind bars in Tehran urging international human rights defenders to seek justice over the 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran. Ms. Moradi, 56, is currently serving a 10-year […]
Amnesty International URGENT ACTION over treatment of Iran political prisoner Maryam Akbari-Monfared
Amnesty International, 3 November 2016: Prisoner of conscience Maryam Akbari Monfared, who is serving a 15-year sentence in Tehran’s Evin Prison, is being denied access to medical treatment. She is facing reprisals after filing a formal complaint that seeks an official […]Statement by political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison on treatment of Maryam Akbari Monfared
A group of political prisoners from Gohardasht Prison in the Iranian city of Karaj have issued a statement on the regime’s mistreatment of fellow political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared over her call for an investigation into Iran’s 1988 massacre. The following is […]
English translation of text of Maryam Akbari-Monfared’s follow up complaint sent to the Iranian Judiciary – 30 October 2016
Follow up complaint by Maryam Akbari-Monfared Considering that I, Maryam Akbari-Monfared, a political prisoner incarcerated in Evin Prison, filed an official complaint on Saturday, 15 October 2016, with Tehran’s Public Prosecutor’s office seeking investigations into the execution of my sister […]
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 […]
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 […]
Text of letter of complaint by Maryam Akbari-Monfared to Iran’s Judiciary, 15 October 2016
Complaint To the Prosecutor General of Tehran I respectfully inform you that my brother Abdolreza Akbari Monfared and my sister Roqieh Akbari Monfared were executed on unknown dates during the summer of 1988.
Mostafa Naderi: ‘No one was spared’
Mostafa Naderi, a former Iranian political prisoner on the 1988 massacre he narrowly escaped When I heard Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar was released from the notorious Evin prison and left Iran safely after months of incarceration, I was relieved, as I […]
Iranian officials react to leak of the Montazeri tape
Rouhani’s Minister of Justice on 1988 massacre of political prisoners: We are proud to have carried out God’s commandment