Document Library – 1988 Massacre

Document Library

Documents related to the 1988 massacre

In this section, you will find Iran’s constitution and penal code and other relevant documents and reports related to the human rights situation in Iran, with special focus on the 1988 massacre.

Asma Jahangir UN Special Rapporteur on Iran

August 2017: New report by UN Special Rapporteur draws attention to Iran’s 1988 massacre

August 30, 2017

June 2017: Letter by UN Special Procedures to Iran over the crackdown on individuals seeking justice for the 1988 massacre

August 15, 2017
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres Iran

March 2017: UN chief warns of crackdown against dissidents seeking justice over Iran’s 1988 massacre

March 30, 2017
Asma Jahangir highlights clampdown on dissidents calling for justice over #Iran’s #1988massacre

March 2017: Asma Jahangir highlights clampdown on dissidents calling for justice over Iran’s 1988 massacre

March 17, 2017
Book Inquiry into the 1988 mass execution in Iran

February 2017: JVMI report ‘Inquiry into the 1988 mass executions in Iran’

March 15, 2017
Montazeri-Pourmohammadi

Audio transcript of Iran officials’ remarks about 1988 massacre

September 29, 2016

The Sunday Telegraph: Khomeini fatwa ‘led to killing of 30,000 in Iran’

September 28, 2016

Khomeini’s fatwa ordering the 1988 massacre in Iran’s prisons

September 28, 2016
Montazeri first letter to Khomeini

Montazeri’s first letter to Khomeini in protest to mass executions

September 26, 2016