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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.

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

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

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’s first letter to Khomeini in protest to mass executions

September 26, 2016

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

September 24, 2016

Montazeri’s letter addressed to members of the Death Commission in Tehran

September 20, 2016