Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI)
Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Representative of Intelligence Ministry in the “Death Commission” in Tehran
Present post and occupation: Advisor to Chief of the Judiciary; Iran’s Minister of Justice until August 2017
All those executed in Tehran and Karaj were sentenced to death under his ruling.
In 2005, Human Rights Watch accused him of committing crimes against humanity for his role in the “Death Commission” and described him as a Minister of Murder.
Pour-Mohammadi was quoted on 28 August 2016 by the state-run Tasnim news agency as saying: “God commanded to show no mercy to the nonbelievers because they will not show mercy to you either and there should be no mercy to the [PMOI] because if they could, they would spill your blood, which they did. … We are proud to have carried out God’s commandment with regard to the [Mojahedin] and to have stood with strength and fought against the enemies of God and the people.”
Latest Update
21 NGOs appeal to UN to investigate Iran’s 1988 massacreBy Clerk on September 22, 2020
Iran builds road over mass grave of victims of the 1988 massacreBy Clerk on September 15, 2020
US: Enforced disappearances related to 1988 massacre continue unabated in IranBy Clerk on September 9, 2020
Tahar Boumedra tells global summit it’s time for UN to probe the 1988 massacreBy Clerk on September 9, 2020
Media coverage of Iran’s 1988 massacre this past weekBy Clerk on August 30, 2020
NGOs warn UN of potential new massacre in IranBy Clerk on August 26, 2020
Mass murderers are running Iran’s judiciaryBy Clerk on September 15, 2019
NGOs urge UN to end impunity over Iran’s 1988 massacreBy Clerk on August 14, 2019