Hossein-Ali Nayyeri

Hossein-Ali Nayyeri, Former Head of the Tehran Death Commission, Dies

London, 4 April 2025 – Hossein-Ali Nayyeri, the former head of the Tehran Death Commission, responsible for the extrajudicial execution and enforced disappearance of thousands of political prisoners during the 1988 massacre in Iran, has died, state media reported on 3 April 2025. Nayyeri was never held accountable for his role in the 1988 massacre, […]

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Hossein-Ali Nayyeri

Position at the time of 1988 massacre: Head of Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Courts; Shari’a judge; and head of the “Death Commission” in Tehran Present post and occupation: Head of the Supreme Disciplinary Court for Judges Nayyeri was appointed as the Head of the “Death Commission” in Tehran upon the order of Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah

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