mass graves

Behesht Zahra Cemetery, Plot 41

Iran Breaks Tombstones To Dominate Cemeteries – Radio Farda

January 2, 2021

Radio Farda published a report on December 31, 2020 on the destruction of graves of political prisoners by agents of the Iranian government: “They go from cemetery to cemetery, looking for unmarked graves. Wherever there is one, they squat over it, hoping that their children might be resting in peace down there. They mark the …

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UN must act on new report detailing destruction of mass graves related to the 1988 massacre in Iran

April 30, 2018

JVMI welcomes the new joint report today by Amnesty International and Justice For Iran highlighting the Iranian authorities’ deliberate desecration and destruction of mass graves related to the 1988 massacre of thousands of political prisoners. JVMI urges UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to support the launch of an independent inquiry to bring justice …

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