Maryam Rajavi Calls for International Commission of Inquiry to Prosecute Perpetrators of The Horrendous Crime of the Massacre of 30,000 Pol. PrisonersThe Iranian Resistance’s President-elect Maryam Rajavi pointed in her remarks to the expansion of the movement calling for justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.
The 29th anniversary of the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran was observed during a ceremony held in the presence of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, political and human rights dignitaries from the US and Europe, and a large number of PMOI members in Tirana, capital of Albania.
Maryam Rajavi acknowledged in her remarks to the expansion of the movement calling for justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre among Iranians as well as human rights advocates from around the world. She urged the UN Human Rights Council and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to launch an international commission of inquiry to investigate this horrendous crime. She called on the UN Security Council to refer this dossier to the International Criminal Court or a special court to prosecute the perpetrators of this crime against humanity, criminals who are presently among the leaders of the clerical regime.
Mrs. Rajavi emphasized, “How the international community approaches this genocide and this crime against humanity is a litmus test of its adherence to the principles of human rights. The prosecution and punishment of the perpetrators and masterminds of the 1988 massacre are the inalienable rights of human society, the people of Iran, and the PMOI (MEK).
Mrs. Rajavi described the admissions to this crime by the clerical regime officials – made in reaction to the campaign calling for justice over the 1988 massacre – as being among the most important evidences incriminating the regime’s leaders.
A number of political and human rights personalities addressed this ceremony, including Ms. Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Senator Robert Kennedy and President of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Foundation; Mr. Mariano Rabino, member of the foreign affairs and human rights committees of the Parliament of Italy; Senator Pietro Liuzzi, member of the cultural and EU policy committees of the Italian Senate; Ms. Ingrid Betancourt, former senator from Columbia; and Mr. Tahar Boumedra, former director of the Human Rights Office of UNAMI.
Mrs. Rajavi said the growth and expansion of the campaign calling for justice dealt a major blow to the mullahs’ religious dictatorship. She said, “This movement made the regime to break its three decades of silence and try to justify this massive slaughter. A number of the regime’s most disgraced murderers tried to defend the massacre. This campaign also defeated Khamenei’s major political investment in Ebrahim Raisi, a member of the Death Commission in the 1988 massacre, to become president.”
Maryam Rajavi also noted Rouhani’s choice of Justice Ministers. In his first term, Hassan Rouhani appointed Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, a member of the Death Commission in Tehran, as his Justice Minister. Now, in his second term, he has nominated as Minister of Justice another perpetrator of the massacre in Khuzistan Province. The European Union has already designated and sanctioned this man, Alireza Avaie, for being directly involved in violations of human rights.”
The Iranian Resistance’s President-elect announced the publication of a new edition of the book titled, Crime against Humanity, which includes the names and particulars of more than 5,000 PMOI martyrs as well as the pictures of hundreds of victims and their graves.
She said: Owing to the valuable year-round activities of the Resistance’s network inside Iran, in addition to the names and addresses of the graves of the victims, we also have the names of 113 members of the Death Commissions in Tehran and other provinces, nearly all of whom hold key positions in the regime. We also have the names and particulars of 213 criminals who carried out the death decrees in 35 cities as well as information about the locations of several mass graves that had been previously hidden.”
Parvaneh Farhangi, Economista, em Karaj, Irão
