Iran Regime’s Oppression and Execution Are a Continuation of Its 1988 Massacre
Iran Regime’s Oppression and Execution Are a Continuation of Its 1988 Massacre
The regime of Iran executed Mostafa Salehi on August 5 for his participation in the nationwide Iran protests in 2017-2018, despite international protests.
Five other detained protesters have also been sentenced to death, and they are currently in prison.
Protests erupted in over 200 cities across Iran in November 2019, in reaction to the increase of fuel price.
The Iranian regime started massacring protesters on the streets to crack down on these protests. And in an obvious massacre it killed over 1500 protesters.
Thousands of others were arrested and sent to prison, dozens were killed under torture, and thousands are still in prison under torture and threated to be executed. Execution
The mullahs’ regime has been clearly oppressing, executing, and torturing the Iranian people. Yet, it has never been seriously held to account in this regard.
The greatest crime of the Iranian regime within the last four decades was the massacre of summer of 1988. The regime’s then Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, in a fatwa ordered the massacre of political prisoners. Based on this fatwa, over 30,000 political prisoners, who were mostly members and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), were massacred. The perpetrators and decision-makers of this massacre have currently occupied the highest posts in the mullahs’ regime, and the international community has never investigated this crime.Key among them is Ebrahim Raisi, the regime’s current judiciary chief. In 1988, he was Tehran’s Deputy Prosecutor and a key member of Tehran’s “Death Commission,” a trio of regime officials who carried out minutes-long trials for the prisoners being sent to the gallows. Alireza Avaie, a member of the Death Committee in Khuzestan, is Justice Minister under current regime President Hassan Rouhani. His two predecessors, who he previous eight years.
