1988# Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran# and Responsibility of the International Community#

1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners and Responsibility of the International Community

The recently revealed information on the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran is the subject of this valuable report which has been prepared by Mr Struan Stevenson. Recounting the events and the publicized content he offers practical and important suggestions among them: placing the 1988 massacre on the agenda of the upcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in September 2016.
Following is the text of the full report.

Iran: 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners and Responsibility of the International Community
[By Struan Stevenson] September 2016
The issue
In the summer of 1988, on the basis of a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the religious dictatorship in Iran, political prisoners were massacred in the most brutal manner. The victims were predominantly members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK). The massacre has been described by many international human rights bodies as a crime against humanity. Although a lot of information about it has been published, particularly by the PMOI, because of the Tehran regime’s extensive efforts to keep this crime a secret, its dimensions and details have been kept hidden from the world community.

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