Recording on 1988 Prison Massacre Exposes Early Fissure in the Islamic Republic of Iran + photos - #1988Massacre#Iran#FreeIran

Recording on 1988 Prison Massacre Exposes Early Fissure in the Islamic Republic of Iran

The recently released audio recording of Ayatollah Montazeri sharply denouncing the mass execution of political prisoners in the summer of 1988 has highlighted disagreements among prominent figures of the Islamic Republic that arose from the decision by Khomeini, the leader of Iran’s 1979 revolution, to put thousands of political dissidents to death.
Iranians who were born after the revolution’s turbulent first decade have also taken to social media to call for accountability even though they have no actual memory of the period.
In the audio file posted on Montazeri’s official website by his son on August 9, 2016 (Montazeri died in 2009), he described the executions, which were ordered by a special tribunal set up by Khomeini, and which took the lives of an estimated 4,000-5,000 people, as “the greatest crime in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

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Holding Iran mullahs accountable for crimes against humanity + photos #1988Massacre#Iran#FreeIran

1988 massacre

Iran’s theocrats are guilty of killing thousands of Christians and Muslims

By: Gen. Hugh Shelton

Washington Times, Aug. 31, 2016 - In August, damning evidence was made public about those responsible for the biggest massacre of political prisoners since World War II. The massacre took place in Iran, now portrayed as being run by ‘moderates’.

The brutality and radical ideology that guided the mass executions in 1988 are alive and well. Just ask the people of Iran itself, as well as those of Syria, Iraq and elsewhere. How is it that this historic leak has, with few exceptions, been met with indifference? Not only does it present an opportunity for justice for the 30,000 victims and their families, but it could and should also shape some of the most important debates in foreign policy today.

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Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2016

Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2016

29.08.2016 - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that a reporter for the newspaper Iran, was assaulted in a corridor of the Iranian parliament yesterday by Nader Ghazipour, a hardline parliamentarian from Orumiyeh, the capital of West Azerbaijan province.


When Ehssan Bodaghi, started to ask Ghazipour about the creation of a group of Azeri-speaking parliamentarians, Ghazipour reacted by punching him several times in the face and then dragged him to the office of the parliament’s security service. Security officers released Bodaghi an hour later after deleting his audio recordings and making him sign an undertaking “not to start fights.” Witnesses of the incident nonetheless said Bodaghi had just put questions to Ghazipour, who responded by accusing him of being “against Islam.

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Paris: “30,000 Souls Taken” exhibition highlighting young victims of 1988 PMOI massacre

30,000 Souls Taken exhibition highlighting young victims of 1988 PMOI massacre

The Media Express, August 29, 2016 - On Tuesday and Wednesday, August 23rd and 24th, an exhibition in the mayor’s office of Paris’ 2nd district commemorated the 28th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 members and supporters of the People’s Mojahedin of Iran (PMOI), the largest single Iranian resistance group.
The event featured posters with portraits of the victims, stating their name, age, and occupation (many were university students), as well as news article from the time and from later revelations about the extent of the killings. Memoranda, including possessions of prisoners who were executed, were laid out around the room. The overall effect was a chilling evocation of the inner lives of the slain political dissidents.

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A shocking letter from a political prisoner in Iran# condemning regime’s attempts to cover up #1988 massacre of pol. Prisoners in Iran

A political prisoner Reza Akbari sayings Mullah Poormohammadi the individual in relation to the massacres in 1988

The most atrocious and blood thirsty person called “Pour-Mohammadi” who is also the Justice Minister of the so-called “Rouhani” was probably taken to the news studio upon recommendations of Rouhani in an attempt to intimidate survivors of the 1988 massacre. This was not meant to exonerate himself but rather to threaten others to retreat and deny their claims and prevent exposure of a criminal incident… but, such intimidations, executions and suppression do not succeed all the time!!!

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Although this blood thirsty and criminal person and the Minister of Injustice was taken to the TV station to explicitly and directly threaten Ali Motahari (deputy speaker of parliament) first and then Mr. Montazeri (son of the Late Ayattollah Hossein Ali Montazeri), but remarks by this murderer were so repugnant and deceitful that brought to life those crimes and killings before my eyes once again.
By resorting to intimidations and obnoxious claims he is trying to shut our mouths too and not let us to say anything… I do not know about people such as Motahari and I wonder if these remarks are for publicity purposes or to gain ministerial and other posts or whether indeed he truly cares to know the facts…?!
However, for me, having lost all my family, have nothing to worry or to lose. 

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Paris: Maryam Rajavi attends exhibition of victims of the 1988 Iranian prison massacres#1988Massacre#Iran#FreeIran

Maryam Rajavi attends an exhibition in Paris City Hall

Media Express, Aug. 27, 2016 - At an exhibition in the mayor’s office of Paris’ 2nd district on August 24th commemorating the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran, many guest speakers lent their time and their words to the cause of political change in Iran.
The exhibition included objects that belonged to the executed prisoners before the massacre, such as notes and small, hand-weaved bags. The event created a more personal vision of the inner worlds and identities of the victims.
Maryam Rajavi , president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran ( NCRI ), spoke about the need to obtain justice for the victims of the massacre. She has called for a movement to bring to trial the perpetrators of the massacre, as well as publishing information about the location of the victims’ bodies, the names of the perpetrators, and the names of the victims.
Revelations about the extent of the Iranian government’s complicity in the massacre have recently come to light, fueling tensions within Tehran as members of the Iranian government seek to excuse or dismiss the massacre.

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