Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at 0915 CEST, the fourth session of the trial of the executioner Hamid Noury began in Stockholm, Sweden.
MEK Supporters Demonstrated in front of the central court of Stockholm at the Fourth Session of Hamid Noury’s Trial, the Executioner of the 1988 Massacre.
The fourth session of Hamid Noury’s court is dedicated to continuing the reading of the indictment. The prosecutor began his remarks with letters from Mr. Montazeri, Khomeini’s successor.
Mr. Montazeri’s letters were in protest of the massacre of the MEK prisoners. The prosecutor read the description of Montazeri’s meeting with the death squad, quoting from his diary, and read the text of Montazeri’s letter to Nayyeri, Eshraqi, Pourmohammadi, and Raisi.
Montazeri’s letter dated August 15, 1988, was in protest of the execution of the Mojahedin.
According to Montazeri: The Mojahedin -e-Khalq (MEK) are a kind of ideology; killing them (is not the solution), rather they will spread.”
The prosecutor named numerous Mojahedin who were executed according to Khomeini’s fatwa. The names of Mojahedin had been sentenced to several years in prison, but were executed.
In another part of the indictment, the prosecutor executed political prisoners from Marxist groups and read the names of several prisoners of Marxist groups who were executed in September 1988.
In the indictment, the prosecutor said that Hamid Noury and other accomplices were involved in the massacre of the prisoners. He also said that Hamid Noury was involved in the execution of Marxist prisoners.
Following the indictment, the prosecutor continued the indictment with statements by regime leaders in support of and confirmation of the executions. Among other things, he mentioned the support of the head of the judiciary and the then prime minister of Khomeini for the executions.
The fourth hearing closed at 2:40 p.m. The fifth session of the court will be held on Friday, August 20.
The fifth session of the executioner Hamid Noury will be dedicated to the testimony of the plaintiffs’ lawyers.
