Massacre of MEK in Iran following Khomeini\u2019s Fatwa <\/p>\n\n\n\n
31 years ago, after eight years of bloody war with Iraq, Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the mullahs\u2019 regime, acquiesced to a UN-brokered ceasefire. Khomeini, who had vowed to continue the war to the end, was forced to abandon his destructive ambitions thanks to the efforts of the MEK<\/a> and the National Liberation Army. He later described the ceasefire as a \u201cchalice of poison.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Khomeini, who had a deep hatred and fear from the\nMEK, was terrified of the possible aftermath of the ceasefire, and saw the\nsurvival of his regime in the annihilation of his main opposition movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In July 1988, shortly before declaring the acceptance of the ceasefire, Khomeini issued a religious decree in which he ordered the purging of Iran\u2019s prisons of anyone who still supported the MEK and their ideals. Khomeini\u2019s decree triggered what became known as the 1988 massacre<\/a> of MEK political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In August, Mr. Massoud Rajavi, the head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI), warned different UN authorities and bodies about the widespread execution of members and supporters of MEK in Iran\u2019s prisons. \u201cOn August 14, 15 and 16 alone, the bodies of 860 executed political prisoners were transferred from Tehran\u2019s Evin Prison to the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery,\u201d Mr. Rajavi<\/a> wrote in a letter to the UN Secretary General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n