{"id":17133,"date":"2020-08-28T11:35:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T09:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=17133"},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:27:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:27:35","slug":"remarks-by-taher-boumedra-call-for-justice-summit-july-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/activities-outside-iran\/annual-gathering\/grand-gathering-2020\/2020\/08\/remarks-by-taher-boumedra-call-for-justice-summit-july-19-2020\/17133\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Taher Boumedra\u2013Call for Justice Summit, July 19, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Taher Boumedra, Former Chief of the Human Rights Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq joined the Online Free Iran Global Summit<\/a>\u2014day 2. In his remarks, Mr. Boumedra said, \u201cWe will continue our work with JVMI for justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 1988, the Iranian religious fascism\u2019s founder and the first supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a\u00a0fatwa<\/em>\u00a0ordering the execution of imprisoned opponents, including those who had already been tried and were serving their prison terms. This was the beginning of what turned out to be the biggest massacre of political prisoners since World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the decree, some 30,000 political prisoners were extra-judicially executed within several months. Today, thanks to the initiative of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>), known as \u201cCall for Justice<\/a>\u201d many legal and international bodies have joined the families of victims in search of justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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