{"id":17314,"date":"2020-09-03T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=17314"},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:23:12","slug":"remarks-by-steve-mccabe-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\/09\/remarks-by-steve-mccabe-call-for-justice-summit-july-19-2020\/17314\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Steve McCabe\u2013Call for Justice Summit, July 19, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steve McCabe, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom joined the Online Free Iran Global Summit<\/a>\u2014day 2. In his remarks, Mr. McCabe said, \u201cOn the 32nd anniversary of the 1988 massacre<\/a>, I say, let\u2019s remember those who were lost, those who died for the struggle.\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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