{"id":19800,"date":"2020-12-13T21:56:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T20:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=19800"},"modified":"2020-12-13T21:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T20:56:56","slug":"iran-un-experts-1988-massacre-crime-against-humanity-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/12\/iran-un-experts-1988-massacre-crime-against-humanity-human-rights\/19800\/","title":{"rendered":"UN experts call for an investigation of Iran\u2019s 1988 massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<!--?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"--><html><body><p>Seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-the-un-experts-letter-a-turning-point-to-hold-the-regime-accountable-over-1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">human rights experts<\/a> from the United Nations have written to the Iranian government over the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/1988-massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> of 30,000 political prisoners, which it calls a \u201ccrime against humanity,\u201d and called for Iran to investigate or for the international community to launch an independent investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After 32 years, UN experts described the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> of political prisoners in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> as a \"crime against humanity. \"The justice movement is bearing fruit on the international front. The era of silence &amp; ignoring of regime's major crimes is over. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Dlplf4edR\">pic.twitter.com\/9Dlplf4edR<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1338157565910323207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>The NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi welcomes UN experts\u2019 initiative toward the 1988 massacre in Iran and recognizing it as a \u201ccrime against humanity.\u201d She emphasized the imperative of holding the Iranian regime accountable for extrajudicial executions in the past 41 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-the-un-experts-letter-a-turning-point-to-hold-the-regime-accountable-over-1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">human rights experts<\/a> from the United Nations have written to the Iranian government over the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/1988-massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> of 30,000 political prisoners, which it calls a \u201ccrime against humanity,\u201d and called for Iran to investigate or for the international community to launch an independent investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN experts\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/spcommreports.ohchr.org\/TMResultsBase\/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=25503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter <\/a>dated September 3, which was only just made public, read: \u201cBetween July and September 1988, the Iranian authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/07\/19\/%f0%9f%94%b4live-free-iran-global-summit-call-for-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forcibly disappeared<\/a> and extrajudicially executed thousands of imprisoned political dissidents affiliated with political opposition groups in 32 cities in secret and discarded their bodies, mostly in unmarked mass graves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile it is believed that all of the individuals who disappeared during this period have been killed, individual information has not been provided to families about the fate and whereabouts of their relatives, the circumstances leading to their execution, and the location of their remains. This continues to cause extreme anguish to the families of the victims,\u201d UN experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/un-special-rapporteurs-decry-irans-1988-massacre-as-crimes-against-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile it is believed that all of the individuals who disappeared during this period have been killed, individual information has not been provided to families about the fate and whereabouts of their relatives, the circumstances leading to their execution, and the location of their remains. This continues to cause extreme anguish to the families of the victims,\u201d experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/un-special-rapporteurs-decry-irans-1988-massacre-as-crimes-against-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It explains that the Iranian authorities excluded most of the victims\u2019 names for burial registers to hide their burial location and prevent memorial services. They\u2019ve also threatened, arrested, or beaten relatives who turn up at the Khavaran mass-grave site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The letter added that the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/category\/1988-massacre\/death-commissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">perpetrators <\/a>enjoyed \u201csystemic impunity\u201d and that no Iranian official was ever brought to justice. Many actually still hold high ranking positions in Iran today, particularly in the Justice department like Judiciary Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/03\/05\/ebrahim-raisi-death-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> and Justice Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2018\/08\/16\/seyyed-alireza-avaei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alireza Avaei<\/a>, and are glorified by the state-run media for their role in the massacre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe mass, secret extrajudicial killings in 1988 amounted to crimes against humanity of murder, extermination, persecution, torture and other inhumane acts, and the systematic concealment of the fate and whereabouts of the victims amounts to an ongoing crime against humanity of enforced disappearance,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They called for Iran to investigate the massacre, disclose detailed information on the victims\u2019 fates, and prosecute the perpetrators. If this did not happen, they called on the international community to set up an international investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signatories are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Javaid Rehman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran<\/li><li>Luciano Hazan, Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances<\/li><li>Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions<\/li><li>Clement Nyaletsossi Voule, Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association<\/li><li>Fionnuala N\u00ed Aol\u00e1in, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism<\/li><li>Nils Melzer, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment<\/li><li>Fabian Salvioli, Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mwaCaGEwly?amp=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryam Rajavi,<\/a> President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI),\u00a0said: \u201cIt is time to stop granting immunity to Khamenei and other regime leaders and officials. They must face justice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The letter &amp; warning by 7 UN rapporteurs to the regime paves the way for an international investigation into the matter. It also calls for the trial of those involved in committing the crimes. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandUp4HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandUp4HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1337445447082893377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She has previously called for the establishment of an international fact-finding mission to \u201cseek justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre, and hold the perpetrators of this grave crime against humanity accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Justice Movement will continue until the details of this great crime are revealed &amp; Khamenei &amp; all those involved in this massacre face justice.The great day of justice for the Iranian people will arrive. The mullahs, IRGC &amp; intelligence agents cannot escape their fate. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0KZkGCjVIs\">pic.twitter.com\/0KZkGCjVIs<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1337445456515915779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven human rights experts from the United Nations have written to the Iranian government over the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, which it calls a \u201ccrime against humanity,\u201d and called for Iran to investigate or for the international community to launch an independent investigation. 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