{"id":21497,"date":"2021-03-11T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=21497"},"modified":"2021-03-11T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T17:11:36","slug":"time-to-set-up-un-commission-of-inquiry-on-1988-massacre-of-iran-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/03\/time-to-set-up-un-commission-of-inquiry-on-1988-massacre-of-iran-political-prisoners\/21497\/","title":{"rendered":"Time To Set up UN Commission of Inquiry on 1988 Massacre of Iran Political Prisoners"},"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>Simultaneous with 46th HRC session, a virtual conference held on March 11, 2021. Justice for Victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/story-of-1988-massacre-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 Massacre<\/a> in Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JVMI<\/a>) hosted this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/broadcasts\/1vAGRwNdzEaJl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online conference<\/a>. The online conference was under the title: <strong>\u201cIran: Trampling Human Rights\u201d<\/strong>.<br>The event called on the Un Human Rights Council to set up a commission of inquiry into the <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 Massacre<\/a> of political prisoners in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LIVESTREAM \u2013 \"Iran: Trampling Human Rights\" \u2013 Virtual conference on 11March2021 at 14h00 CET calling on UN Human Rights Council to set up a Commission of Inquiry into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> of thousands of political prisoners. Simultaneous with 46th HRC session. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mdWBlT7ZNV\">https:\/\/t.co\/mdWBlT7ZNV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Justice for the Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (@jvmifoundation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvmifoundation\/status\/1369917325915328512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They remembered that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> of political prisoners, which has been described by <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/12\/13\/iran-un-experts-1988-massacre-crime-against-humanity-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seven UN Special Rapporteurs<\/a> as a crime against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simultaneously to the online event on the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/1988-massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 Massacre<\/a>, Iranians gathered in front of the UN headquarter in Geneva.<br>They chanted: \u201cAll Iranians\u2018 desire is the condemnation of the perpetrators!\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Simultaneously to the current Online event by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvmifoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jvmifoundation<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> Iranians gathered infront of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UN<\/a>, they shout: \u201eAll Iranians\u2018 desire is the condemnation of the perpetrators!\u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HRC46?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HRC46<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavaidRehman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JavaidRehman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN_HRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNHumanRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNHumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/swissinfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@swissinfo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbachelet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mbachelet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonioguterres?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@antonioguterres<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P9jHgw9Rjb\">pic.twitter.com\/P9jHgw9Rjb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iranian Youth Association in Switzerland (@Iranian_Youth_S) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iranian_Youth_S\/status\/1370015455377756168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian supporters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK <\/a>said, once again we gathered in front of the UN in Geneva to boycott Iran\u2019s regime ongoing crimes against humanity, and we demand an independent UN commission of inquiry on the <a href=\"https:\/\/csdhi.org\/actualites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 Massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today once again we gathered infront of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UN<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Geneva?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Geneva<\/a> 2 boycott Iran\u2019s ongoing crimes against humanity and we demand an independent UN commission of inquiry on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HRC46?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HRC46<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNHumanRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UNHumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AgnesCallamard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AgnesCallamard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwissMFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SwissMFA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/antonioguterres?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@antonioguterres<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN_HRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavaidRehman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JavaidRehman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbachelet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mbachelet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ku3qDGxbSn\">pic.twitter.com\/Ku3qDGxbSn<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Iranian Youth Association in Switzerland (@Iranian_Youth_S) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iranian_Youth_S\/status\/1370004343425011717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summer 1988 the Iranian regime summarily and extra-judicially executed over 30,000 political prisoners held in jails across Iran. The massacre was carried out on the basis of a fatwa by the regime\u2019s then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the victims were members and supporters of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran<\/a>. \u00a0Members of the Death Commissions, who at the time sent the prisoners to gallows, include the regime\u2019s current Judiciary Chief\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/iran-who-is-ebrahim-raisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u00a0and Justice Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/seyyed-alireza-avaei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alireza Avaei<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven United Nations human rights experts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/12\/13\/iran-un-experts-1988-massacre-crime-against-humanity-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote\u00a0<\/a>a letter to Iran\u2019s regime in September 2020, published in December, describing the 1988 massacre as \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a systemic impunity enjoyed by those who ordered and carried out the extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances. To date, no official in Iran has been brought to justice and many of the officials involved continue to hold positions of power including in key judicial, prosecutorial and government bodies responsible for ensuring the victims receive justice,\u201d the UN experts wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/12\/13\/iran-un-experts-1988-massacre-crime-against-humanity-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0UN experts also criticized<\/a>\u00a0the international community\u2019s inaction regarding the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/1988-massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>. They underlined that this inaction \u201chad a devastating impact on the survivors and families as well as on the general situation of human rights in Iran and emboldened Iran to continue to conceal the fate of the victims and to maintain a strategy of deflection and denial that continue to date.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1370053135570452485?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simultaneous with 46th HRC session, a virtual conference held on March 11, 2021. Justice for Victims of 1988 Massacre in Iran (JVMI) hosted this online conference. 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