{"id":24890,"date":"2021-08-17T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=24890"},"modified":"2021-08-16T20:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T18:00:46","slug":"iran-the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-destruction-of-the-mass-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/08\/iran-the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-destruction-of-the-mass-graves\/24890\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners, Destruction of the Mass Graves"},"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>In the summer of 1988, the Iranian regime secretly executed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">over 30,000 political prisoners<\/a> and buried them in unmarked<a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/09\/14\/iran-criminal-action-construction-of-a-boulevard-on-the-graves-of-the-meks-political-prisoners-in-the-1988-massacre-in-ahvaz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> mass graves<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Iran: the 1988 massacre of political prisoners, destruction of the mass graves\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ajNQj2_ai8w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The victims were prisoners who did not bow to the regime\u2019s dictatorship. Most victims were members and supporters of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three decades on, the relatives of the victims are still searching for their loved ones\u2019 graves and the regime refuses to provide any information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from two major mass graves, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/04\/30\/iranians-anger-over-mullahs-plan-to-raze-mass-grave-in-the-khavaran-cemetery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Khavaran <\/a>and Behesht Zahra in Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK <\/a>identified mass graves in at least 36 cities across Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fearing the consequences, the regime started to destroy these mass graves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the MEK, \u201cIn 2017, regime authorities destroyed the martyrs\u2019 graves in Behesht-e Reza Cemetery in the city of Mashhad and Vadi Rahmat Cemetery in Tabriz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a report in 2018, Amnesty International documented \u201cactions taken by the authorities between 2003 and 2017 to destroy or damage seven confirmed or credibly suspected mass grave sites across Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mass-Graves-in-36-Cities-of-Iran-Related-to-the-Victims-of-the-1988-Massacre.jpg\" alt=\"Mass Graves in 36 Cities of Iran, Related to the Victims of the 1988 Massacre\" class=\"wp-image-24893\" onerror=\"this.src='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';this.srcset='https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/hello-elementor\/images\/broken-image-placeholder.gif';\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mass-Graves-in-36-Cities-of-Iran-Related-to-the-Victims-of-the-1988-Massacre.jpg 650w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Mass-Graves-in-36-Cities-of-Iran-Related-to-the-Victims-of-the-1988-Massacre-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption><em><sup>Mass Graves in 36 Cities of Iran, Related to the Victims of the 1988 Massacre<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK<\/a>, in September 2020, authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2020\/09\/14\/iran-criminal-action-construction-of-a-boulevard-on-the-graves-of-the-meks-political-prisoners-in-the-1988-massacre-in-ahvaz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">destroyed a mass grave site in the city of Ahvaz<\/a>, Khuzestan province, southwest Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2021, the MEK reported that \u201cthe clerical regime ruling Iran is destroying the Khavaran cemetery in Tehran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Amnesty International underlined, \u201cThe purpose of these illegal acts is not only to prevent the handover of the remains to the families, but also to block the path of litigation and judicial justice for the 1988 victims.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-ebrahim-raisi-a-mass-murderer-for-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, one of the perpetrators of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>, is now the regime\u2019s president. This indicates that the regime will continue its efforts to conceal the 1988 massacre and the fate of victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN Secretary-General, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, and international human rights organizations should immediately act to stop the destruction of the martyrs\u2019 graves and hold the perpetrators to account.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the summer of 1988, the Iranian regime secretly executed over 30,000 political prisoners and buried them in unmarked mass graves. The victims were prisoners who did not bow to the regime\u2019s dictatorship. 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