{"id":25798,"date":"2021-09-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=25798"},"modified":"2021-09-03T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T18:15:30","slug":"calls-for-the-un-to-end-the-iranian-regimes-impunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/09\/calls-for-the-un-to-end-the-iranian-regimes-impunity\/25798\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for the UN to End the Iranian Regime\u2019s Impunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>) reported on September 2<\/a>, Iran now has Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, an \u2018international criminal\u2019 as their new president which has sparked many calls for the United Nations to end the Iranian regime\u2019s impunity and hold their criminals to account for their crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCRI <\/a>said, \u201cAccording to detailed reports by leading human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Raisi is guilty of crimes against humanity committed in 1988, including the slaughter of thousands of political prisoners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

33 years ago, a fatwa was issued by then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini stating that those in prison who opposed the regime\u2019s theocracy would face a death sentence. The murder of 30,000 political prisoners, many of whom were affiliated with the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), was carried out by a \u2018Death Committee\u2019, which featured Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> as a central figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCRI said, \u201cPrisons in Iran, crammed with opponents of the regime at the time, suddenly went into lockdown. All family visits were cancelled. The only permitted visitation was from a delegation, turbaned and bearded, which came in black government BMWs to outlying jails.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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