{"id":26562,"date":"2021-09-28T08:05:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T06:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=26562"},"modified":"2021-09-28T08:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T06:05:56","slug":"new-investigation-into-dr-kazem-rajavis-assassination-under-the-charge-of-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/09\/new-investigation-into-dr-kazem-rajavis-assassination-under-the-charge-of-genocide\/26562\/","title":{"rendered":"New Investigation Into Dr Kazem Rajavi\u2019s Assassination Under the Charge of Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Kazem Rajavi\u2019s Murder Should Be Investigated As Genocide And A Crime Against Humanity<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According <\/a>to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI<\/a>), the Swiss Federal Criminal Court has ordered the Federal Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office to formally investigate the murder of Dr. Kazem Rajavi<\/a> as genocide and a crime against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kazem Rajavi<\/a>, an NCRI <\/a>representative who was based in Switzerland, was assassinated near Geneva in 1990 under the orders of the Iranian regime, barely 2 years after the 1988 massacre<\/a> of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. The new investigation is based off the reasoning that the massacre legally qualified as genocide, therefore Rajavi\u2019s consequent assassination should be viewed as so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCRI said, \u201cThe assassination of Dr. Rajavi was carried out by a 13-member commando team sent from Tehran on the direct order of then Intelligence Minister Ali Fallahian, against whom a Swiss court issued an international arrest warrant in 2006.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Dr Rajavi\u2019s assassination, the Swiss Prosecutor of the canton of Vaud launched a criminal investigation against the team accused of his murder, along with Ali Fallahian <\/a>who instigated the assassination plot. An international arrest warrant for the 13 men was issued in 1997, and further warrant was issued for Fallahian in 2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the thirty-year limitation period was due to expire in 2020, the public prosecutor gave notice on May 28, 2020 that they intended to close the investigation. In response, the Iranian Resistance have now declared that the assassination was an example of genocide and a crime against humanity, and therefore should not be subject to the investigation limitation period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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