{"id":27057,"date":"2021-10-08T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=27057"},"modified":"2021-10-08T08:21:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T06:21:14","slug":"iran-former-political-prisoner-gives-eyewitness-account-of-raisis-crimes-against-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2021\/10\/iran-former-political-prisoner-gives-eyewitness-account-of-raisis-crimes-against-humanity\/27057\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Former Political Prisoner Gives Eyewitness Account of Raisi\u2019s Crimes Against Humanity"},"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><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-Human-Rights-record-of-Ebrahim-Raisi-Eyewitness-Accounts-Mojtaba-Akhgar.jpg\" alt=\" Former political prisoner, Mojtaba Akhgar spoke to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and gave his eyewitness account of the events that took place during the summer of 1988 \" class=\"wp-image-27058\" 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\/10\/Iran-Human-Rights-record-of-Ebrahim-Raisi-Eyewitness-Accounts-Mojtaba-Akhgar.jpg 700w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Iran-Human-Rights-record-of-Ebrahim-Raisi-Eyewitness-Accounts-Mojtaba-Akhgar-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption><em><sup> Former political prisoner, Mojtaba Akhgar spoke to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and gave his eyewitness account of the events that took place during the summer of 1988 <\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-call-on-international-community-to-prosecute-ebrahim-raisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>\u2019s appointment as the President of the Iranian regime earlier this year, his human rights abuses continue to be called into question, especially regarding his role as one of the perpetrators of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former political prisoner, Mojtaba Akhgar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/iran-human-rights-record-of-ebrahim-raisi-eyewitness-accounts-mojtaba-akhgar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spoke <\/a>to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/about-ncri\/alternative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NCRI<\/a>) and gave his eyewitness account of the events that took place during the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/story-of-1988-massacre-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">summer of 1988<\/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: Human Rights record of Ebrahim Raisi, Eyewitness Accounts, Mojtaba Akhgar\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ps5NmPknd9Q?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>After being arrested in 1982 for supporting the People\u2019s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (<a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), he spent ten years in prison in a solitary cell. In July 1988, he was moved to the general ward, which he questioned as he sensed something was not right. In early August, Akhgar and a number of his cellmates were escorted to the \u2018death corridor\u2019, where he was able to communicate with other prisoners via Morse code to find out what was happening. It was at this point he discovered that people were being taken to be tried and executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/iran-human-rights-record-of-ebrahim-raisi-eyewitness-accounts-mojtaba-akhgar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Akhgar said<\/a>, \u201cI saw Naserian, Hamid Abbassi, and other guards taking prisoners to the death commission, then transferred them to the end of the corridor, where they were lined up to go to the gallows.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being blindfolded while in the death corridor, Akhgar would often slightly remove his blindfold to see what was happening as the executions continued throughout the day. At night, he was returned to his cell, where he remained for a couple of days communicating with other prisoners in nearby cells through morse code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in August, Akhgar found himself blindfolded in the prison yard and was informed that he had been sentenced by a Sharia judge to 160 lashes. After being tied to a bed and flogged, he was severely injured and during the next month his wounds became infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By mid-September, Akhgar and the fellow prisoners who remained were informed that they were the only prisoners still alive, and we\u2019re told that they would be released. The only condition was that if they attempted to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK <\/a>following their release, they would be immediately executed if caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akhgar said, \u201cOne of the death commission\u2019s members was <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2019\/03\/20\/ebrahim-raisi-massacres-henchman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ebrahim Raisi<\/a>, the same person now the president of this regime. Therefore, I ask the international institutions and the U.N to arrest him on charges of crimes against humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed that it was what the Iranian people wanted, for Raisi to be held accountable for his actions and referred to the justice campaign launched by the President of <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/national-council-of-resistance-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the NCRI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/massoud-rajavi-mek-pmoi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Massoud Rajavi<\/a> following the massacre, which was continued by President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/maryam-rajavi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryam Rajavi<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryam Rajavi demanded that those officials who were involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/1988-massacre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>, among other crimes against humanity should be tried and prosecuted. The beginnings of this demand may be finally bearing fruit as <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/08\/10\/sweden-stockholm-demonstrations-by-the-mek-supporters-at-the-same-time-as-executioner-hamid-nourys-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamid Noury<\/a>, who was one of the men escorting prisons to the <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/perpetrators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018death commission\u2019<\/a> in 1988, is currently being tried in a Swedish court for his crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/iran-human-rights-record-of-ebrahim-raisi-eyewitness-accounts-mojtaba-akhgar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Akhgar said<\/a>, \u201cEveryone else in this regime is like <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/2021\/10\/08\/demonstration-by-freedom-loving-iranians-supporters-of-the-mek-seeking-justice-for-1988-massacre-martyrs-stockholm-october-7-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamid Noury<\/a>. We\u2019re not dealing with one or two individuals. The entire regime of the Islamic Republic is a rule of ignorance and crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Ebrahim Raisi\u2019s appointment as the President of the Iranian regime earlier this year, his human rights abuses continue to be called into question, especially regarding his role as one of the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre in Iran. 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