{"id":28811,"date":"2021-11-15T07:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T06:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=28811"},"modified":"2021-11-15T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T06:59:37","slug":"the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-eyewitness-accounts-akbar-samadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/1988-massacre\/2021\/11\/the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-eyewitness-accounts-akbar-samadi\/28811\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran: Eyewitness Accounts, Akbar Samadi"},"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=\"800\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Former-political-prisoner-Akbar-Samadi.jpg\" alt=\"Former political prisoner, Akbar Samadi\" class=\"wp-image-28812\" 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\/11\/Former-political-prisoner-Akbar-Samadi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Former-political-prisoner-Akbar-Samadi-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Former-political-prisoner-Akbar-Samadi-768x408.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><em><sup>Former political prisoner, Akbar Samadi<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My name is Akbar Samadi, and I was born in 1966. I was arrested at Keshavarz Boulevard in Tehran in August 1981 when the regime\u2019s security forces brought in their forces extensively to surround the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few months, my identity was exposed by defectors at Evin, and I was subjected to interrogation. In the end, I was sentenced to 10 years in prison.<\/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=\"The 1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran: Eyewitness Accounts, Akbar Samadi\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JVr_NKerLsc?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>I spent this time in Ghezelhesar, Evin, and Gohardasht prisons. Of course, I was not the only person who was arrested when they were under 18 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a large number of people who were arrested at around the same age, and some of them were even executed at that young age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the full text at \u201cEyewitness Accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-eyewitness-accounts\/\">https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran-eyewitness-accounts\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Akbar Samadi, and I was born in 1966. I was arrested at Keshavarz Boulevard in Tehran in August 1981 when the regime\u2019s security forces brought in their forces extensively to surround the area. 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