{"id":32299,"date":"2022-03-02T09:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T08:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=32299"},"modified":"2022-03-02T09:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T08:35:52","slug":"irans-regime-needs-to-be-held-accountable-for-their-crimes-against-humanity-once-and-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/03\/irans-regime-needs-to-be-held-accountable-for-their-crimes-against-humanity-once-and-for-all\/32299\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Needs to Be Held Accountable for Their Crimes Against Humanity Once and for All"},"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=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Online-conference-calls-for-UN-to-investigate-the-1988-massacre-of-Iranian-political-prisoners.jpg\" alt=\"On Monday, February 28, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council began their 49th session, via a virtual conference, to discuss and raise concerns over the critical human right situation in Iran. \" class=\"wp-image-32305\" 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\/2022\/03\/Online-conference-calls-for-UN-to-investigate-the-1988-massacre-of-Iranian-political-prisoners.jpg 800w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Online-conference-calls-for-UN-to-investigate-the-1988-massacre-of-Iranian-political-prisoners-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Online-conference-calls-for-UN-to-investigate-the-1988-massacre-of-Iranian-political-prisoners-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption><em><sub>On Monday, February 28, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council began their 49th session, via a virtual conference, to discuss and raise concerns over the critical human right situation in Iran.<\/sub><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, February 28, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council began their 49<sup>th<\/sup> session, via a virtual conference, to discuss and raise concerns over the critical human right situation in Iran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time as the conference took place, a rally was taking place outside the UN\u2019s European headquarters in Geneva, calling for action to be taking in regard to Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coinciding with the International Online conference of prominent lawyers and former UN officials and the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HRC49?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HRC49<\/a>,a rally and photo exhibition on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> is taking place in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Geneva?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Geneva<\/a>,Place des Nations.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UN_HRC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UN_HRC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavaidRehman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JavaidRehman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbachelet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mbachelet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvmifoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jvmifoundation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hL9npd63Um\">pic.twitter.com\/hL9npd63Um<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Neda Amani (@NedaAmani68) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NedaAmani68\/status\/1498318341601169412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/human-rights-experts-hold-irans-regime-accountable-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">conference<\/a>, former UN judges, special rapporteurs, UN officials, and a number of human rights experts were in attendance, calling for the UN to conduct an independent investigation into the 1988 massacre. The massacre saw over 30,000 political prisoners being brutally executed, in an act of genocide, with the majority of prisoners being supporters of the Iranian opposition group, 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>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/4freedominiran2\/status\/1498225902362234882?s=20&amp;t=AqX1oZYB1vnz2Iy4hCd3Zg\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-call-on-international-community-to-prosecute-ebrahim-raisi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> National Council of Resistance of Iran<\/a> (NCRI) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/human-rights-experts-hold-irans-regime-accountable-for-crimes-against-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cThe conference comes weeks after a historic open letter by some 470 prominent former UN judges and special rapporteurs to the Council and Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, calling for an investigation into the 1988 genocide, mainly the role of the Iranian regime\u2019s current president <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>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of the massacre, Raisi was serving on a panel of judges in Tehran, known as the \u2018Death Commission\u2019, which was formed after the Iranian regime\u2019s then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa condemning all members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/peoples-mojahedin-pmoi-mek-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MEK <\/a>to their deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to discussing the dire human rights situation in Iran, the participants of Monday\u2019s conference also discussed the dramatic rise in the number of people being executed across the country, as well as the international community\u2019s response to these issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tahar Boumedra, the former Director of the Human Rights Office of the UN\u2019s Assistacne Mission in Iraq, explained that the purpose of the fatwa was to \u2018exterminate all those prisoners\u2019 who had refused to denounce their support of the MEK. He said, \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/story-of-1988-massacre-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> was a premeditated crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ex-UN Human Rights Section chief in Iraq, Tahar Boumedra in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvmifoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jvmifoundation<\/a> online conference: The 1988 Massacre is a crime of Genocide, a crime against humanity. Must be taken seriously by the Int'l community 7 Int'l law. Perpetrators must be punished. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tRF7ysmQdk\">https:\/\/t.co\/tRF7ysmQdk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amsafavi\/status\/1498273197170569223?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice President of the French Parliamentaty Group for a Free Iran, Herve Saulignac made reference to the regime\u2019s \u2018systematic impunity\u2019, protecting them from being held accountable for their crimes against humanity. Discussing Ebrahim Raisi\u2019 rise to the presidency, Saulignac emphasized that, \u201cthis impunity cannot persist more than this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iranian lawyer, Hamid Sabi, who was the organizer for the Iran Tribunal, stated the fact that the 1988 massacre was a \u2018grave case of crime against humanity\u2019 and shared that it was the silence of the international community for the past 43 years that has emboldened the regime to continue its human rights violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hamid Sabi, Iranian lawyer, organized Iran Tribunal speaking at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvmifoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jvmifoundation<\/a> conference: 43 years of impunity enjoyed by the regime must end. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a> was a grave case of crime against humanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tRF7ysmQdk\">https:\/\/t.co\/tRF7ysmQdk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amsafavi\/status\/1498282313226014722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Valeriu M. Ciuca said, \u201cI have deep sympathy for the families of the victims of the 1988 massacre. Justice must prevail in the name of universal morality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gilbert Mitterrand, the president of France Libert\u00e9s, who co-hosted the conference, addressed the other participants, saying, \u201cIt has taken many years to bring justice to the 1988 massacre because governments failed to do their job. We are far from the objectives of the UN! The voice of democracy is a weapon, and we must use it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gilbert Mitterrand, President France Libert\u00e9s \u2013 Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, speaking at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jvmifoundation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jvmifoundation<\/a> conference on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/1988Massacre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#1988Massacre<\/a>: The UN must bring to justice the leaders of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> regime. Time is of the essence. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProsecuteRaisiNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProsecuteRaisiNow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tRF7ysmQdk\">https:\/\/t.co\/tRF7ysmQdk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ali Safavi (@amsafavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amsafavi\/status\/1498290943274983435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Talking about the human right situation in regards to Iranian women, Sarah Noury, a member of the Paris Bar Association, warned that, \u201cThe Iranian regime\u2019s laws are misogynist and directly affecting Iranian women and girls. Under the ruling theocracy, women will have no protection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the time comes to finally hold the regime accountable for their history of human rights abuses, one of the methods most likely to be used will be by applying the Universal Jurisdiction, which allows countries around the world to apprehend any of the perpetrators on foreign soil. This principle has already been used recently in the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-stockholm-trial-begins-of-hamid-noury-over-1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamid Noury<\/a>, a former Iranian prison official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Noury was arrested upon arrival to Sweden in 2019 for his role in torturing, and leading political prisoners to the gallows during the <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> during his tenure at Gohardasht Prison in Iran. His trial is currently ongoing until next month at a court in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NCRI said, \u201cMonday\u2019s conference and its panellists once again highlighted the international community\u2019s obligations to hold Iran\u2019s genocidal regime to account for its crimes against humanity. They called for a firm approach toward the Iranian regime and underlined the urgency of an independent inquiry into the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/news\/resistance\/iranians-across-the-world-commemorate-30th-anniversary-of-the-1988-massacre-of-political-prisoners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a> and other crimes by Iran\u2019s ruling theocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, February 28, 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Council began their 49th session, via a virtual conference, to discuss and raise concerns over the critical human right situation in Iran. 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