{"id":33337,"date":"2022-05-07T07:08:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T05:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=33337"},"modified":"2022-05-07T07:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T05:11:43","slug":"request-for-life-imprisonment-for-the-executioner-hamid-noury-the-end-of-impunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2022\/05\/request-for-life-imprisonment-for-the-executioner-hamid-noury-the-end-of-impunity\/33337\/","title":{"rendered":"Request for Life Imprisonment for the Executioner Hamid Noury; The End of Impunity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Former assistant prosecutor in Gohardasht prison, Hamid Noury <\/a>(also known as Hamid Abbasi) has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Swedish court on charges of being involved in a crime against humanity in the case of the 1988 massacre<\/a> of thousands of political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is now clear to Swedish prosecutors that all the testimonies given by dozens of witnesses in court against Noury, especially witnesses from supporters or members of the main opposition People\u2019s Mojahedin (PMOI\/MEK<\/a>), were undeniable evidence of Noury\u2019s role in crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is noteworthy that the organized Iranian opposition MEK<\/a>, which had already launched a global campaign against the 1988 massacre<\/a> with the justice movement, has since provided documents about the role of Hamid Noury<\/a> and other criminals like Nasserian, Lashgari, and current Iranian regime President Ebrahim Raisi<\/a> for their role in the massacre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the court, the evidence presented before the arrest of Hamid Noury in Sweden by witnesses to the massacre is considered to be more credible and reliable than the evidence presented after his arrest. That is because there is no longer any doubt to the court that these documents were presented or prepared before the arrest of the accused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three historical documents of Hamid Noury\u2019s trial<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the three most critical previous documents cited by prosecutors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Mahmoud Royaei\u2019s interview with Simay Azadi TV<\/a>, the Iranian opposition satellite television channel. This interview is from 1999, some 23 years before Hamid Nouri was arrested. Mahmoud Royaei states that Hamid Abbasi (Noury) lined up the prisoners and took them to the execution site in that interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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