{"id":48368,"date":"2023-07-27T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=48368"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:31:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:31:28","slug":"remarks-by-irene-victoria-massimino-kjarsgaard-former-rapporteur-of-the-high-criminal-court-of-buenos-aires-to-the-free-iran-world-summit-2023-on-july-3-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/1988-massacre\/2023\/07\/remarks-by-irene-victoria-massimino-kjarsgaard-former-rapporteur-of-the-high-criminal-court-of-buenos-aires-to-the-free-iran-world-summit-2023-on-july-3-2023\/48368\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarks by Irene Victoria Massimino Kjarsgaard, Former Rapporteur of the High Criminal Court of Buenos Aires, to the Free Iran World Summit 2023, on July 3, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Irene Victoria Massimino Kjarsgaard (Argentina), Former Rapporteur of the High Criminal Court of Buenos Aires Province<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Irene Victoria Massimino Kjarsgaard (Argentina), Former Rapporteur of the High Criminal Court of Buenos Aires Province, addressed the third day<\/a> of the Free Iran World Summit on July 3, 2023. The summit was under the title: Prosecute Iran\u2019s Regime Leaders for Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irene Victoria Massimino Kjarsgaard: Iranian State Officials\u2019 Impunity is A Crime by Itself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The script of the full speech of Ms. Irene Victoria Massimino Kjarsgaardfollows:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you. I am filled with humility after seeing these videos of the victims and survivors of the 1988 massacre. It\u2019s a huge responsibility for me to speak at this moment, so I thank you all for this opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good afternoon to everyone, distinguished guests, colleagues, panelists, friends, who I now can call friends for the few hours we spent together. Dear Maryam, Madame Maryam Rajavi, what an honor for the women of the world to see you in this leadership position, a strong, intelligent, a woman of character, so thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish you all the best, and I know that you will succeed. Thank you very much to all of the organizers for this relevant international conference. Thank you, especially for the NGO Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre, who gave me the honor today to be present and to have the opportunity to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would also like to express my solidarity and my condolences to the victims and relatives of the victims of Iran\u2019s past and current regimes. I also want to express my most profound admiration for the men and women, their courage and strength, who publicly oppose and continue to oppose Iran\u2019s autocratic regime and who claim a better future of freedom and peace in Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The barbaric acts of today have concerning similarities with the 1988 massacre, which started with Ayatollah Khomeini\u2019s order in July of that year to execute an estimated of 30,000 people, political prisoners, in Iranian jails. The 1988 massacre was carried out by the current president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, one of the four members of the \u2018Death Committee\u2019 for Tehran at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lack of accountability for the perpetrators of the 1988 massacre and of justice and recognition for the victims is directly linked to the institutional crimes committed today. Impunity is a crime by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few years earlier, between 1976 and 1983, as my colleague and conational said previously, in my own country, Argentina, a civil-military dictatorship unfolded into the bloodiest of six dictatorships Argentina suffered during the 20th century. The links between the crimes committed by the military juntas during those years and the 1988 massacre in Iran have unfortunately common characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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