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Seyyed Alireza Avaei<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Position in 1988 massacre:<\/strong>\u00a0Prosecutor and a member of the Death Commission in Dezful.<\/p>\n

Avaie<\/a>\u00a0served as Dezful\u2019s public prosecutor from 1979 to 1988. During the 1988 massacre he was serving as the city\u2019s Revolutionary Court prosecutor. Following a fatwa issued by then Iranian Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, Avaie was the main official in charge of executions in Younesco Prison. Based on eyewitness reports provided by various former prisoners,\u00a0Avaie<\/a>\u00a0ordered \u201cjuvenile prisoners under the age of 18 to be executed in groups of two or three, carried out in an empty field near the prison.\u201d<\/p>\n

From 2005 to 2014\u00a0Avaie<\/a>\u00a0served as chief of the Tehran Province judiciary and then appointed as deputy interior minister. In July 2016 Rouhani had him elevated to the head of the president\u2019s Special Inspections Office.<\/p>\n

Avaie was sanctioned by the European Union in October 2011 for his role in human rights violations and direct participation of torturing and massacring political prisoners.<\/p>\n

Present post and occupation:<\/strong>\u00a0Head of the Presidency\u2019s Inspectorate Office<\/p>\n

After receiving Khomeini\u2019s fatwa, he was the main person in charge of executions and killings in Younesko Prison in Dezful. He has been described by witnesses as one of the most cruel murderers of the inmates during the 1988 massacre. According to eye-witness accounts, teenage prisoners were executed in the area behind the prison yard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seyyed Alireza Avaei Position in 1988 massacre:\u00a0Prosecutor and a member of the Death Commission in Dezful. Avaie\u00a0served as Dezful\u2019s public prosecutor from 1979 to 1988. During the 1988 massacre he was serving as the city\u2019s Revolutionary Court prosecutor. 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