{"id":81960,"date":"2025-12-22T09:48:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=81960"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:17:59","slug":"political-prisoner-khosrow-rahnama-warns-of-a-new-1988-massacre-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/news\/2025\/12\/political-prisoner-khosrow-rahnama-warns-of-a-new-1988-massacre-in-iran\/81960\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Prisoner Khosrow Rahnama Warns of a New 1988 Massacre in Iran"},"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 id=\"attachment_81962\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81962\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81962\" src=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Message-from-Political-Prisoner-Khosrow-Rahnama.jpg\" alt=\"Message from Political Prisoner Khosrow Rahnama\" width=\"1000\" height=\"462\" 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\/2025\/12\/Message-from-Political-Prisoner-Khosrow-Rahnama.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Message-from-Political-Prisoner-Khosrow-Rahnama-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Message-from-Political-Prisoner-Khosrow-Rahnama-768x355.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Message from Political Prisoner Khosrow Rahnama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"249\" data-end=\"560\"><strong>Khosrow Rahnama<\/strong> is a political prisoner and one of the steadfast detainees of the 1980s, who spent seven years in prison during that decade. He was rearrested in Tehran during the Chaharshanbeh Suri celebrations on March 12, 2023. To date, Rahnama has endured a total of eleven and a half years of imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"562\" data-end=\"862\">From inside Ghezel Hesar Prison, he has issued the following message, warning of the repetition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/1988-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1988 massacre<\/a>, condemning ongoing executions, and calling on international institutions and human rights organizations to urgently intervene to save the lives of prisoners facing execution in Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News Alert \u2013 Simay Azadi Exclusive<br>\nLetter by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mojahedineng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Mojahedineng<\/a> supporter, political prisoner Khosrow Rahnama\u2019s letter from Ghezelhesar prison: \u201cThe oppression of the mullahs has completed the crimes of the treacherous Shah and has stolen the outcome of the anti-monarchic\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AO2fW06BgN\">pic.twitter.com\/AO2fW06BgN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2002840924758409666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"923\">Message from Political Prisoner Khosrow Rahnama<\/h3>\n<h4 data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"535\"><strong data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"535\">The Repetition of the 1988 Massacre<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"863\">The killing and massacre of political forces, which began immediately after the stolen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/iran-1979-anti-monarchical-revolution-never-ended\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revolution of 1979<\/a> by the clerical regime, is continuing today\u2014perhaps on an even broader scale and with greater speed than under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah<\/a>. This medieval regime has no concern other than its own survival and the preservation of its system.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"865\" data-end=\"1019\">The essence of the savage executions carried out in prisons is precisely this. Likewise, the essence of appeasement with the West is nothing but the same.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1229\">In contrast, love for the people and a vision of a bright future for this land are surging within the resistance and the organized forces (the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/t\/iranian-resistance-units\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a>) that are engaged in battle against this regime.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1231\" data-end=\"1496\">Today, hope for the future and for an end to all the oppressions of the clerical regime\u2014which completed the crimes of the treacherous Shah and stole the fruits of the anti-monarchical revolution through blood and sacrifice\u2014has been embodied in this organized force.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1498\" data-end=\"1772\">Our fellow imprisoned comrades, the martyred <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/about-iranian-opposition-pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojahedin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/news\/2025\/07\/execution-of-pmoi-political-prisoners-in-iran-behrouz-ehsani-and-mehdi-hassani-hanged\/76751\/\" rel=\"\"><strong>Behrouz Ehsani<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/news\/2025\/07\/execution-of-pmoi-political-prisoners-in-iran-behrouz-ehsani-and-mehdi-hassani-hanged\/76751\/\" rel=\"\"><strong>Mehdi Hassani<\/strong><\/a>, along with other freedom fighters, and tens of thousands of steadfast martyrs for freedom who were executed by this regime, testify to the anti-human and backward nature of this regime.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1774\" data-end=\"2062\">As the world grows smaller and human connections deepen, and as people share common pain, the causes and consequences of war and appeasement become clear to all. This inevitably recalls the appeasement of Hitler, who continued massacring prisoners in the camps until the very last moment.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2463\">Here, I urgently appeal to international bodies and human rights organizations to save the lives of my <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/human-rights\/2024\/12\/urgent-action-required-six-political-prisoners-sentenced-to-death-in-iran\/67727\/\" rel=\"\">six dear brothers and fellow prisoners<\/a>\u2014<strong>Vahid Bani-Amerian, Babak Alipour, Mohammad Taghavi, Pouya Ghobadi, Shahrokh Daneshvar-Kar, <\/strong>and <strong>Abolhassan Montazer<\/strong>\u2014imprisoned in Ghezel Hesar Prison, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/news\/2025\/12\/irans-regime-upholds-death-sentence-for-boxing-champion-mohammad-javad-vafaei-sani-case-sent-for-execution\/81803\/\" rel=\"\"><strong>Javad Vafaei-Sani<\/strong>,<\/a> held in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad, and other prisoners awaiting execution.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2465\" data-end=\"2550\">Revolution and overthrow are the task of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/category\/iranian-resistance-activities-inside-iran\/\" rel=\"\">Resistance Units<\/a> and the people of Iran.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2611\"><strong data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2611\">Death to the oppressor, whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/who-was-mohammad-reza-pahlavi-shah-irans-last-pahlavi-dictator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shah<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/10\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/19254\/\" rel=\"\">Supreme Leader<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2613\" data-end=\"2670\"><strong>Khosrow Rahnama<\/strong><br data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"2631\"><strong>Ghezel Hesar Prison<\/strong><br data-start=\"2650\" data-end=\"2653\"><strong>December 17, 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