The noble people of Iran are demanding the UN conduct an independent international investigation of the 1988 massacre.
By Arash Nikzad
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In the final phases of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, Khomeini who felt that defeat was imminent, decided to take his revenge on the innocent political prisoners to cover up his defeats and his set back from his slogan the conquer of Jerusalem via Karbala and establishing an Iranian affiliated Islamic republic in Iraq as his first step to make his empire from Tehran to Mediterranean sea from the west and to the red sea and north or Africa from the south and southwest sea and north of Africa. He issued fatwas (religious decrees) ordering the execution of anyone who had not “repented” and who was not willing to collaborate entirely with the regime, particular MEK/PMOI members.
So, the massacres began, and every day hundreds of political prisoners MEK/PMOI MEMBERS were hanged and their corpses were buried secretly and hurriedly in mass graves all over major cities, in particular, Tehran.
Khomeini decreed: "Whoever at any stage continues to belong to the Monafeqin (the regime’s derogatory term to describe the PMOI/MEK) must be executed. Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately." He went on to add: "... Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for the MEK/PMOI are waging war on God and are condemned to execution... It is naive to show mercy to those who wage war on God."
The mass burial sites of 1988 remain largely unknown, and the public is banned from visiting any that have been uncovered, like those in Tehran’s Khavaran area and Behesht Reza gravy yard in Mashhad. Nevertheless, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers have been doing so for the past 29 years, to find the grave of their lost loved one.
And now 29 years after the massacre, despite the regime’s efforts to hide the pieces of evidence and threatened the victims’ families, the taboos on discussing the massacre are being weakened, little by little, by young people who had not even been born in 1988. In line with a call by Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (a MEK-affiliated group), people across the country have been writing, talking and asking questions about the summer of blood. Families who had remained silent for fear of reprisals have begun discussing the victims and revealing the locations of secret graves.
The international community and UN Secretary-General are responsible for what happened in 1988 summer in Iran prison.
The Iranian people’s demands are simple: Break the silence and stop refusing to admit the mullahs’ atrocities. Talk of a new era in Tehran can be taken seriously only when the ayatollahs are held accountable for their crimes against humanity. The first step is to establish an independent international investigation into the 1988 massacre to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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In the final phases of the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, Khomeini who felt that defeat was imminent, decided to take his revenge on the innocent political prisoners to cover up his defeats and his set back from his slogan the conquer of Jerusalem via Karbala and establishing an Iranian affiliated Islamic republic in Iraq as his first step to make his empire from Tehran to Mediterranean sea from the west and to the red sea and north or Africa from the south and southwest sea and north of Africa. He issued fatwas (religious decrees) ordering the execution of anyone who had not “repented” and who was not willing to collaborate entirely with the regime, particular MEK/PMOI members.
So, the massacres began, and every day hundreds of political prisoners MEK/PMOI MEMBERS were hanged and their corpses were buried secretly and hurriedly in mass graves all over major cities, in particular, Tehran.
Khomeini decreed: "Whoever at any stage continues to belong to the Monafeqin (the regime’s derogatory term to describe the PMOI/MEK) must be executed. Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately." He went on to add: "... Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for the MEK/PMOI are waging war on God and are condemned to execution... It is naive to show mercy to those who wage war on God."
The mass burial sites of 1988 remain largely unknown, and the public is banned from visiting any that have been uncovered, like those in Tehran’s Khavaran area and Behesht Reza gravy yard in Mashhad. Nevertheless, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers have been doing so for the past 29 years, to find the grave of their lost loved one.
And now 29 years after the massacre, despite the regime’s efforts to hide the pieces of evidence and threatened the victims’ families, the taboos on discussing the massacre are being weakened, little by little, by young people who had not even been born in 1988. In line with a call by Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (a MEK-affiliated group), people across the country have been writing, talking and asking questions about the summer of blood. Families who had remained silent for fear of reprisals have begun discussing the victims and revealing the locations of secret graves.
The international community and UN Secretary-General are responsible for what happened in 1988 summer in Iran prison.
The Iranian people’s demands are simple: Break the silence and stop refusing to admit the mullahs’ atrocities. Talk of a new era in Tehran can be taken seriously only when the ayatollahs are held accountable for their crimes against humanity. The first step is to establish an independent international investigation into the 1988 massacre to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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