exhibition of 1988 massacred political prisoners in Paris
Mayor
Legaret, distinguished mayors, Governor Yves Bonnet, and Mr. Struan Stevenson,
Dear
friends,
I
salute all of you. Your presence in this exhibition means that the restless
conscience of humanity has not caved in to the mullahs’ demands over the
massacre of political prisoners in Iran. The mullahs want indifference. They
want you to close your eyes and ears and remain silent.
Since
the inception of their rule 38 years ago, the mullahs’ demands can be
summarized in the following sentences:
Here
you are; this is our market and here is our oil and gas. Just when it gets to
human rights and freedom of the people of Iran, turn your head away.
This
is how they hanged our 30,000 political prisoners in Iran in days such as these
in summer 1988, without any reactions by Western governments.
Those
who remained silent over this tragedy, betrayed humanity because the mullahs
found out that their crimes had no consequences. So, they continued by
exporting their terrorism and fundamentalism abroad and drenching the Middle
East in blood.
If
in those days, the massacre had not been met with silence, today, the mullahs
could not sink Syria in a whirlpool of blood.
Fortunately,
the movement calling for justice for the victims of the massacre in Iran has
expanded since last year. Today, even youths born after the massacre have risen
up to call for justice for the victims.
The
people of Iran want to end the impunity of those in charge of the massacre and
hold them accountable. This has turned into the Iranian people’s most important
political demand from the clerical regime.
The
campaign calling for justice obtained new information about the slaughter,
including a large number of names of the victims, as well as the locations of
numerous mass graves which the mullahs had previously concealed. The people of
Iran demand that the perpetrators of the massacre be held accountable and their
impunity ended.
The
Justice seeking movement in Iran managed to corner the mullahs.
Khamenei
intended to put a member of the 1988 massacre’s Death Commission in the office
of president, but the nationwide campaign calling for justice foiled his plans.
Nevertheless,
the mullahs from either faction cannot and do not want to distance themselves
from the massacre.
Over
the past four years, the mullahs’ president Hassan Rouhani had appointed
Mostafa Pour Mohammadi, one of the key officials in charge of the 1988
massacre, as Minister of Justice. He has now decided to appoint a new Justice
Minister for his second term, but the new minister, too, is another one of the
perpetrators of the massacre, by the name of Avaii who has been already
designated as a violator of human rights by the European Union.
Rouhani’s
cabinet includes the largest number of officials from the regime’s security and
intelligence agencies. Several of the most senior officials of the Intelligence
Ministry are among his cabinet ministers.
We
have urged the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to set up an independent
committee to investigate the 1988 massacre.
The
UN Security Council must set up a special tribunal or refer the issue to the
International Criminal Court to arrange for the prosecution of the leaders of
the Iranian regime.
I
urge all governments to make their relations and trade with the religious
fascism ruling Iran contingent on end to executions and torture.
And
I call on all democrats and advocates of human rights in France and the world
to join the Iranian Resistance to help it advance its cause by calling for an
independent investigation to bring justice to the officials in charge of the
1988 massacre.
Thank
you all very much.
The
Justice seeking movement in Iran managed to corner the mullahs.
The
Justice seeking movement in Iran managed to corner the mullahs.
The
campaign calling for justice obtained new information about the slaughter,
including a large number of names of the victims, as well as the locations of numerous
mass graves which the mullahs had previously concealed
The
campaign calling for justice obtained new information about the slaughter,
including a large number of names of the victims, as well as the locations of
numerous mass graves which the mullahs had previously concealed
The
UN Security Council must set up a special tribunal or refer the issue to the
International Criminal Court to arrange for the prosecution of the leaders of
the Iranian regime.
The
UN Security Council must set up a special tribunal or refer the issue to the
International Criminal Court to arrange for the prosecution of the leaders of
the Iranian regime.
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