To our readers,
We decided to print information we had received months before the killings of prisoners in Ghezelhesar prison.
Due the fact that the present Iranian officials are in various ways connected to these killings and many other ones in the past, we decided to print the information.
We have printed the information as we ave recieved it from a source in Iran.
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The following pages contain preliminary information on 21individuals who have played an active role, in various capacities, in the massacre of thousands of political prisoners in Iran in 1988. The list, although not exhaustive, does identify the principal figures involved in the implementation of Khomeini's fatwa that ordered the extermination of political prisoners.

Ali Khamenei.



Name: Ali
Family Name: Khamenei
POSITION IN 1988: President
CURRENT POSITION: Vali-e Faqih (Supreme Leader)
OTHER POSITIONS:
1 Member, Revolutionary Council

2 President, two terms for a total of eight years

3 Supreme Leader since 1989

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

1 Khamenei was present in the meeting where Khomeini ordered the massacre .Khamenei strongly supported Khomeini's order and persistently defended the fatwa when international condemnation mounted.

2 As President and the highest ranking executive authority in 1988, Khamenei bears primary responsibility for the massacre. As President, he allowed unlimited governmental resources to be used in implementing Khomeini's order.

3 Khamenei has since been actively involved in preventing the exposure of the carnage. In order to protect the "interests of the system" after the 1988 massacre and keep the crimes against humanity from being exposed, he prevented the UNHRC Special Representative from visiting Iran (reported by the regime's radio on December 6, 1988).

OTHER CHARGES:

1 The terrorist operations outside Iran targeting hundreds of Iranian dissidents are initially approved by Khamenei and then submitted to the Supreme National Security Council for further review and subsequently put into implementation.

2 A German court referred to Khamenei's role in the killing of four Iranian dissidents by agents of the Intelligence Ministry in the Mykonos restaurant in Berlin .The court identified Khamenei as the highest authority for giving orders for the assassinations.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS:

Khamenei acknowledged his responsibility and defended the massacre of political prisoners "With respect to executions, mass executions in Iran, ... have we banned capital punishment? No. We in the Islamic Republic have capital punishment for those who deserve to be executed. Do you think we should give sweets to a prisoner who has connections with the activities of the Monafeqin who attacked the Islamic Republic's borders? If his connection with that group is revealed, what should we do to him? He is condemned to execution and we will execute him. We do not joke with this" (Tehran radio, December 12, 1988.)


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Ali-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani.



Name: Ali-Akbar
Family Name: Hashemi-Rafsanjani
POSITION IN 1988:
Speaker of Parliament, Acting Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces
CURRENT POSITION:
Head of the State Exigencies Council ,Deputy Speaker of Assembly of Experts
OTHER POSITIONS:
Member of the Revolutionary Council, Minister of the Interior, President 1989 1997-

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 Khomeini first raised the idea of his fatwa for the massacre at a meeting attended by his son Ahmad, Rafsanjani (the then Speaker of the Majlis and Acting Commander in Chief), Ali Khamenei (the then President), Abdolkarim Moussavi Ardebili (the then Chief Justice), Mohammad Moussavi Khoeiniha (the then Chief Revolutionary Prosecutor), and Mohammad Khatami (the then Director of Cultural Affairs at the General Command of the Armed Forces and Minister of Islamic Guidance).

-2 As Acting Commander in Chief and the regime's de facto Number Two after Khomeini, Rafsanjani vigorously defended the fatwa for the massacre. He stated" ;In the recent affair, the Mersad Operation, there were people inside Iran who wanted to engage in extensive sabotage. They were punished." (State radio, December 6,)1988

-3 After Khomeini issued the fatwa, Rafsanjani oversaw its enforcement as Khomeini's representative and reported to him on the progress of the massacre.

-4 As the Acting Commander in Chief, Rafsanjani ordered that all the military personnel who had deserted or surrendered themselves to the PMOI dissidents must be executed. The order was carried out.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 In the summer of 1981, as large-scale execution of dissidents began, Rafsanjani demanded more ruthless repression. He said publicly: "At the outset of the Revolution we made a mistake: we did not kill 200 -PMOI-Mojahedin, now we have to kill them by the thousands."

-2 During his presidency, he ordered the execution of many dissidents abroad .One such example was the assassination of Professor. Kazem Rajavi in Geneva in April1990. The victim's brother, Massoud Rajavi, revealed Rafsanjani's crime based on the testimony of reputable witnesses, and the Swiss media published the details .Rafsanjani tried to sue one of the reporters, but a Geneva court ruled in favor of the journalist and rejected Rafsanjani's claim of libel.

-3 As chairman of the regime's Supreme National Security Council between 1989 and 1997, Rafsanjani personally endorsed plans for the assassination of Iranian dissidents abroad.

-4 A Berlin Court found Rafsanjani guilty as one of a group of the highest officials of the Islamic Republic who had ordered the assassination of four dissident Iranians in Mykonos restaurant in 1992.

-5 Throughout the year 2000, more evidence of Rafsanjani's role in a chain of politically motivated murders in Iran has surfaced.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS:

Rafsanjani: "God's law prescribes four punishments for them (the Mojahedin.-1 )Kill them. 2-Hang them, 3-Cut off their hands and feet 4-Banish them. If we had killed two hundred of them right after the Revolution, their numbers would not have mounted this way. I repeat that according to the Quran, we are determined to destroy all [Mojahedin] who display enmity against Islam" ( Ettela'at, October 31, 1981).




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Mohammad Khatami.



Name: Mohammad
Family Name: Khatami
POSITION IN 1988:
Minister of Islamic Guidance ,Director of Cultural Affairs at the General Command of the Armed Forces
CURRENT POSITION:
President since 1997

OTHER POSITIONS:

-1 Khomeini appointed him Supervisor of Kayhan (Iran's biggest-circulation daily(

-2 Member of the Majlis (parliament) from Ardekan

-3 Minister of Guidance from 1982 until 1992

-4 Advisor to the President and Director of the National Library 1992-1997

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

-1 Khatami participated in the session in which Khomeini, for the first time, discussed plans for the execution of all political prisoners.

-2 In governmental meetings, Khatami consistently opposed those worried about the social and international backlash of the massacre and strongly defended Khomeini's edict. As Minister of Guidance, he was responsible for suppressing any news of the massacre or criticism of it by various circles. As Ressalat and Iran News ,state-run dailies, recently reported: "This edict was issued and enforced when Mr.Khatami was Director of Cultural Affairs at the Armed Forces General Command and he resolutely defended His Holiness the Imam's decision."

-3 Abusing his powers as President, he has tried to cover up these mass murders ,especially his own role in them. The daily Gozaresh, dated April 9, 2000, reported: " Arya daily was closed down on the explicit, personal order of President Khatami, enforced immediately by the Ministry of Guidance, after it carried a story about the massacre of political prisoners in 1988."

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 From the outset, he was a close advisor to Khomeini. He personally directed the censorship and repression of writers and artists for ten years as Minister of Guidance. Many of the most outstanding Iranian writers and artists were executed by firing squads during his term as Minister of Guidance.

-2 During the war (with Iraq), Khatami was responsible for mobilizing school children who died by the tens of thousands in senseless human-wave attacks across minefields. Khatami's role in this atrocity indeed amounts to a war crime.



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Abdulkarim Moussavi Ardebili



Name: Abdulkarim
Family Name: Moussavi Ardebili

POSITION IN 1988:
Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic, head of the Supreme Judicial Council

CURRENT POSITION:
One of the regime's official interpreters of canon law )a jurist worthy of being followed or "emulated" (,theological lecturer in city of Qom's seminaries

OTHER POSITIONS:
Member of the ruling clergy's Revolutionary Council. The first Chief Prosecutor under Khomeini

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

-1 He appointed religious judges to the death committees throughout Iran.

-2 He conveyed Khomeini's fatwa for the massacre to religious judges and prosecutors throughout Iran and ordered them to join the death committees.

-3 He is among those who directly received Khomeini's fatwa for the massacre. He then made sure the judiciary would obey it. (Refer to a handwritten note by Khomeini's late son, Ahmad, on Khomeini's fatwa. Montazeri has published the document in his memoirs(

-4 Moussavi-Ardebili ordered speedy execution of political prisoners without any judicial formalities. On August 6, 1988, in an interview broadcast by the national radio network, he stated: "The Judiciary is under great pressure...There are questions about why these people are not executed. They must all be executed. We will no longer have trials or bother with the dossiers of the convicts."

OTHER CHARGES:

During his tenure as Chief Justice between 1981 and 1989, more than 90,000 executions took place. Ardebili was the ultimate judicial authority as Chief of the entire Judicial System

REMARKS:

Moussavi-Ardebili's own confession of some of these wholesale crimes against humanity is included.




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Mohammad Moussavi Khoeiniha



Name: Mohammad
Family Name: Moussavi Khoeiniha

POSITION IN 1988:
Chief Revolutionary Prosecutor

CURRENT POSITION:
Leader of the Second Khordad Front (Supporters of Khatami); and member of the State Exigencies Council

OTHER POSITIONS:
Leader of the "Students Following the Line of the Imam" who held American diplomats in Tehran hostage for 444 days

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

-1 Khomeini personally assigned the task of implementing the fatwa for the massacre to Khoeiniha as Chief Revolutionary Prosecutor.

-2 In all "death committees" he had his own representatives who directly reported to him.

-3 He dismissed several local prosecutors who objected to the mass murders.

-4 From 1985 through 1988, as Chief Revolutionary Prosecutor, he was instrumental in the execution of thousands of people.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 He and his deputy prosecutors issued at least 100,000 arrest warrants for dissidents. Most of the detainees were subjected to savage torture. Huge numbers were executed.

-2 He appointed special representatives in the Ministry of Intelligence and its departments throughout Iran in order to expedite the arrest and torture of political dissidents.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS:

Le Monde, March 1, 1989: "Imam Khomeini summoned Revolutionary Prosecutor Hojjatoleslam [Mohammad Moussavi] Khoeiniha and ordered him to treat all Mojahedin, in prison or elsewhere, as being at war with God and execute them summarily..."



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Ali Fallahian



First Name: Ali
Last Name: Fallahian

POSITION IN 1988:
Deputy Director of the Ministry of Intelligence

CURRENT POSITION:
Member of Assembly of Experts

OTHER POSITIONS:
Religious judge of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Abadan
Religious judge of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Kermanshah
Minister of Intelligence
Special Prosecutor
Deputy Chief Revolutionary Prosecutor
Head of the Armed Forces Counter-intelligence Organization

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

In his position as deputy to Intelligence Minister Rayshahri, Fallahian played an active role in implementing Khomeini's orders. He appointed many of the Intelligence Ministry officials to the "death committees."

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 As the religious judge in several cities including Abadan and Kermanshah, he issued the execution order and imprisonment of several hundred people.

-2 In 1982, as the Deputy Chief of the Revolutionary Court, he coordinated the activities of the Tehran Revolutionary Court and the Central Committee and Revolutionary Guards Intelligence which led to the violent crackdown of 1982. ( Abrar Newspaper August 20, 1989). As a result of the regime's Revolutionary Guards' attack on the houses of Mojahedin members and supporters in Tehran, at least 60 were killed. The list of their names is available.

-3 In his position as the religious judge of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, he was able to discover and destroy Mojahedin's organization in Kermanshah and Khorassan provinces. ( Abrar, August 20, 1989) Fallahian signed the execution orders of many Mojahedin members and supporters in these two provinces.

-4 In his position as the Deputy Intelligence Minster, he was responsible for the training of terrorist teams operating outside Iran.

-5 Judge Roland Chatelain, the Swiss magistrate in charge of investigations into the 1990 assassination of Dr. Kazem Rajavi, declared in July 1997 that Fallahian had masterminded Dr. Rajavi's assassination.

-6 A Berlin court which investigated the assassination of four Iranian dissidents declared after a four-year investigation that Fallahian was the mastermind and organizer of this crime. The court issued an international arrest warrant for Fallahian.

-7 Fallahian issued the order to assassinate Mr. Mohammad-Hossein Naghdi, the National Council of Resistance's Representative in Italy. This terrorist act was carried out by agents of the Intelligence Ministry in 1993.

-8 Fallahian issued orders to kidnap and kill Mr. Ali-Akbar Ghorbani, a member of the Mojahedin, in 1992 in Turkey. Ghorbani died under torture and his mutilated body was discovered a few months later.

-9 Fallahian issued orders to kidnap and assassinate Ms. Zahra Rajabi, a senior member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. He directly supervised this operation which was carried out in February 1996. The initial plan was to kidnap Zahra Rajabi, but at the time due to the resistance of a Mojahedin supporter who accompanied her, the Intelligence Ministry's terrorists killed both of them. One of these terrorists who was arrested confessed to the Turkish authorities. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

-10 The assassination of Shahpour Bakhtiar in Paris in August 1991 was ordered by Fallahian and carried out by agents of the Intelligence Ministry.

-11 Fallahian's Intelligence Ministry carried out 51 terrorist operations against the Mojahedin in Iraq. Ruhollah Hosseinian, a former Intelligence Minister Deputy, has confessed that Saeed Emami (Fallahian's deputy) led 100 operations against the Mojahedin outside Iran.

-12 Fallahian is one of the principal figures behind the murder of writers and intellectuals in Iran, known as the "chain political murders." He was the organizer of these assassinations. A list including the names of 111 of those assassinated is available.



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Mohammad Mohammadi Rayshahri



Name: Mohammad
Family Name: Mohammadi Rayshahri

POSITION IN 1988:
Minister of Intelligence

CURRENT POSITION:
Representative of Supreme Leader Khamenei for the pilgrimage to Mecca.

OTHER POSITIONS:
Judge of the Special Court for the Clergy; judge in the Revolutionary Tribunal ;President of the Military Tribunals; founder of the Ministry of Intelligence.

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 Appointment of the death committees, each consisting of three members, in Tehran and the provinces. These committees interviewed all prisoners and decided who should be executed. Montazeri reveals that the committees were dominated by the Intelligence Ministry representatives, who insisted on the highest number of executions.

-2 Rayshahri headed an oversight committee in Evin Prison. On the first day of the massacre, this committee drew up details for the execution of more than 10,000 political prisoners in Tehran on Khomeini's orders. Other members were Raissi, Nayyeri, Mortazavi, Mohseni-Ezhei, Mobasheri. and Pourmohammadi.

-3 The arbitrary detention of thousands of former political prisoners and young supporters of the Mojahedin and the re-arrest of thousands of released political prisoners. His ministry organized the execution by firing squads of these victims along with political prisoners.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 Ordering the execution of dozens of people during the years 1979 through 1981 as a roving Revolutionary Judge in Gachsaran, Dezful, Behbahan, Khorramabad and Borujerd.

"-2 Purges" of thousands of dissident military personnel as chief judge and prosecutor of Military Tribunals from 1980 through 1984. He personally ordered the execution of several hundred servicemen during this period.

-3 Detention of many dissident clergymen and the execution of several of them.

-4 As the founder of the Intelligence Ministry, he was responsible for institutionalizing torture, kidnapping, murder, sexual assault on women detainees and an endless list of crimes committed by the Intelligence Ministry agents under his command.

REMARKS:

Several former personnel of the Ministry of Intelligence and Evin Prison are ready to give eyewitness testimony about Rayshahri's crimes against humanity in any trial.




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Morteza Eshraghi



Name: Morteza
Last Name: Eshraghi

POSITION IN 1988:
Tehran Prosecutor and chair of the death committee in Tehran

CURRENT POSITION:
Justice of the Supreme Court

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

-1 The Chief Prosecutor of Tehran and the head of the death committee in Tehran .He was appointed by Khomeini

-2 Along with other members of the death committee, Eshraghi is responsible for issuing execution verdicts for at least 10,000 political prisoners during the massacre.

REMARKS:

Many individuals who were in prison during the massacre and closely witnessed Eshraghi's role are ready to serve as witnesses and testify in an international court.

Similarly, several former members of the Intelligence Ministry and former employees of Evin prison are ready to serve as eyewitness and testify in an international court. One of these witnesses personally attended a meeting at which the procedures for implementing Khomeini's order were discussed.




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Jaafar Nayyeri



Name: Jaafar
Family Name: Nayyeri

POSITION IN 1988:
Presiding Judge of Revolutionary Tribunal in Tehran and Chairman of the central "death committee" in Tehran

CURRENT POSITION:
Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

-1 Religious judge and chairman of the central "death committee" in Tehran, personally appointed by Khomeini.

-2 Personally ordered the execution of at least 10,000 political prisoners during the massacre.

-3 According to Montazeri, in a meeting on August 12, 1988, Nayyeri confessed to some of his crimes by stating: "We have so far executed 750 people in Tehran. We have separated two hundred others because of their views and will get rid of them as well."

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 In the past two decades, as a religious judge, judge of the Revolutionary Tribunals and holder of other senior positions in the ruling clergy's courts, Nayyeri has ordered the execution of thousands of political prisoners.

REMARKS:

-1 Many eyewitnesses, prisoners who witnessed the crimes, are ready to testify in any trial.

-2 Some former personnel of the Ministry of Intelligence and Evin Prison are ready to testify about Nayyeri's crimes


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Mostafa Pourmohammadi



Name: Mostafa
Family Name: Pourmohammadi

POSITION IN 1988:
Deputy Minister of Intelligence and member of the "death committee" in Tehran

CURRENT POSITION:
National Security Advisor to the Supreme Leader

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

-1 Representative of the Ministry of Intelligence in the central "death committee "in Tehran

-2 The principal figure behind the execution of at least 10,000 political prisoners in the massacre

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 For 13 years, he consistently held high positions in the Ministry of Intelligence .From 1989 through 1997, he was Deputy Minister of Intelligence under Fallahian .During this period, Pourmohammadi played a direct role in the arrest, torture and murder of thousands of political prisoners.

-2 He was one of the key masterminds of a chain of political assassinations in and outside Iran.

-3 Pourmohammadi played an instrumental role in dozens of murders involving dissidents and intellectuals in Iran throughout the 1990s. Among the victims was his own cousin, Mrs. Ashraf-os-Sadat Borghei, who was killed at her home in Qom in March 1996. Emadoddin Baghi, a journalist who was later jailed for his revelations, wrote in Fat'h newspaper on January 29, 2000: "The murderers of Mrs. Borghei put the house on fire to make it look like a fire and conceal their crime. Deputy Intelligence Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi, who was the cousin of Mrs. Borghei, was at a house near the scene of the crime, together with Intelligence Minister Ali Fallahian." Baghi later revealed a letter from Borghei's husband in which he accused Pourmohammadi of killing his wife. Mrs. Borghei was working for the Intelligence Ministry.

REMARKS:

-1 Many eyewitnesses, prisoners during these crimes against humanity, are willing to testify against Pourmohammadi in any court.

-2 In addition, a number of former personnel of the Ministry of Intelligence and Evin Prison are willing to provide eye-witness testimony about Pourmohammadi's crimes against humanity.


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Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ezhei



Name: Gholam-Hossein
Family Name: Mohseni Ezhei

POSITION IN 1988:
Special representative of the Chief Justice in the Ministry of Intelligence

CURRENT POSITION:
President of the Special Court for the Clergy since 1998

OTHER POSITIONS:
Judiciary's representative in the Ministry of Intelligence until 1995
President of Branch 3 of the Revolutionary Court
Deputy Revolutionary Prosecutor in Tehran
Religious judge of the State Employees Tribunal

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 Mohseni Ezhei was a member of the top supervisory committee that under Intelligence Minister Rayshahri met in Evin Prison to oversee the progress of the implementation of Khomeini's fatwa. It was this committee that set down the procedures for the massacre before the executions began.

-2 Mohseni Ezhei was present in Tehran's prisons throughout the period of the massacre and assisted the death committees as a religious judge and oversaw the executions.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 As the religious judge of the State Employees Tribunal, Mohseni Ezhei has issued thousands of verdicts for the dismissal, arrest and execution of dissident employees of the government

-2 As the special representative of the judiciary in the Intelligence Ministry ,Mohseni Ezhei "facilitated" the unlawful acts of the Intelligence Ministry's agents by giving them authorization for murder and harassment of the citizens. In that position, he issued thousands of arrest warrants and ordered the torture of detainees. He also issued death decrees for prisoners who were killed under torture.

-3 Mohseni Ezhei has issued death decrees for the murder of several dissident intellectuals and writers. Newspapers in Iran revealed that Pirouz Davani, a writer ,was abducted and killed by Intelligence Ministry agents on a secret decree issued by Mohseni.

REMARKS:

Several former personnel of the Ministry of Intelligence are ready to give eyewitness testimony about Mohseni Ezhei's crimes against humanity in any trial.



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Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani



First Name: Mohammad
Last Name: Mohammadi Gilani

POSITION IN 1988:
Secretary of the Guardian Council

CURRENT POSITION:
Chief of the Supreme Court

OTHER POSITIONS:
Chief of Tehran's Revolutionary Court Member of the Guardian Council

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

As the most influential religious judge in the regime, Gilani played an active role in the massacre of 1988 by overseeing the work of the death committees.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 As Chief of Tehran's Revolutionary Court, he issued numerous death sentences. Several thousand individuals have been tried by him summarily and sentenced to death. The courts lasted for only a few minutes and the defendants were never given a chance to defend themselves or appeal the court's verdict.

-2 He ordered the execution of two of his own children, who were members of the Mojahedin.

-3 Gilani has openly and repeatedly supported torture, public executions, etc.

-4 In his position as the president of the Supreme Court, he has upheld thousands of death sentences passed by courts and religious judges across the country.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS:

Mohammadi Gilani, then-Religious Judge of Tehran: "We must use Ta'azir )torture) on these [Mojahedin] to make them tell us where they have hidden their weapons. According to Islam, even if they die under torture, no one is held accountable. This is the precise decree of the Imam" (Ettela'at, October 30, 1981(.

Mohammadi Gilani: "Those who are arrested during armed street demonstrations can be lined up against a wall and shot on the spot. The wounded can also be finished off on the spot. From the religious point of view, there is no need to bring such people to court, because they have waged war on God. Their sentence is clear…." ( Kayhan, September 20, 1981)




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Ali Younessi



First Name: Ali
Last Name: Younessi

POSITION IN 1988:
First deputy to the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces, religious judge

CURRENT POSITION:
Minister of Intelligence since 1999

OTHER POSITIONS:
Religious Judge of Qom
Chief of Tehran Revolutionary Court
Chief of the Army Revolutionary Court, religious judge of the armed forces
Khomeini's representative for rebuilding the Army Counter-intelligence Organization
General Prosecutor of Tehran

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:

-1 As the religious judge, he was directly involved in the prosecution and execution of political prisoners

-2 In his position as chief of the 2nd Branch of the Revolutionary Court and a religious judge, he had an active role in the arrest of dissident servicemen, ordering the execution of many of them.

-4 In 1986, he was Khomeini's representative for rebuilding the Army's Counterintelligence Organization and in 1988, he was the representative of the Acting Commander of Chief for intelligence and security issues. In this position, he for the second time proceeded to purge the military personnel and to arrest and execute dissident servicemen.

-5 From 1988 to 1993, he was Tehran's General Prosecutor. In this capacity, he was personally responsible for the execution of many prisoners.

-6 From 1993 until 1999, he was Chief of the Armed Forces' Judicial Organization .In this position, he issued death sentences for several hundred servicemen opposing the regime and supporting the Mojahedin




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Ali-Akbar Mohtashami



Name: Ali-Akbar
Family Name: Mohtashami

POSITION IN 1988:
Minister of the Interior

CURRENT POSITION:
Majlis deputy, leader of Khatami's faction in the Majlis

OTHER POSITIONS:
Ambassador to Syria
Responsible for the regime's terrorist activities abroad in the 1980s
Presidential counselor (under Khatami(

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 As Interior Minister, he was instrumental in carrying out the large-scale arrest of former political prisoners and Mojahedin sympathizers across the country, because Khomeini's fatwa required that in addition to those Mojahedin supporters in jail ,others at large also be caught and executed..

-2 Mohtashami vigorously defended the massacre and suppressed all internal dissent. The Komiteh Revolutionary Guards under his command were responsible for suppression and intimidation of families of victims..

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 As the acting commander in chief of the internal security forces (Komiteh, (Mohtashami was responsible in the 1980s for the arrest and torture and murder of numerous political activists and dissidents across the country .Mohtashami's role in the foreign terrorist operations of the mullahs' regime throughout the 1980s is well documented.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS:

Mohtashami: "There are crimes which must be punished by execution. It is natural that the punishment for the Mojahedin is execution. All the rumors about mass executions is only about those who were executed in Mersad operation... But to put this issue to rest, I must say that all those who were arrested and all those who joined [the Mojahedin] have been executed" (An interview with Iran's Interior Minister, Al-Mostaqbal daily, Lebanon, February 24, 1989(.



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Ebrahim Raissi



Name: Ebrahim
Last Name: Raissi

POSITION IN 1988:
Deputy to the Tehran Prosecutor and influential member of "death committee" in Tehran

CURRENT POSITION:
Head of the State Inspectorate Office

OTHER POSITIONS:
President of Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Court for Political Groups

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN IRAN IN 1988:
-1 Raissi was one of the most influential members of the "death committee" in Tehran and along with its other members was responsible for the execution of at least 10,000 political prisoners in Tehran

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 As the President of the Tehran Revolutionary Court for Political Groups, Raissi has been involved in the arrest, torture, and execution of members and supporters of political groups, especially the Mojahedin

REMARKS:

Many individuals who were in prison during the massacre and closely witnessed Raissi's role are ready to serve as witnesses and testify in an international court. Similarly, many former members of the Intelligence Ministry and former employees of Evin prison are ready to serve as eyewitnesses and testify in an international court.



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Mohammad Moghisse'i (aka Naserian)



Name: Mohammad
Family Name: Moghisse'i (aka Naserian)

POSITION IN 1988:
Governor of Gohardasht Prison

CURRENT POSITION:
Senior official in the judiciary

OTHER POSITIONS:
Top official in Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office in Tehran Interrogator in Evin Prison's Branch 3

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 As the governor of Gohardasht Prison, Moghisse'i sat on the "death committee" during its sessions in that prison.

-2 He personally hanged numerous prisoners in Gohardasht during the massacre.

-3 In the exceptional cases that other members of the "death committee" wanted to show some leniency, Moghisse'i always prevented them and had the prisoner executed.

-4 Under his direction, thousands of prisoners in Gohardasht were executed during the massacre and the few survivors were transferred to Evin.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 Moghisse'i has been described by many former prisoners as the most ruthless among all the savage torturers and executioners in Khomeini's prisons. This ruthlessness allowed him to rise quickly in the mullahs' hierarchy and become the governor of a major prison by 1987.

-2 As the governor of Gohardasht, he introduced the most savage types of torture to the prison. Hundreds of prisoners lost their mental balance under these tortures and hundreds more died under torture.

-3 He himself raped numerous women prisoners and encouraged this practice during his term as governor.

REMARKS:

There are hundreds of former prisoners from Gohardasht who are prepared to testify on Moghisse'i's crimes.



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Seyyed Hossein Mortazavi



Name: Seyyed Hossein
Family Name: Mortazavi

POSITION IN 1988:
Governor of Evin Prison

CURRENT POSITION:
Senior official in the judiciary

OTHER POSITIONS:
Candidate for Majlis from the city of Zanjan
Official in Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office
Interrogator in Evin Prison

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 As the governor of Evin Prison, Mortazavi sat on the "death committee" during its sessions in that prison.

-2 He executed numerous prisoners in Evin during the massacre.

-3 Thousands of prisoners in Evin were executed during the massacre under Mortazavi's personal supervision

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 Mortazavi was one of the most ruthless torturers in Evin and was personally responsible for killing many prisoners under torture.

-2 As the governor of Evin, he ordered the arbitrary execution of numerous prisoners.

REMARKS:

There are hundreds of former prisoners from Evin who are prepared to testify on Mortazavi's crimes. There are also several former members of the Intelligence Ministry who have indicated their readiness to testify about Mortazavi's crimes.



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Ali Mobasheri



Name: Ali
Family Name: Mobasheri

POSITION IN 1988:
Religious Judge in Evin Prison

CURRENT POSITION:
President of Revolutionary Courts in Tehran

OTHER POSITIONS:
Top official in Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 As the religious judge based in Evin Prison, Mobasheri sat on the "death committee" during its sessions in Evin.

-2 He was a member of the top supervisory committee that under Intelligence Minister Rayshahri set down the procedures for the massacre before the executions began.

-3 Mobasheri personally issued hundreds of death sentences in Evin prison.


OTHER CHARGES:

-1 Mobasheri was a senior official in the Revolutionary Prosecutor's Office after the 1979 revolution and in that position, he was actively involved in the arrest, torture and execution of thousands of political dissidents in Tehran. Deputy Chief of the Judiciary, Mullah Hadi Marvi, praised Mobasheri's record recently: "Mr. Mobasheri is an active and well-known figure in the judiciary. In the early years of the revolution ,he was working with Ayatollah Qoddusi to clamp down on the [Mojahedin]" (State television, April 2, 2000(.

-2 As the resident religious judge in Evin prison since 1981, he issued countless orders for torture and execution of prisoners.

-3 Mobasheri has personally issued decrees for the rape of women prisoners in Evin before their execution.

REMARKS:

There are hundreds of former prisoners in Evin who are prepared to testify on Mobasheri's crimes. Several former personnel of the Ministry of Intelligence are ready to give eyewitness testimony about Mobasheri's crimes against humanity in any trial.



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Ismail Shoushtari



Name: Ismail
Family Name: Shoushtari

POSITION IN 1988:
Head of the State Prisons Organization, member of central "death committee"

CURRENT POSITION:
Minister of Justice since 1989

OTHER POSITIONS:
Two-term Majlis deputy
Senior official in Central Revolutionary Court
Member of the Council of Senior Judicial Officials

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 As the Head of the State Prisons Organization, Shoushtari played a key role in the overall coordination of the implementation of Khomeini's fatwa in prisons across the country.

-2 As an active member of the central "death committee" in Tehran, he was involved in the approval of 10,000 executions in Tehran in the second half of 1988. He was appointed as Justice Minister the following year in appreciation of his "services" to the regime during the massacre of political prisoners.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 As the Head of the State Prisons Organization for several years, Shoushtari was directly responsible for thousands of executions, systematic torture, and rape of women prisoners that went on in prisons under his authority.

-2 Since 1989, Shoushtari has been Justice Minister and a key member on the Council of Senior Judicial Officials. He therefore bears direct responsibility for all the crimes of the mullahs' judicial system throughout this period.

-3 Shoushtari has played a significant role in the past two years to cover up the case of "politically-motivated chain murders."

COMMENTS:

Many former political prisoners from Evin Prison are ready to testify on the crimes of Shoushtari and his role in the massacre of political prisoners in 1988.



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Ali-Akbar Velayati



Name: Ali-Akbar
Family Name: Velayati

POSITION IN 1988:
Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1997

CURRENT POSITION:
Advisor on international affairs to the Supreme Leader

OTHER POSITIONS:
Member of the Majlis 1980-1981

CHARGES RELATED TO THE MASSACRE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN 1988:

-1 After the first discussion among the top leaders of the regime about the massacre, Velayati was consulted about the international consequences of the carnage. He gave his full backing to the decision to massacre political prisoners.

-2 As Foreign Minister, he led the regime's attempts to deceive the international public opinion on the massacre and conceal the dimensions of the killings. He was instrumental in barring any fact-finding visit to Iran by NGOs and UN rapporteurs. Once the massacre ended, he led the attempts to whitewash these crimes by arranging "guided tours" of the empty prisons. His role in this respect is comparable to the crimes of Joseph Goebbels in Nazi Germany.

OTHER CHARGES:

-1 In April 1997, a Berlin Court found Velayati guilty as a member of a secret four-man committee comprising the highest officials of the Islamic Republic who had to ratify all plans for the assassination of dissident Iranians abroad.

-2 During his tenure as Foreign Minister, Velayati placed all the facilities of the Foreign Ministry at the disposal of the Revolutionary Guards and the Intelligence Ministry to carry out terrorist attacks on Iranian dissidents and also foreign targets in different countries around the world.

PUBLIC STATEMENTS:

Velayati: "In this country, those who resort to armed insurgency must be killed. That's the law. Prisoners who have been executed in recent months belonged to the People's Mojahedin. Other executed prisoners had confessed to murder of political figures" (Interview with Iran's Foreign Minister, the French weekly Le Point, February 5, 1989)


Deaths in Iranian prison must be investigated Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/deaths-IRANian-prison-must-be-investigated-2011-03-1.
Amnesty International has called for an investigation into reports that up to 14 people were killed in a disturbance in a jail near Tehran this week.
The incident at the overcrowded Qezel Hesar prison in Karaj occurred on Tuesday night when clashes broke out involving prisoners and prison guards. The Prisons Chief said that a judicial investigation has been launched.
‘Such a high death toll is extremely worrying. Prison officials have a responsibility to maintain order and to protect the lives of prisoners, but must exercise restraint,' said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.
‘A prompt inquiry into these deaths is essential but it must be independent and transparent, as international human rights standards require, such as those set out in the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the Body of Principles for the protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment.
‘Unfortunately the Iranian Judiciary has routinely failed to carry out such investigations, so we are once again calling on the international community to use the current session of the UN Human Rights Council to create a Special Rapporteur to monitor and report on human rights in the Iran’.
Prison authorities said the riot was sparked by death row prisoners and drug-trafficking and possession offenders committing arson and other destructive acts in an attempt to escape, as well as attacking prison guards.
However, human rights activist groups told Amnesty International the prisoners were protesting at poor conditions and attempts to transfer some of the inmates for execution.
One activist based abroad said he had been in contact with a prisoner from inside Section 2 of prison until the early hours of Wednesday, when the phone lines were cut.
“The prisoners took over Sections 2 and 3 of the prison”, the activist told Amnesty International.
‘I was told that armed guards had stationed themselves on the roof of the prison and outside the doors to the section and the prisoners set fire to bedding to try to stop the guards from entering. The prisoner told me that the guards were shooting at everyone’.
There are reports that at least six people died from gunshot wounds and over 100 may have been injured, with some dying in - or on the way to - medical centres.
Iranian State Television reportedly said on Wednesday that 14 people had died, including at least nine prisoners, and 33 had been injured. Prison guards may have also been among the fatalities.
‘We know that the Iranian authorities are on a killing spree at the moment, having executed well over 100 people - mainly alleged drugs offenders - since the start of the year. This is yet one more reason why they should immediately order a moratorium on all executions,' added Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui.



عفو بين‌الملل: کشته‌ها در زندان ايران بايد مورد تحقيق قرار گيرند
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/deaths-IRANian-prison-must-be-investigated-2011-03-1 .
عفو بين‌الملل به تحقيقات حول گزارشهاي مبني بر مرگ 14تن در آشوبي در يک زندان در نزديکي تهران در اين هفته فراخواند.
اين واقعه در زندان پرجمعيت قزل‌حصار در کرج، در سه‌شنبه شب، به‌دنبال درگيري بين زندانيان و نگهبانان زندان رخ داد…
حسيبا حاج صحراوي، معاون مدير عفو بين‌الملل در برنامه خاورميانه و شمال آفريقا گفت، ”چنين آمار بالايي از کشته‌ها به‌شدت نگران‌کننده است. مقامات زندان مسئوليت حفظ نظم و حفاظت از جان زندانيان را دارند، ولي بايد خويشتنداري کنند. “
”يک تحقيقات فوري حول اين مرگها حياتي است، ولي بايد طبق استانداردهاي حقوق‌بشر بين‌المللي، مانند استانداردهاي تعيين شده طبق حداقل قوانين استاندارد براي رفتار با زندانيان و ارگان اصول حفاظت از تمامي‌زندانيان تحت هرنوع بازداشت يا حبس، مستقل و شفاف باشد.
”متاسفانه، قوه قضاييه ايران دائماًًًًًًًًًًً در انجام چنين تحقيقاتي ناکام مانده، بنابراين ما بار ديگر جامعه جهاني را به استفاده از جلسه کنوني شوراي حقوق‌بشر سازمان ملل براي تشکيل يک گزارشگر ويژه براي نظارت و گزارش حقوق‌بشر در ايران فرا مي‌خوانيم. “ …
گروههاي فعال حقوق‌بشر به عفو بين‌المللي گفتند، زندانيان داشتند نسبت به شرايط بد [زندان] و تلاشها براي انتقال برخي زندانيان براي اعدام اعتراض مي‌کردند…
”به ما گفته شد که نگهبانان مسلح روي سقف زندان و بيرون درب بندها مستقر شدند و زندانيان در تلاش براي جلوگيري از ورود نگهبانان رختخوابها را آتش زدند. “
گزارشهايي وجود دارد مبني بر اين‌که دستکم 6نفر بر اثر جراحت ناشي از شليک کشته شدند و ممکن است بيش از 100نفر مجروح شده باشند و برخي در مراکز پزشکي - - يا در مسير به آن - - کشته شدند…
حسيبا حاج صحراوي افزود، ”ما مي‌دانيم که مقامات ايران در حال حاضر روي دور کشتن هستند و از شروع سال بيش از 100نفر - - اساساً مجرمين مواد مخدر - - را اعدام کرده‌اند. اين دليل ديگري است براي اين‌که چرا آنها بايد بلافاصله فرمان توقف تمامي اعدامها را صادر کنند. “(سايت عفو بين‌الملل- 26/12/89)
HRA


After hundreds of prisoner were killed and wounded in Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj by Special Guard Forces, there are reports of the critical state in this prison and an increase of the number of casualties.
According to reports, since yesterday morning, in addition to the cutting off of phone lines, the families of prisoners were not able to visit their loved ones despite having appointments from before. Even the daily leaves of all the prison staff has been cancelled and prison officials have not announced the identities of the killed and wounded prisoners.
This is while some unconfirmed reports say that the bodies of prisoner have been removed from the prison. In that case, there is a possibility that the security apparatus might secretly and arbitrarily bury the bodies…
The extensive attempts of the prison’s Protection Department and the security system to prevent the reports of the uprising and the massacre of prisoners from becoming public is to the extent that despite the high number of wounded prisoners who are in critical condition, officials have refused to take them to an outside hospital and have instead preferred to transfer them to the Rajayi Shahr Prison infirmary which has an operating room. Eyewitnesses have said that 2 of the injured prisoners who were transferred to Rajayi Shahr Prison died due to a lack of medical care and the severity of their wounds.
In the March 15 clashes in Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj, which ensued after prison officials intended to executed 10 prisoners, 150 prisoners were seriously wounded after prison guards used live bullets. From the 150 prisoners, 80 were killed or are in very critical condition. A number of other prisoners are suffering from hand and leg fractures or respiratory problems as a result of fires or tear gas.
Notably, according to a statement by the head of the Prison Organizations, Qezelhesar Prison houses 20,000 prisoners, 13,000 of which have been convicted of drug related charges. This is Iran’s largest prison and the most important problem prisoners face is the lack of space. According to this prison official, the prison holds ‘300 percent’ more prisoners than its capacity




گزارش تکميلي از کشتار در زندان قزلحصار و آخرين وضعيت اين زندان
در پي کشته و زخمي شدن صد‌ها تن از زندانيان در زندان قزلحصار کرج توسط ماموران گارد ويژه، گزارشات از شرايط بحراني در اين زندان و افزايش تلفات حکايت دارد.
بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، ارگان خبري مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران، از صبح روز گذشته علاوه بر قطعي خطوط تلفن زندانيان زندان قزلحصار کرج، خانواده‌هاي اين زندانيان علي رغم وقت قبلي موفق به ملاقات نشده‌اند. اين روند تاجايي ست که حتي مرخصي روزانهٔ تمامي پرسنل زندان نيز قطع شده و هيچ اطلاعاتي از سوي مسئولين زندان مانند هويت کشته‌ها و زخمي‌ها اعلام نمي‌شود.
همانگونه که اشاره شد تاکنون مسئولان زندان اسامي کشته شدگان را اعلام نکرده‌اند در حاليکه برخي گزارش‌هاي تاييد نشده حاکي از انتقال اجساد به طور مخفيانه به خارج از زندان است که در اين صورت امکان اين مهم وجود دارد که دستگاه امنيتي، به دفن خودسرانهٔ آنان مبادرت نمايد...

تلاش گستردهٔ حفاظت زندان و دستگاه امنيتي براي عدم انتشار گزارشات در رابطه با شورش در زندان و کشتار زندانيان در حدي است که با وجود تعداد بالاي مجروحين اين حادثه که بعضا وضعيت وخيمي نيز دارند، مسئولان از انتقال ايشان به بيمارستان امتناع کرده و ترجيح دادند آن دسته از مجروحين که داراي وضعيت وخيمي هستند؛ به بهداري زندان رجايي شهر کرج که داراي اتاق عمل است منتقل کنند. شاهدان عيني از جان باختن دو تن از مجروحين حادثه که به زندان رجايي شهر کرج منتقل شده‌اند به دليل شدت جراحات وارده و عدم دريافت خدمات پزشکي لازم گزارش مي‌دهند.
گفتني ست در درگيري‌هاي ۲۴ اسفندماه زندان قزلحصار کرج که در پي اعتراض به قصد اجراي حکم اعدام ده زنداني از سوي ساير زندانيان شروع شد، ۱۵۰ تن دچار جراحات جدي به خصوص در اثر استفادهٔ نيروهاي گارد زندان از گلوله‌هاي واقعي شدند که از اين تعداد ۸۰ تن کشته و يا وضعيت بسيار وخيمي دارند. تعداد بسياري از زندانيان نيز با ساير آسيب‌ها مانند شکستگي دست و پا يا زخم‌هاي سطحي و مشکلات تنفسي ناشي از آتش سوزي و همينطور استشمام بيش از حد گاز اشک آور روبه رو هستند.
لازم به يادآوري است بر اساس گفتهٔ رئيس سازمان زندان‌ها، زندان قزلحصار با داشتن ۲۰ هزار زنداني، که حدود ۱۳ هزار نفر از زندانيان ان را محکومان مواد مخدر تشکيل مي‌دهند، بزرگ‌ترين زندان کشور بوده و مهم‌ترين مشکل اين زندان به گفتهٔ وي، تراکم آن است که "۳۰۰ درصد" بيشتر از گنجايش در آن زنداني نگهداري مي‌شود. (هرانا – 26/12/89)
Secretary General's Report: "In July 2010, a large number of prisoners were reportedly executed at one time in Mashhad prison. When OHCHR staff sought further information from Iranian counterparts during a visit to Tehran in December 2010, they confirmed that 60 persons had been executed in Mashhad in pending cases mostly linked to drug trafficking."
Local sources in Mashhad told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that ten more prisoners were secretly hanged at Vakilabad Prison on Wednesday, 2 March 2011. The ten prisoners were executed without their families or lawyers being informed. This news comes on the heels of the UN Secretary General’s report, released at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, that brought attention to secret group executions inside Mashad’s Vakilabad Prison. Previously, through information obtained from reliable local sources, the Campaign reported on the executions, but authorities have remained silent about executions at Vakilabad.
The UN Secretary General confirmed the group executions at Vakilabad Prison in his 14 March report on the situation of human rights in Iran saying, “In July 2010, a large number of prisoners were reportedly executed all at once in Mashhad prison. When OHCHR staff sought further information from Iranian counterparts during a visit to Tehran in December 2010, they confirmed that 60 persons had been executed in Mashhad in pending cases mostly linked to drug trafficking.”
As in previous group executions at Vakilabad, the prisoners themselves were unaware about their impending execution until a few hours before the sentences were carried out. All those executed on 2 March were convicted on drug-related charges.
The executions on 2 March were also not officially announced by Iranian government entities. According to Iranian law, execution sentences must be confirmed by the Supreme Court, but these executions lacked the Supreme Court’s Confirmation Letter addressed to the prisoners’ lawyers.
In interviews with the Campaign, some former prisoners and several family members of those executed inside Vakilabad Prison testified to the rushed and unfair manner in which the court was conducted, and sentences issued and confirmed. The nephew of a prisoner who was secretly hanged on 18 August 2010, told the Campaign that it only took two months from the moment his uncle was arrested, to the time he was hanged. All the while he was deprived of a fair trial. He added that the basis his uncle’s death sentence was the discovery of 300 grams of drugs inside his home. His uncle claimed that the drugs belonged to another person who fled the scene, but finding the drugs in his home became the basis for his prosecution, sentencing, and execution in a summary and illegal process, during which the accuracy of his claims were never examined.
According to statements made by reliable sources, whose earlier statements have been confirmed by Iranian authorities as the UN Secretary General’s report indicates, the 60 executions Iranian authorities acknowledged to OHCHR representatives do not represent all the executions carried out inside Vakilabad Prison between 21 March 2010 and 20 March 2011. According to trusted local sources, just on Wednesday, 19 August 2010, 67 prisoners were hanged during secret group executions. The largest numbers of executions took place between 23 July and 22 August 2010, where 60 prisoners were hanged each day in four distinct group executions. The Campaign has repeatedly asked Iranian authorities to respond to these claims and announce the exact number of executions carried out in Vakilabad Prison. Iranian authorities acknowledged the executions of 60 individuals to OHCHR, while not even one of these executions had been previously publicly confirmed by the Judiciary. This creates serious questions about the concealment of facts regarding executions of drug trafficking suspects.
Eyewitnesses and suspects who were previously detained by the Investigative Police Office and the Police Intelligence Unit, have provided testimony about beatings, physical abuse, and severe torture of ordinary prisoners for acceptance and admission of charges inside detention centers. “Many of the rulings issued by the Revolutionary Court of Mashhad are based solely on confessions made by suspects under severe torture. The summary and secret process of issuing and carrying out the widespread death sentences inside Vakilabad Prison indicate the unfairness of many of these sentences. Many of those executed did not commit a crime themselves, but were sentenced to death and executed for crimes committed by their relatives or friends,” said a human rights activist in Mashad.
Other than Vakilabad Prison, former local prisoners and other reliable sources reported similar executions inside Birjand and Taibad Prisons. Most of those executed inside Taibad Prison were Afghan citizens. On 31 January, Iran’s Prosecutor General, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei and the man directly in charge of drug trafficking cases all over the country, referred to the executions of several drug trafficking suspects inside Birjand Prison during a press conference. The number and details of the prisoners executed in Birjand Prison on that day were never announced, a fact that confirms the existence of secret executions there

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran





همزمان با اعتراض دبيرکل سازمان ملل به اعدام هاي مخفيانه در زندان مشهد: اعدام مخفيانه و دسته جمعي ۱۰ زنداني ديگر در تاريخ يازده اسفند
گزارش بان کي مون دبيرکل سازمان ملل: « در ماه ژولاي ۲۰۱۰ جمع زيادي از زندانيان براساس گزارش ها همزمان در زندان مشهد اعدام شده اند. وقتي کارمندان دفتر کميسياري عالي حقوق بشر در اثناي ديدار از تهران در دسامبر ۲۰۱۰ از طرف هاي ايراني خود در اين باره پرس و جو کردند آنها اعدام ۶۰ تن از افرادي که غالب آنها مرتبط با قاچاق مواد مخدر بودند را تاييد کردند.»
همزمان با افشاي اعدام هاي مخفيانه و دسته جمعي در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد در گزارش اين هفته دبير کل سازمان ملل که در شوراي حقوق بشر منتشر شد، منابع موثق به کمپين بي المللي حقوق بشر در ايران گفتند که ۱۰ زنداني ديگر در تاريخ چهارشنبه يازده اسفندماه در اين زندان اعدام شده اند. مقامات قوه قضاييه از اعلام اعدام هاي مرتبط با زندان وکيل آباد بشر طي ماه هاي گذشته خودداري کرده اند. کمپين پيش از اين با توجه به اطلاعاتي که از منابع موثق محلي دريافت کرده بود از وقوع اين اعدام ها خبر داده بود اما مقامات ايراني همچنان در مورد آن سکوت کردند.
روز ۲۳ اسفند مطابق با ۱۴ مارس دبيرکل سازمان ملل با انتشار گزارشي درمورد وضعيت حقوق بشر در ايران وقوع اعدام هاي دسته جمعي در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد را موردتاييد قرار داد. در اين گزارش در خصوص اعدام هايي که دولت ايران در مورد آن سکوت کرده آمده است: « در ماه ژولاي ۲۰۱۰ جمع زيادي از زندانيان براساس گزارش ها همزمان در زندان مشهد اعدام شده اند. وقتي کارمندان دفتر کميسياري عالي حقوق بشر در اثناي ديدار از تهران در دسامبر ۲۰۱۰ از طرف هاي ايراني خود در اين باره پرس و جو کردند آنها اعدام ۶۰ تن از افرادي که غالب آنها مرتبط با قاچاق مواد مخدر بودند را تاييد کردند.»
منابع موثق به کمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران گفته اند که در روز يازدهم اسفند ۱۰ زنداني عادي بدون اطلاع خانواده و وکلايشان و به صورت پنهاني در اين زندان اعدام شده اند. محکومان به اعدام نيز تا ساعاتي قبل از اعدام از زمان اجراي حکمشان بي خبر بوده اند. اتهام همه اعدام شدگان روز يازده اسفند مربوط به قاچاق مواد مخدر بوده است.
به گفته منابع ياد شده اعدام هاي اجرا شده در اين روز مانند صدها زنداني ديگر که در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد اعدام شده اند بدون اعلام رسمي از سوي دستگاه هاي رسمي حکومت ايران بوده است. اين اعدام ها بدون ابلاغ تاييديه حکم از سوي ديوان عالي به وکلاي متهمان اجرا شده است. طبق قوانين ايران احکام اعدام بايد به تاييد
ديوان عالي کشور برسد.
احمد محسني گرکاني، رييس ديوان عالي کشور، روز گذشته با تاييد ضمني شتابزده بودن صدور احکام اعدام در دادگاه هاي ايران به خبرگزاري مهر گفته است: «احکام قطعي اعدام از سوي دادگاه کيفري در کمتر از ۱۰ روز در ديوان عالي کشور رسيدگي مي شود. و رسيدگي به پرونده هايي که حکم اعدام براي آنها صادر شده بسيار آسان است.”»
برخي از زندانيان سابق و چند تن از خانواده اعدام شدگان زندان مشهد پيش از اين در گفت وگو با کمپين از روند شتابزده و غيرعادلانه تشکيل دادگاه ، صدور و تاييد حکم خبر داده بودند. برادرزاده يکي از اعدام شدگان در روز ۲۷ مرداد هشتاد ونه به کمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران گفت که از زمان بازداشت تا اجراي حکم اعدام عمويش تنها دو ماه طول کشيده و وي از حق دادرسي عادلانه محروم بوده است. وي همچنين گفت که مبناي صدور حکم اعدام براي وي صرفا پيدا کردن ۳۰۰ گرم مواد مخدر در خانه اين زنداني اعدام شده بوده و علي رغم اينکه متهم ادعا کرده بوده مواد مخدر متعلق به فرد ديگري بوده که فرار کرده است ، به صرف اينکه مواد مخدر در خانه اين فرد پيدا شده است در روندي کاملا شتايزده و غيرقانوني براي وي حکم اعدام صادر و اجرا شده است و صحت وسقم ادعاهاي وي مورد بررسي قرار نگرفت.
کمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران براساس گفته هاي منابع موثقي که هم اکنون مقامات ايراني با توجه به گزارش دبير کل سازمان ملل مجبور به صحه گذاشتن برآن شده اند براين باور است که ۶۰ اعدام گفته شده توسط مقامات ايراني همه موارد اعدام در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد در طي سال جاري نيست. به گفته منابع موثق محلي، تنها در تاريخ بيست و هفتم مرداد هشتاد ونه، ۶۷ زنداني به صورت دسته جمعي و پنهاني در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد اعدام شده اند .هفته قبل از آن و در تاريخ نوزدهم مرداد نيز ۶۳ زنداني ديگر به همين شيوه اعدام شده اند. اين منابع معتقدند که از تابستان سال هشتاد و هشت تا انتهاي سال هشتاد و نه صدها زنداني بدون اعلام رسمي مقام هاي قضايي و دولتي ايران به صورت دسته جمعي اعدام شده اند و بيشترين ميزان اعدام ها در مرداد ماه سال هشتاد ونه همزمان با ماه رمضان بوده است که در چهار نوبت و هر نوبت بيشتر از ۶۰ زنداني اعدام شده اند. کمپين پيش از اين از مقامات ايراني به صورت مکرر درخواست کرده بود که به چنين ادعاهايي پاسخ بدهد و تعداد دقيق اعدام ها در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد را اعلام کند. تاييد ۶۰ اعدام در زندان مشهد توسط مقامات قوه قضاييه در حالي که حتي يک مورد از آن توسط اين قوه گزارش نشده است، سوال هاي جدي را درخصوص پنهان کاري در خصوص اعدام متهمان مرتبط با مواد مخدر ايجاد مي کند.
علاوه بر اين شاهدان عيني و متهمان بازداشت شده در بازداشتگاه هاي اداره آگاهي و اطلاعات ناجا از ضرب و شتم و شکنجه شديد زندانيان عادي جهت اخذ اعتراف و پذيرفتن اتهام هاي وارده در اين بازداشتگاه ها خبر مي دهند. يک فعال حقوق بشر مشهدي در اين زمينه به کمپين گفت: «بسياري از احکام اعدام صادر شده در دادگاه انقلاب مشهد براي متهمان صرفا بر مبني اقارير اخذ شده از متهمان زير شکنجه ها شديد ميباشد. روند شتابزده و مخفيانه صدور و اجراي احکام گسترده اعدام در زندان وکيل آباد مشهد حاکي از ناعادلانه بودن بسياري از اين احکام ميباشد. بسياري از اعدام شده ها خود مرتکب جرمي نشده اند و به صرف ارتکالب جرم از سوي بستگان و يا دوستانشان به اعدام محکوم شده اند و حکم انها اجرا شده است.»
به جز زندان وکيل آباد مشهد ، زندانيان سابق محلي و منابع موثق ديگر از اعدام هاي مشابه اعلام نشده در زندان هاي بيرجند و تايباد خبر داده اند. اکثر اعدام شده ها در زندان تايباد از شهروندان افغان بوده اند. روز يازدهم بهمن محسني اژه اي دادستان کل ايران و مسئول اصلي پرونده متهمان مواد مخدر در سراسر کشور به اعدام تعدادي از متهمان مواد مخدري در زندان بيرجند در ان روز اشاره کرده بود که هيچگاه تعداد و جزئيات زنداني هاي اعدام شده در ان روز در زندان يبرجند اعلام نشد ، امري که تاييد کننده وجود اعدام هاي مخفيانه در زندان بيرجند ميباشد. ‏ (کمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران – 26/12/89)
A human rights activist told the Campaign that tens of families of prisoners who went to Evin Prison in the hopes of seeing their family members released were beaten and abused by prison staff and police officers.
A human rights activist told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that dozens of family members of political prisoners who had gone to Evin Prison hoping to receive bail or furlough orders for their kin, faced insults and in some cases beatings from prison officers. According to this eyewitness, though most families showed up to Evin Prison Court following instructions to post bail or introduce custodians [in lieu of bail], they were kept from entering Evin Court and court officials refused to accept their bail or custodians for prisoner release. The eyewitness identified those attacking families as police officers, soldiers stationed at the prison, and certain employees of Evin Prison Court, who routinely insult and abuse family members of political prisoners.
“Most people gathered in front of Evin Prison are family members of those arrested on 14 and 20 February and 1 March whose relatives remain inside different wards of Evin Prison. These families went to Evin Prison hoping to see their relatives released on bail or in their custody,” the human rights activist told the Campaign.
The human rights activist told the Campaign that officers and authorities insult prisoners and their families. “I witnessed one of the soldiers who came in the middle of the crowd and beat and dispersed the families,” he said.
According to reports, during the three days of protest on 14 and 20 February and 1 March, more than 1,000 protesters were arrested, hundreds of whom remain inside different detention centers and Evin Prison.
“The sister of one of the detainees told me: ‘My brother is only 17 years old. He was arrested along with a large of number of other under-18 protesters; they are all detained inside a correctional facility, and despite his bail ruling, they refuse to allow me to post his bail in order to release him.’ The old mother of another detainee, an Azeri speaker who spoke Farsi with difficulty, told me that she is waiting for her son who is her only kin. She said her son is a laborer who was arrested on his way home from work on 1 March, and he has not been released since. She said that she has no one in Tehran and is unable to raise bail or introduce a custodian [for her son's release]. The father of another prisoner who was facing verbal abuse of officers kept smiling and shaking his head, saying that he would not retort, so that he could see his son released. Another family member who resisted the beating of a prison soldier, and pushed him aside, faced an officer who told him: ‘Even if the judge decides to release your prisoner [relative], I won’t allow it.’ People said that every day dozens of prisoner families gather here from early in the morning until late at night, under snow and rain, awaiting the roll call of prisoners who are released on bail,” said the human rights activist about various conversations he had with families of political prisoners in front of Evin Prison.
Evin Prison Court (Shahid Moghaddas) is a part of the Revolutionary Court system which has eight investigative branches and is located inside the Evin Prison complex. Former Head of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Hashemi Shahroudi, ordered Evin Prison Court closed after due process requirements were continuously not observed and because the court prevented lawyers and families of political prisoners from attending sessions or from having access to case files.
Following the post-election protests of 2009, which resulted in the arrests of thousands of journalists, political, student, women’s rights, human rights and labor activists, and regular protesting citizens, Evin Prison Court was re-opened on orders from the new Head of the Juridiciary, Sadegh Amoli Larijani. Currently, all judicial cases pertaining to political prisoners in Tehran are handled in this Court.
Aside from being located inside Evin Prison Complex, many individuals who have been put on trial there or whose cases were reviewed inside this court, have reported that the entire court is under the intense influence of security organizations. This influence is so marked, that security interrogators and forces exert complete control over political cases. They even determine sentences prior to the trial and judge’s verdict, and inform the suspects of their sentences beforehand.
Before being sentenced to 11 years in prison by a lower court, prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh told the Campaign that her interrogators and security forces told her that she would not receive a sentence shorter than 10 years. Other political prisoners have also testified to the influence of security organizations that eliminates the possibility of any fair trial based on international standards. International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran




جمع هر روزه خانواده زندانيان سياسي مقابل زندان اوين: توهين و ضرب و شتم خانواده زندانيان سياسي توسط ماموران دادسراي اوين
يک فعال حقوق بشر به کمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران گفت دهها خانواده زندانيان سياسي که در روزهاي پاياني سال به اميد آزادي با وثيقه و يا مرخصي بستگانشان در جلوي زندان اوين تجمع کرده اند با توهين مکرر وحتي ضرب شتم برخي از انها مواجه شده اند.
يک فعال حقوق بشر به کمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران گفت که دهها خانواده زندانيان سياسي که به اميد آزادي به قيد وثيقه و يا مرخصي بستگانشان به زندان اوين مراجعه کرده اند با توهين و يا درمواردي با ضرب و شتم ماموران زندان مواجه شده اند. به گفته يک شاهد عيني علي رغم آنکه اکثر خانواده ها با تماس از دادسراي اوين براي توديع وثيقه و يا معرفي کفيل به دادسراي اوين مراجعه کرده اند، از ورود آنها به دادسراي اوين جلوگيري ميشود و مسئولان دادسرا اوين از قبول وثيقه و کفيل براي ازادي زندانيان خودداري مي‌کنند. اين شاهد عيني همچنين از اينکه افسران اطلاعات نيروي انتظامي جمهوري اسلامي (ناجا)، بعضي سربازهاي زندان و برخي کارکنان دادسراي اوين از افرادي هستند که به خانواده زندانيان سياسي مکررا توهين و در بعضي موارد آنها را ضرب و شتم ميکنند.
اين فعال حقوق بشر که در بين اين خانواده ها حضور يافته به کمپين گفت: « بيشتر کساني که مقابل اوين جمع شده اند خانواده بازداشت شدگان اعتراضات روزهاي ۲۵ بهمن ، اول و دهم اسفند ميباشند که همچنان بستگانشان در بندهاي مختلف زندان اوين ميباشند. اين خانواده ها به اميد انکه بستگانشان با قرار وثيه يا کفالت ازاد شوند به مقابل اوين رفته اند.»
اين فعال حقوق بشر با ذکر اينکه ماموران و افسران مقابل اوين به زندانيان و خانواده انها توهين ميکنند به کمپين گفت: « مثلا من خودم ديدم که يکي از افسرها به خانواده يکي از زندانيان مي‌گفت که زنداني آنها غلط کرده که گفته وثيقه بيارين، … خورده که زنگ زده به شما. ميرن تو خيابون جفتک ميندازن حالا انتظار دارين که زود ازادشون کنيم؟ يا بنده شاهد بودم که يکي از سربازها به ميان جمعيت اومد و خانواده ها رو ميزد و پراکنده ميکرد.»
بنا بر برخي گزارش هاي منتشر شده، در روزهاي ۲۵ بهمن ، اول اسفند و دهم اسفند بيشتر از ۱۰۰۰ تن از معترضان بازداشت شده اند که صدها نفر انها همچنان در بازداشتگاهاي مختلف و زندان اوين نگهداري ميشوند.
اين فعال حقوق بشر در خصوص صحبت هاي خود با خانواده هاي زندانيان سياسي در جلوي زندان گفت: « خواهر يکي از بازداشت شده ها به من گفت برادم تنها ۱۷ سال دارد و همراه تعداد زيادي ديگر از بازداشت شده هاي زير ۱۸ سال اعتراضات اخير در کانون اصلاح و تربيت زنداني است و علي رغم تعيين وثيقه ، از پذيرش وثيقه و ازادي وي امتناع ميکنند. مادر پير يکي ديگر از بازداشت شدگان که ترک زبان بود و به زحمت به فارسي حرف ميزد ميگفت که منتظر پسرش است که تنها فردي است که دارد. ميگفت پسرش کارگر است و ۱۰ اسفند داشته از محل کار به خانه ميامده که بازداشت شده و هنوز ازادش نکرده اند. اين مادر ميگفت هيچ کس را در تهران ندارد و وثيقه و کفالت هم نميتواند تهيه کند. پدر يکي ديگر از زنداني ها که با فحاشي ماموران روبرو شده بود، فقط ميخنديد و سري تکان ميداد و ميگفت براي ازادي پسرم جواب اينها را نميدهم. يکي ديگر از خانواده ها که مقابل ضرب و شتم سرباز زندان ايستادگي کرد و او را هل داد با اين گفته يکي از افسران روبرو شد که ميگفت حتي قاضي هم اگر بخواهد زنداني شما را ازاد کند ، من نميگذارم. مردم ميگفتند که هر روز دهها نفر از خانواده زندانيان از صبح زود تا اخر شب و زير برف و باران اينجا جمع ميشوند و منتظر خواندن اسامي زندانياني هستند که با سپردن وثيقه ازاد ميشوند.»
‏دادسراي امنيتي زندان اوين ( شهيد مقدس ) بخشي از دادگاه انقلاب ميباشد که هشت شعبه بازپرسي دارد و داخل محدوده زندان اوين قرار دارد. آيت الله سيد محمود شاهرودي رئيس پيشين قوه قضائيه ايران به دليل عدم رعايت آيين دادرسي عادلانه در اين دادسرا و ممانعت وکلا و خانواده زندانيان سياسي از حضور در آن و عدم دسترسي انها به پرونده بازداشت شده ها، تعطيل کرده بود.
اين دادسرا در پي اعتراضات گسترده به نتايج انتخابات سال ۸۸ و بازداشت دهها هزار نفر از روزنامه نگاران، فعالين سياسي، دانشجويي، زنان، حقوق بشري و کارگري و مردم عادي معترض، مجددا و به دستور صادق آملي لاريجاني رئيس فعلي قوه قضائيه بازگشايي شد و هم اکنون پرونده همه زندانيان سياسي شهر تهران در اين دادسرا بررسي ميشود.
دادسراي اوين نه تنها مکانش در محدوده زندان اوين است بلکه به گفته بسياري از افرادي که به اين دادسرا مراجعه کرده اند ويا پرونده آنها در آن مورد بررسي قرارگرفته است تحت نفوذ شديد دستگاه هاي امنيتي است. به نحوي که بازجو ها و ماموران امنيتي کاملا در پرونده هاي سياسي اعمال نفوذ مي‌کنند و حتي ميزان محکوميت متهمان را قبل از صدور راي توسط قاضي مشخص کرده و به متهمان ميگويند.
نسرين ستوده وکيل برجسته حقوق بشري پيش از آنکه حکم يازده سال زندان وي در دادگاه بدوي اعلام شود به کمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران گفته بود که بازجويان و ماموران امنيتي به وي گفته اند که حکمي کمتر از ده سال براي وي صادر نخواهد شد. برخي ديگر از زندانيان سياسي نيز از نفوذ دستگاه هاي امنيتي در اين دادسرا که امکان هر گونه دادرسي عادلانه و مطابق با استانداردهاي بين المللي را غيرممکن مي کند سخن گفته اند. (كمپين بين المللي حقوق بشر در ايران - 26/12/89)
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Thousands of prisoners in Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj protested the planned execution of ten prisoners in this prison which led to bloody clashes with prison guards. At least 150 prisoners were killed or wounded.
According to reports, on March 15, prisoners in some of the cellblocks in this prison such as cellblock 2 and 3 protested the planned execution of 10 of their cellmates.
About 3,000 prisoners participated in this protest and broke their cell doors chanting, ‘executions must be stopped’.
After these protests, security forces attacked the prisoners at 9 pm which led to bloody clashes.
The prison guards used live bullets to control the protests and killed 80 prisoners. Other prisoners were severely wounded or were transferred to another location outside of the cellblock. More than 150 prisoners were shot and according to reports, many of them are in critical condition.
Most of these prisoners were on death row. \



AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

DEATHS IN IRANIAN PRISON MUST BE INVESTIGATED
17 March 2011
Amnesty International has called for an investigation into reports that up to 14 people were killed in a disturbance in a jail near Tehran this week.

The incident at the overcrowded Qezel Hesar prison in Karaj occurred on Tuesday night when clashes broke out involving prisoners and prison guards. The Prisons Chief said that a judicial investigation has been launched.

"Such a high death toll is extremely worrying. Prison officials have a responsibility to maintain order and to protect the lives of prisoners, but must exercise restraint," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Deputy Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Programme.

"A prompt inquiry into these deaths is essential but it must be independent and transparent, as international human rights standards require, such as those set out in the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the Body of Principles for the protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment.

"Unfortunately the Iranian Judiciary has routinely failed to carry out such investigations, so we are once again calling on the international community to use the current session of the UN Human Rights Council to create a Special Rapporteur to monitor and report on human rights in the Iran.”

Prison authorities said the riot was sparked by death row prisoners and drug-trafficking and possession offenders committing arson and other destructive acts in an attempt to escape, as well as attacking prison guards.

However, human rights activist groups told Amnesty International the prisoners were protesting at poor conditions and attempts to transfer some of the inmates for execution.

One activist based abroad said he had been in contact with a prisoner from inside Section 2 of prison until the early hours of Wednesday, when the phone lines were cut.

“The prisoners took over Sections 2 and 3 of the prison,” the activist told Amnesty International.

"I was told that armed guards had stationed themselves on the roof of the prison and outside the doors to the section and the prisoners set fire to bedding to try to stop the guards from entering. The prisoner told me that the guards were shooting at everyone.”

There are reports that at least six people died from gunshot wounds and over 100 may have been injured, with some dying in - or on the way to - medical centres.

Iranian State Television reportedly said on Wednesday that 14 people had died, including at least nine prisoners, and 33 had been injured. Prison guards may have also been among the fatalities.

"We know that the Iranian authorities are on a killing spree at the moment, having executed well over 100 people – mainly alleged drugs offenders - since the start of the year. This is yet one more reason why they should immediately order a moratorium on all executions," added Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui.






صدها کشته و زخمي در زندان قزلحصار در پي اعتراض به اجراي احکام اعدام
در پي قرار اجراي حکم اعدام ۱۰ تن از زندانيان در زندان قزل حصار و اعتراض هزاران تن از زندانيان به اين موضوع، درگيري‌هاي خونين در اين زندان به وقوع پيوست که منجر به کشته و زخمي شدن دست کم ۱۵۰ تن گرديد.
بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، ارگان خبري مجموعه فعالان حقوق بشر در ايران، شب گذشته، مورخ بيست و چهارم اسفندماه، زندانيان برخي بندهاي زندان قزلحصار کرج، نظير واحد ۲ و ۳ در راستاي توقف اجراي حکم اعدام ۱۰ تن از هم بنديان خود، دست به اعتراض و اعتصابي گسترده زدند.
تاجايي که حدود سه هزار تن از زندانيان در راستاي اين خواسته و در اقدامي اعتراضي اقدام به شکستن درب بند‌ها نموده و به سر دادن شعار "اعدام بايد متوقف شود"، پرداختند.
در پي اين اعتراض، نيروهاي امنيتي در ساعت ۹ شب، به بند زندانيان هجوم آورده و موجب درگيري‌هاي خونين شدند.
Human Rights and Democracy Activists in Iran
According to reports, several people were arrested on Charshambeh Soori (Fire Festival) when the festival turned into protests against the Iranian regime.
On the evening of March 15, security forces attacked young people on the streets and arrested a number of them. More than 25 people were arrested in Block 1 in the Andishe region in Karaj. The detainees were immediately taken to Police Station number 1 in Andisheh. They were violently beaten with batons and other tools.
In this police station, one of the detainees identified as Davoud Zarabi, 30, was taken to a hospital because of his injuries from the beatings. He was taken to the hospital in a critical condition with a bloody face and head.




کشته شدن يک کولبر در سردشت به دست نيروهاي انتظامي
در پي تيراندازي نيروهاي انتظامي به شهروندان کولبر در سردشت، يک تن جان خود را از دست مي‌دهد.
آژانس خبري فرات نيوز در خبري اعلام کرد که روز جمعه مورخ ۲۰ اسفندماه در يکي ار مناطق مرزي شهرستان سردشت نيروهاي انتظامي تعدادي از شهروندان مرزنشين کرد (کولبران) را به ظن حمل کالاي خارجي به گلوله مي‌بندند؛ که بر اثر آن يک شهروند کرد به نام "محمد يوسف‌زاده" به شدت زخمي مي‌شود.
گفته مي شود به دليل شدت جراحات اين شهروند کرد در حين انتقال به بيمارستان شهر مهاباد جان خويش را از دست مي‌دهد. (هرانا – 24/12/89)

Sum up of Charchanbe soori protests : 15 March 2011



A collection of reports depicting a never ending protest that started in 2009 and is still ongoing, dispite sever and unique organized suppression involving tens and thousands of supressive forces mobilized from provinces into main cities:

Tehran- 15 march
Report from sources :



In Salsebil , suppressive guards used long metal batons and chains to scatter the crowd, and people were severely beaten up. In return a crowd took over the scene and fended the beatings off and clashes broke out for some time.



In Vali Asr and Haft e Tir , there were clashes between people and forces sent to beat up the crowd. Crowd chanted “Get lost you thugs” , “ Down with dictator”.



In Pardisan Park and Hemmat Highway there was a gathering and slogans against the guards who had chot into the crowd . They chanted “ I will kill, I will kill the one who killed my brother” (Mikosham, mikosham anke baradaram kost). This slogan related back to the 1979 uprising when the millions chanted the same to Shah’s police that fired into the crowd.
The amazing scene was the cluster almost organized of people in 50s which leapt forward, clashed with the guards and receded back without getting any one arrested.
Some people had set fire to the picture of Khamenei and people were dancing around it



Shahrak e gharb
Source by phone :
It was the usual or us. We tried hard to gather, and they tried hard to batt us off. Around 8pm we did get some time to start gathering and the amazing thing is that everyone else had done the same, as soon as we came to be 10, in a few moments lots of other people gathered. We started by opening up our fire and crackers. after a few moments a group of motor cascade elements rushed in with tear gaz and batons and even fired in air to scatter us.
One of the boys, who was not actually chanting like us and was dancing around the fire was attacked by a spray which brought him to the ground and a group of suppressive guards attacked him to take him away. The only thing for us was to throw a sound grenade we had prepared for fun. This worked and the group left in a hurry.



In another part of Shahrake Gharb , there was another gathering, which was also attacked by the guards and plain cloth thugs. There were at least 40 guards on motorbikes They also used tear gaz and some had pistols in their hands threatening to shoot directly at the crowd. But in any case they managed to disperse and come back till late in the evening.


In Jeihoon Avenue
People had gathered Chanting “Down with Dictator.” Crowd also came from the Karoon, Azarbaijan and Sattarkhan Avenues heading towards Behboudi Avenue. Along the way there was fire lit and youth used firecrackers to disperse suppressive guards.




Khoramabad-15 March
Source report :
After dusk, around 8 pm, we gathered in Shirkhah and others in GhaziAbad , Que sq. and Motahari. This was difficult since security force presence was like a swarm of bees and they were everywhere. I have sent a picture to show how abundant we were only in one corner of that area. We used sound grenades to fend off the suppressive squads that used batons and tear gaz. We carried our celebration any way.

Boroujerd
Report :
There was a gathering in Takhti square. It was not long but , there were lit fires and sound grenades could be heard.



Rasht
Report :


In Golsar area lots of people gathered to celebrate the fire festivity as an anti-government act. The police who was not too far was hesitant to intervene, since the crowd was huge. The celebrations and sound grenades and some slogans were done for an hour or two.


In Motahari , as armed suppressive forces came to maneuver and show force , a couple of youth threw sound grenades and fire crackers in their path. This scared them and they left the area for some time.
We could hear chants of Down with dictator in scattered patterns.

Isfahan
People came to gather around the Karoun river. They were attacked most of the time by thugs in plain clots and chains, chanting “death to Monafegh”(mostly refereeing to banned political group Mojahedin) there were some clashes but the crowd would disperse and come back at another place.
Youth were dancing around fire on karoun and Si o Sepol bridges.
Clips :


Bassig Motorbike set on fire Tehran - Freedommessenger


Babol: people chant Down with Dictator


Mashad - VakilAbad , people gather dispite suppressive measures



Bassig Motor Unite attack people m and people woo them off


Shiraz brutal attack of suppressive forces


Rasht - Golsar: People Chant Death to dictator


Bojnourd : People chant "Mobarak benAli, its time for Sid Ali (Khamenei).


Tehran , Youth fight off attack of bassige forces


Religious city of Qom: people Shook-off threats by suppressive guards and continued the Fire festivity
Human Rights Activists in Iran


The Smuggled Goods Inspection Bureau burned 300 bibles with the coordination of security forces and Revolutionary Guards Corps. These bibles were found in a bus going through a checkpoint.
According to reports, on Saturday February 8 more than 300 bibles were found by the Smuggled Goods Inspection Bureau with the cooperation of the RGC in West Azarbaijan’s Salmas. Other smuggled goods including alcoholic beverages were also found. These goods were burned during a ceremony by security forces in Darishak Village.
This is while in a similar measure in June 2010, security forces burned hundreds of bibles in Sardasht and reports of this measure were openly covered by state run media.
Notably, Iranian Christians are banned from printing the bible and have to provide this book from outside of the country which is mostly banned from legal methods.



سوزاندن بيش از سيصد جلد انجيل توسط نيروهاي امنيتي
اداره بازرسي و كشف كالاي قاچاق با هماهنگي نيروي امنيتي سپاه پاسداران ۲ كارتن كتاب حاوي بيش از ۳۰۰ جلد كتاب "انجيل" را كه در جريان يك عمليات ايست بازرسي در داخل يك اتوبوس كشف و ضبط كرده بودند، به آتش كشيدند.
بنا به اطلاع گزارشگران هرانا، خبرگزاري حقوق بشر ايران، روز سه شنبه مورخ ۱۹ بهمن ماه اداره بازرسي و كشف كالاي قاچاق با همكاري سپاه پاسداران استان آذربايجان غربي شهرستان سلماس، در اقدامي بيش از ۳۰۰ جلد كتاب مقدس مسيحيان را به همراه برخي ديگر از كالاهاي قاچاق مكشوفه نظير مشروبات الكلي و ... كه پيش از اين توسط ماموران امنيتي در نوار مرزي كشور كشف و ضبط شده بود؛ طي مراسمي در روستاي "دريشك" به آتش كشيدند.
اين در حاليست ‌که در خرداد ماه سالجاري نيز در اقدامي مشابه نيروهاي امنيتي صدها جلد کتاب مقدس مسيحيان را در شهرستان سردشت از شهرهاي مرزي در غرب كشور به آتش كشيدند و خبر آن به صورت بسيار آشکار و مستند توسط رسانه‌هاي حكومتي وابسته به حکومت اسلامي اعلام شده بود.
شايان ذکر است که مسيحيان در ايران اجازه چاپ انحيل را ندارند و براي دسترسي به آن مجبور هستند اين کتاب را از خارج کشور تهيه کنند که عمدتا نيز به طور قانوني اجازه ورود ندارد. (هرانا – 22/12/89)

Daneshju News

On the morning of Saturday March 12, plainclothes agents entered the home of three students and arrested Amin Roghani and Ehsan Qashqayi, one of the heads of a student association in Semnan University, after searching their home with a handwritten search warrant.
According to reports, plainclothes agents confiscated books, magazines, laptops, cellphones and even CD’s and text books of four of their roommates and left nothing in the house except mattresses and kitchen utensils.
This is while the Disciplinary Committee in Semnan University has made many summonses and has issued heavy disciplinary sentences for students such as the one semester suspension for Abolfazl Qorbanian and Mohammad Zarei.




احضار‌هاي فله‌اي و بازداشت دو تن از دانشجويان دانشگاه سمنان
صبح روز شنبه ۲۱ اسفند ماموران لباس شخصي با ورود به منزل سه تن از دانشجويان و تفتيش خانه با حکم دست نويس کپي شده براي تحقيق، امين روغني دانشجوي فني و احسان قشقايي دبير سياسي دو دوره مجمع اسلامي دانشجويان دانشگاه سمنان و دبير فعلي واحد روابط عمومي اين تشکل را به همراه خود بردند.
به گزارش دانشجو نيوز، ماموران لباس شخصي کتاب ها، مجلات، لب تاب هاي شخصي، تلفن همراه و حتي سي دي ها و جزوات علمي چهار نفر از هم خانه اي هاي اين دانشجويان دستگير شده را نيز با خود بردند و بر ظاهر امر جز لحاف و تشک و وسايل آشپز خانه بر جاي نگذاشتند.
اين در حاليست که کميته انضباطي دانشگاه سمنان در هفته منتهي به پايان سال به احضار هاي فله اي و صدور احکام سنگين انضباطي دست زده است . از آن جمله حکم يک ترم محروميت از تحصيل با احتساب سنوات و حکم توبيخ کتبي براي ابوالفضل قربانيان و يک ترم محروميت از تحصيل بدون احتساب سنوات براي محمد زارعي است. (دانشجو نيوز – 22/12/89)

Charshanbe soori preperations underway: Activists write slogans


The Iranian regime has been preparing to confront any social activity or gathering with respect to charshanbe soori ceremonies, which normally involve jumping over fire and a food feast.
It has mobilized in its maximum capacity to meet any discontent or gathering. nevertheless, we are receiving reports of scattered activities on behalf of youth and families to carry on with the feasts, in an effort to express anti-government discontent and strive for a complete change of system in Iran.
One such reports is of slogans being written in public places and routs .
The photo is sent by teams writing slogans and preparing for a feast tonight and tomorrow.
Photo: Anti Khamenei slogans written in Boostan Park –Shahrak e Gharb : MARG BAR KHAMANEI JALAD
"Down with Khamenei the henchman"


Back ground to Chahar-Shanbeh Soori, Festival of Fire

Photos from Archive
People jumping over fire
Last Wednesday of the year (Chahar Shanbeh Soori): On the eve of last Wednesday of the year, literally the eve of Red Wednesday or the eve of celebration, bonfires are lit in public places with the help of fire and light, it is hoped for enlightenment and happiness throughout the coming year. People leap over the flames, shouting:

(Sorkhi-e to az man) Give me your beautiful red color
(Zardi-e man az to) And take back my sickly pallor!


With the help of fire and light symbols of good, we hope to see our way through this unlucky night - the end of the year- to the arrival of springs longer days. Traditionally, it is believed that the living were visited by the spirits of their ancestors on the last day of the year. Many people specially children, wrap themselves in shrouds symbolically reenacting the visits. By the light of the bonfire, they run through the streets banging on pots and pans with spoons called Gashog-Zani to beat out the last unlucky Wednesday of the year, while they knock on doors to ask for treats. Indeed, Halloween is a Celtic variation of this night.

In order to make wishes come true, it is customary to prepare special foods and distribute them on this night.

Noodle Soup a filled Persian delight, and mixture of seven dried nuts and fruits, pistachios, roasted chic peas, almond, hazelnuts, figs, apricots, and raisins.

The ancient Iranians celebrated the last 10 days of the year in their annual obligation feast of all souls, Hamaspathmaedaya (Farvardigan or popularly Forodigan). They believed Foruhars (fravagar), the guardian angles for humans and also the spirits of dead would come back for reunion. These spirits were entertained as honored guests in their old homes, and were bidden a formal ritual farewell at the dawn of the New Year. The ten-day festival also coincided with festivals celebrating the creation of fire and humans. In Sasanian period the festival was divided into two distinct pentads, known as the lesser and the greater Pentad, or Panji as it is called today. Gradually the belief developed that the 'Lesser Panji' belonged to the souls of children and those who died without sin, whereas 'Greater Panji' was truly for all souls.

Spring housecleaning was carried out and bon fires were set up on the rooftops to welcome the return of the departed souls. Small clay figurines in shape of humans and animals symbolizing all departed relatives and animals were also placed on the rooftops. Zoroastrians today still follow this tradition. Flames were burnt all night to ensure the returning spirits were protected from the forces of Ahriman. This was called Suri festival. There were gatherings in joyful assemblies, with prayers, feasts and communal consumption of ritually blessed food. Rich and poor met together and the occasion was a time of general goodwill when quarrels were made up and friendships renewed.

Today the occasion is accompanied by fire works from locally made firecrackers. There is no religious significance attached to it any more and is a purely secular festival for all Iranians.
Your fiery red color is mine and my sickly yellow paleness is your. This is a purification rite and 'suri' itself means red and fiery.

Why so much fuss over a traditional ceremony by Iraian regime?

The truth of the matter is that , since the 2009 uprisings, the Iranian regime has lost its sturdiness and is undergoing a rather fast trend of implosion as the result of internal uprisings, factional greed over power, disability to overcome economic, social and political crisis within its fractions and also the presence and activity of dissident and organized opposition.
The taboo of the “Velayat Faghih” or supreme jurisprudence was cracked in 2009 uprisings and at its peak in Ashura protests of 2009 , and is now leading to disintegration of the whole hierarchy.
In other words it is at its weakest and getting weaker while trying to sustain in midst of all the problems inside and outside.
Any protest or continued protests will be the last of the Iranian once considered Religious Empire.



Clips from Last year showing a turing of the tide during the festivities :
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