{"id":11761,"date":"2018-08-25T22:42:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T02:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=11761"},"modified":"2018-08-26T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T20:45:15","slug":"global-conference-urges-un-security-council-to-prosecute-perpetrators-of-1988-massacre-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/2018\/08\/25\/global-conference-urges-un-security-council-to-prosecute-perpetrators-of-1988-massacre-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Conference Urges UN Security Council to Prosecute Perpetrators of 1988 Massacre in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, August 25, Iranian communities across the globe held an interactive video conference<\/a> in at least 20 cities in Europe and North America simultaneously to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran upon Khomeini\u2019s decree for the genocide in 1988<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The conference connected 20 major cities and capitals in France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Romania, and Canada where the participants called for prosecution of the perpetrators of 1988 Massacre as crime against humanity and four decades of crimes in Iran.<\/p>\n

A number of political dignitaries attended and addressed the conference where members and representatives of Iranian communities in Europe and Canada participated and delivered speeches. A number of eyewitnesses to the massacre, families of the victims and former political prisoners also testified at this event.<\/p>\n

\"\"In her\u00a0remarks<\/a>\u00a0at the conference, the Iranian Resistance’s President-elect, Maryam Rajavi, honored the heroes<\/a> of 1988 and elaborated on their impact as an inspiration to the steadfastness of the organized Resistance for freedom and nationwide uprisings in Iran.<\/p>\n

She urged the U.N. Security Council to prosecute perpetrators of 1988 Massacre and the officials in charge of this crime against humanity and four decades of crimes in Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor three decades, the international community has been silent over the\u00a0massacre of political prisoners<\/a>\u00a0in Iran. As a result, the mullahs have continued with impunity to violate human rights in Iran, crack down on public protests, launch terrorist operations, and wage catastrophic wars in the Middle East and other countries. Now, the time has come to end this silence,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi said\u00a0in her speech<\/a> at the Iranian communities\u2019 global conference.<\/p>\n

She also reiterated that the Iranian regime\u2019s spies and mercenaries must be expelled from western countries, and all relations with the regime must be terminated as the regime takes advantage of diplomatic resources to promote state-sponsored terrorism. She stressed that the regime\u2019s embassies must be shut down.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clerical regime\u2019s reaction to dissent, even inside prisons under their own control, is mass execution. Any legitimate protest or demonstration is repressed by detention and torture of participants. In the uprisings last December and January, what was the protesters\u2019 demand and what did they do wrong to be tortured to death? The bodies of a number of them were handed over to their families, telling them that they had committed suicide while in detention. The regime commits the crime and yet blames the victims of torture and massacre as culprits and criminals,\u201d Mrs. Rajavi said<\/a> in another part of her speech.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe resistance units in Iran follow the footsteps of those men and women who said no to the regime and were massacred in 1988. The clerical regime is beleaguered by the eight-month-long uprisings, by the growing role of the PMOI and resistance units in organizing and leading the revolts, and by the consequences of a plummeting and drowning economy,\u201d She added.<\/p>\n

Mrs. Rajavi emphasized, \u201cThe time has come for the world community to stand by the people of Iran in their uprising against the religious fascist regime ruling Iran and recognize their determination for regime change.\u201d<\/p>\n

The political dignitaries, representatives of Iranian communities, and witnesses to the 1988 massacre who spoke to the global video conference urged the International Community to support the Iranian people\u2019s uprising for regime change and freedom in Iran and adopt a decisive policy against the theocratic regime ruling Iran.<\/p>\n

They also called for condemnation of the Iranian regime\u2019s human rights abuses and terrorism, and prosecution of the masterminds and perpetrators of the 1988 massacre who are presently among the highest officials of the regime and are directly involved in the suppression of the ongoing anti-government protests in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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