Newly UNEATHED AUDIO DETAILS IRAN’S MASSACRE EXECUTIONS
By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh
Shocking audio was
released recently on the Internet in the Persian language. Immediately, Iranian
officials ordered its removal. The audio clearly shows that the so-called
“moderate” Iranian leaders are in fact world-class criminals based on
every legal or humanitarian standard. The audio sheds light on
horrific crimes against humanity that are not that distinct from
those egregious crimes committed by the Nazis.
In the audio, Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri, the ex-heir of
Iran’s Supreme Leader, reveals the true character of the Islamic Republic and
crimes committed by it in the name of Islam. Montazeri was born in Esfahan,
Iran, and was one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic. He was
an Islamic theologian and the designated successor to the Islamic
revolution’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Rooh Allah Khomeini, until the very last
moments of Khomeini’s life. His pictures were posted next to Khomeini’s in the
streets. Nevertheless, Montazeri’s fate changed dramatically, as he could not
stay silent and felt compelled to speak out.
Many members of those who were executed were from the opposition
group, MEK, which is led currently by Maryam Rajavi. Amnesty International estimates that in the summer of 1988, the
total number of people executed was 4,500. Some estimates reach as
high as over 30,000 people.
Executions included all range of innocent people, including
children and pregnant women.
The government could not eliminate Montazeri the way it did with
other opposition leaders due to his religious authority and the large number of
followers he had. A few months before he was supposed to replace the Supreme
Leader, Khomeini removed him from being the successor. He was put under house
arrest, and his speeches and activities were heavily controlled. The
regime chose the current Supreme Leader, Khamenei, who was a junior
cleric, to be the Supreme Leader. He was a low-risk figure and total puppet of
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The International Criminal Court, the UN, human rightsoriginations and liberal institutions and activists should push to bring these
officials to justice the way the international community did for some
members of the Nazi Party. Finally, we should remember that these are
world-class criminals and we are easing sanctions against a brutal regime,
giving them more money from taxpayers, shaking hands with them, and calling
them the moderates. How are we going to respond to millions of families whose
members have been executed and tortured? What are we going to say in the future
when asked why we allied with such criminals, appeased them, and gave them
billions of dollars?
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