Iran: past crimes of the Iranian regime can no longer be ignored and in particular, the 1988 massacre

AT UN General Assembly, past crimes of the Iranian regime can no longer be ignored

The introduction:

Unquestionably the US first Homeland Security Secretary is the most qualified to talk about Iran government and its officials as the ‘central bankers of terrorism’ which was the term used by Condoleezza Rice to describe Iran regime.

Tom ridge in an article which was published 
Tuesday September 20 has specific points regarding the past crimes of Iran regime.

It appears that Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will once again be attending the annual UN General Assembly in New York. But when he arrives this year, it will be under much different circumstances, both domestically and internationally.

His presence presents a great opportunity to challenge Rouhani and his colleagues on their human rights record and their supposedly moderate credentials. This year’s visit will take place amidst an arguably unprecedented climate of awareness about his administration’s role in previous crimes.

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One incident in particular is in focus among Iranians, expatriate activists, and their foreign supporters. In early August, an audio recording was thrust into the spotlight by the son of a former top cleric, Hossein-Ali Montazeri. The late ayatollah had been the heir-apparent to the founder of the Islamic Republic in the 1980s, but was ousted from his position and from the regime itself as a result of the contents of the recording.

The 1988 tape records Montazeri chastising four other officials for their involvement in the massacre of political prisoners that took place that summer. More than 30,000 dissidents were reportedly killed.  Montazeri’s long-suppressed tirade upholds this narrative, specifically confirming some of the most shocking details of the proceedings, including the execution of teenage girls and pregnant women. Many were condemned for little more than expressions of sympathy for members of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK). The group is the largest and best-organized pro-democracy opposition movement in Iran that promotes a secular, non-nuclear republic in Iran.

The role of Hassan Rouhani

Hassan Rouhani was Deputy Commander-in-chief of the regime's armed forces at the time (1988)

In 1988, he was fully cognizant of this hideous crime and obviously was in full conformity.

This shows that the notion that Rouhani is a “moderate” and “reform minded” is absolutely preposterous and baseless.

Actually he, like all other senior officials of the regime, is a culprit of this hideous crime.

Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, a member of the Death Committee, is today Justice Minister