UN Secondary Rights In Iran Javid Rehman (Javaid Rehman) called for an independent investigation of the role of elected President of the country of Ibrahim Raisi in mass murders in 1988. Reports about it Reuters.
Rehman said that his office had collected evidence and testimony for several years confirming the mass executions of political prisoners in Iran. “The scale of the executions that we hear about, proves that it was part of the policy pursued … We are not about one person,” he stressed.
According to the investigator, in the interests of the Iranian leader to contribute to the UN in the investigation of these crimes. Otherwise, the organization will have serious foundations to assume the involvement of Raisi to murder. He stressed that the investigation intends to fight for the restoration of justice on this issue.
Rasie denies accusations to its address. The elected president said that I kept the rights of Iranian citizens in all political positions he occupied.
Rasi won the presidential election in Iran on June 18. Prior to that, he headed the country’s Supreme Court. It is expected that he will come to office on August 3. In November 2019, US State Department included Races in the sanctions list due to violation of human rights and intended participation in organizing massacres in Iran. Later, the European Union also imposed a policy restrictions.
According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, in 1988, a wave of killings of political prisoners opposing the current government took place in Iran. It is assumed that crimes reconciled state leaders of the country. The exact number of victims of mass executions is still unknown, according to various sources it reaches from 3 to 30 thousand people. Then Raisi held the position of deputy main prosecutor Tehran.