UN Urged To Probe 1988 Executions Of Iranian Dissidents

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Former senior United Nations officials and Nobel prize winners on Thursday urged the UN human rights office to launch a probe into mass executions of political prisoners in Iran. An open letter made public calls for the Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into the killings of some 30,000 detainees in 1988. … Continue reading UN Urged To Probe 1988 Executions Of Iranian Dissidents

In this file photo taken on February 25, 2021 the United Nations logo is seen inside the United Nations in New York City. Angela Weiss / AFPFormer senior United Nations officials and Nobel prize winners on Thursday urged the UN human rights office to launch a probe into mass executions of political prisoners in Iran.

The letter says “thousands of political prisoners who refused to abandon their beliefs were executed. The victims were buried in mass graves scattered throughout the country”. Exiled opposition groups say he was part of a commission that sent thousands of jailed opponents to their deaths within a few months.In 2019, the US placed Raisi on a sanctions list citing the executions and other alleged rights abuses.

 

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Probe what happened in Crimea; and probe also, what is happening currently, between Ukraine and Russia, the US, Europe and Nato. Those guys are threatening world peace, and all you do is to look away, only to focus on soft targets.

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