Anniversary of Khomeini’s 1988 Fatwa and Massacre in Iran

London, 26 Jul - On the anniversary of the massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran, July 26, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) looks back on the events that led to tens of thousands of political prisoners held in jails across Iran being summarily and extra-judicially executed in 1988.

“There are strong indications that Khomeini’s fatwa, which led to the massacre of some 30,000 political prisoners in Iran, was issued on July 26, 1988”, according to the NCRI.

Further, “The Iranian regime has never acknowledged these executions, or provided any information as to how many prisoners were killed.”

However, “By the time it ended in the autumn of 1988, some 30,000 political prisoners, the overwhelming majority activists of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI or MEK), were slaughtered.”

An article published July 26, explains how during the final phases of the Iran-Iraq war, Khomeini, judging imminent defeat, took his revenge on the political prisoners by issuing religious decrees ordering executions of the “unrepentant” and those unwilling to collaborate with the regime.

The article says that Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini decreed: "Whoever at any stage continues to belong to the Monafeqin (the regime’s derogatory term to describe the PMOI/MEK) must be executed. Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately.”......http://www.iranfocus.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30671:anniversary-of-khomeini-s-1988-fatwa-and-massacre-in-iran&catid=5:human-rights&Itemid=110