A group of Iranian youths and students, based in central Iran, have released a statement condemning the executions of Sunni youths on August 2, and added their voices to the growing chorus calling for a free, just and democratic Iran.
The urged “freedom loving people” to support the Resistance forces, including the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), who are fighting against the tyrannical regime and their horrific crimes.
The Iranian regime mass executed a group of 30 Sunni political prisoners last week.
The families of the victims were told to arrive before 3pm on Tuesday August 2, for a last meeting with their loved ones but when they arrived, they were told that the executions had already taken place.
Mohammad Mohaddessin, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the NCRI said: “This inhuman crime took place [on] the anniversary of the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in Iran. The mullahs’ regime is facing absolute social isolation and widespread abhorrence by the people and thus is resorting to increased executions to create a climate of fear and to prevent the possibility of a nationwide uprising.”
He cites that the number of people executed during the government of Hassan Rouhani are fast approaching 3,000, with many more subject to torture, persecution and corporal punishment.”
He continued: “The international community’s silence in the face of this crime is shameful for modern day humanity. If this regime and its leaders and officials are not prosecuted for crimes against humanity, then what good are the Rome Statute and the International Criminal Court? The UN Security Council has an obligation to bring the regime’s criminal record before a competent international court. Ali Khamenei, [former President] Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, Hassan Rouhani and other such criminals who have had a direct role in the execution of 120,000 political prisoners to date, including the 1988 massacre, must be brought to justice.”
The youth, from the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, wrote: “The foundations of the regime are faltering more than ever and government leaders see their own destruction in one step.”
