Hamid Noury found guilty of committing war crimes in a unique court case over mass executions in Iran’s prisons
The court concluded that the accused committed the crimes while working as an aide to Iran’s incumbent president, Ebrahim Raisi.
The victims were imprisoned civilian supporters of the leftist-Islamic opposition group People’s Mujahedin and other critics of Iran’s regime in 1988. It is the first time that the execution campaign has been tried in a formal court of law. Sweden applies universal jurisdiction for crimes against international law.
The executions of secular leftists during the same campaign were labelled murders, but not war crimes, by the court. The 1988 trials held by the so-called death committees, of which Mr. Raisi was a member in Gohardasht, “did not meet the basic requirements of a fair trial,” the court said. “This is a very important moment for the Iranian people, for the mothers, fathers and the families of those who were killed,” a jubilant Mr. Mesdaghi said outside the court house. And the quest is not over, he said. “We are on a long road. We are going after Raisi and the others who were responsible for the massacres,” he added, expressing hope that this further pursuit was now internationally legally strengthened.
After his election in 2021, Mr. Raisi was asked to comment on demands that he be investigated for crimes against humanity for the execution campaign. He told journalists he had “defended the rights of people and the security of the society.”
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