Ebrahim Raisi, A Mass Murderer

by OIAC
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In June 2021, following a sham election process, Iranian regime selected Ebrahim Raisi as its next president. His rise in the religious theocracy reveals yet again, a regime in Tehran “that is concentrating around a core of ruthless murderers even as their hold on the country is weakening.” Ebrahim Raisi is one of the Islamic republic’s most notorious killers who In 1988, helped engineer the execution of more than 30,000 political prisoners.  As head of the Islamic Republic’s Judiciary, Raisi also played a key role in the murder of 1500 anti-regime protesters, as well the arrest and torture of thousands more, following the 2019 nationwide uprising in Iran.

Ebrahim Raisi stepped into Iran’s political scene after the 1979 revolution as a pro-Khomeini cleric willing to carry out his mentor’s every command. Raisi, 61, started training as a cleric in Qom’s seminary at 15, and joined the Judiciary as assistant prosecutor in Karaj at 19. He became the prosecutor of the Revolutionary Court of Karaj (fourth most populated city of Iran) when he was only 20, and rose to Judiciary Chief in 2019. A cleric who is close to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Raisi has in the past been both a regular prosecutor and a special prosecutor of the court for clerics and a member of the “death commission,” that Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini appointed in 1988 to interrogate and execute political prisoners, including journalists.

United Nations Human Rights experts, Amnesty International, and a growing list of organizations and persons are calling Ebrahim Raisi to be investigated for crimes against humanity.  The following is a partial tabulation of publicly available documents and articles on Raisi.

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Raisi Played Direct Role In Executing Prisoners In 80s: Ex-Warden

May 29, 2023

Victims of 1988 Iranian 'death commission' file suit in NYC against Iran president Raisi

August 25, 2022

No Visa for Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi

August 10, 2022

UN urged to open query into Iran's 1988 killings and Raisi role

January 27, 2022

Witness In Iran’s 1988 Jail Executions Trial Says Raisi Was Directly Involved

November 16, 2021

Ebrahim Raisi Should be Investigated For Crimes Against Humanity in Iran, 1988 Massacre
 

October 7, 2021

Raisi, Butcher of 1988 Massacre in Iran

October 7, 2021

Iranian-Americans hold opposition rally in Washington as Iran’s Raisi is inaugurated

August 4, 2021

Ebrahim Raisi, a candidate in Iran presidential election and an executioner in 1988 massacre

July 3, 2021

ّIran : RSF backs call for enquiry into Iranian President-elect’s role in 1988 massacre

July 1, 2021

Iran’s next president should face justice for his role in mass executions in the 1980s

June 30, 2021

EXCLUSIVE U.N. expert backs probe into Iran's 1988 killings, Raisi's role

June 29, 2021

Iran’s new president Ebrahim Raisi

June 24, 2021

White House vows to hold new Iranian president ‘accountable’ for rights violations

June 21, 2021

Ebrahim Raisi must be investigated

19 June 2021

Iran election 2021

May 28, 2021

Iran Media Admits the Election Boycott Will Harm the Regime

 May 27, 2021

Open Letter To UN Seeking Commission Of Inquiry Into Iran’s 1988 Massacre

May 4, 2021