Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi watched as opponents were tortured

Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi watched as opponents were tortured

Published by on June 27, 2021

International Liberty association : according to the Times, Ebrahim Raisi, the president-elect of Iran, was a member of the country’s “death commissions”. Former prisoners who were tortured, interrogated and sentenced to death by Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s next president, have condemned his claims to be a “defender human rights”.In interviews with The Times witnesses said that as a young prosecutor in the 1980s Raisi presided over beatings, stonings and rape, as well as ordering the mass executions of prisoners by hanging or throwing them off cliffs.

ILA :The head of the judiciary, 60, who will become president after a landslide victory last week, was a member of notorious “death commissions” accused of killing at least 5,000 prisoners under the orders of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1988. Farideh Goudarzi, with her son, Iman Afsahi, who was born while she was in prison.She said that Ebrahim Raisi watched her being whipped Farideh Goudarzi, with her son, Iman Afsahi, who was born while she was in prison. She said that Ebrahim Raisi watched her being whipped. The victims were mainly political prisoners held in Evin and Gohardasht prisons near Tehran who supported groups opposed to the Khomeini .


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