Iran: Massacre of 1988, Dogs, Mass Graves and Not Resting In Peace!

Iranian.com : Radio program on 1988 mass murder of political prisoners

Twenty some years ago (1987-1988) thousands of political prisoners in Iran were massacred in large numbers , savagely and brutally tortured and then executed. Nobody knows the real figure. The affiliations among them were different, leftists and some Muslims, members of MKO, a leftist- Islamist organization.

Protesting the massacre, the vice leader, Ayatollah Montazari resigned from his position and preferred to sit in his home and teach the clergies rather than sharing the crimes of Khomeini and his gang of criminals and mercenaries from Palestine. In an open letter addressing Khomeini, he protested the merciless killings and that was the last nail in his coffin and he was sentenced to house arrest for the rest of his life.Based on Khomeini's (Carter et al called him a Saint) fatwa, some the best and brightes children of Iranian nation were forever silenced and to produce a leadership vaccum the oppositions presently face.The massacre happened in Evin prison in Tehran, in Gohar-dasht prison in Karaj and other major cities. The officials put the prisoners – already sentenced to years of imprisonment and had served some of their terms- under trial once again; asked them about their political affiliations.

Two questions decided their fate: 1-Do you believe in Allah? 2-Do you want to repent?The bodies of the victims were dumped in mass graves; some next to a Bahaii cemetery in Khavaron. The public became alerted of the mass graves only when they noticed large gathering of over enthusiastic stray dogs, scavenging for bones. . (see my previous post).You can find some of the victims names (the list is still being compiled since the whereabouts of many others are still unknown and their death has not been confirmed).If you did not already know (or somehow forgot), you may learn that firing on bound and blindfolded captives, especially teenagers and pregnant women, is an Islamic pastime and a virtue (if not a turn-on!), in short, an integral part of the newfound pride in Iranian revolutionary identity. Now, isn't that a soothing thought?! ...You can also visit Omid Cyber Memorial for the names of more victims of the Holy crimes of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The survived prisoners tell horrible stories of those days,"and those of us who survived have never been able to be happy that is how this despotic regim managed to survive so many years by terrorizing and killing the most intelligent and freedom loving people", recalls one of the survivor in a comment section of another blog.Friends and comrades were taken to death chambers and were hung savagely. The corpses were buried in different places. In Tehran, the leftists are buried in a place called Khavaran, a remote land patch onsouth east of the city. There are no names and no graves. Families of the executed prisoners gather there every now and then and commemorate the bravery and the memory of their loved ones. Two occasions are especial in this regard: Iranian new year, and end of summer, the same time when the prisoners were executed in 1988. They meet, tell stories, exchange news, sing songs, put flowers all around the place.