List of Murderers of the Massacre of 1988 in Iran
A Persian list of murderers and presumed culprits of the massacre of Iranian political prisoners in 1988 is today published in an Iranian internet site, http://www.roshangari.net. I recommend all Persian speaking people to read the list.
As we read through the list, we can recognise many names who later promoted into key positions under President Rafsanjani and President Khatami. A number of them are now ministers of President Ahmadinejad. Some of these psychopaths tortured and raped their prisoners, according to the site.
From August to September 1988, a hideous crime was taking place in Iran. As Ayatollah Khomeini drank the “poison chalice” and signed the peace treaty with Saddam Hossein, he psychopathologically decided to take revenge from the Iranian political prisoners who were spending their prison terms. Khomeini ordered the complete massacre of them. He wanted absolute panic to reign over Iranians to avoid any political protest.
Exact numbers of executions of 88 and the conditions of executions have never been officially reported by the IRI or their factions. Different numbers are speculated by both IRI’s deserters and rescuers, from some 4485 names published in the opposition media up to 30000 executions, as estimated.
Iran’s political prisoners were simply asked two questions each, “Do you believe in Allah?”, “Are you prepared to renounce your organisation?” The prisoners had no idea about the consequences of their replies. In fact a ‘No’ to any of the above questions meant immediate execution. Many of the prisoners had already finished their prison sentences but were still not released; some were even brought back after they had been released.
The victims included teenagers, whole families, men and women. During the months of August and September, all prison visits were cancelled; families were told not to bring any medicine or food for their loved ones. During this time the killing inside Iran’s prisons continued.
The slaughter was efficient and relentless. All day long, prisoners were loaded on forklift trucks and hanged from cranes and beams in groups of six at half-hourly intervals. Others were killed by firing squad. Those not executed were subjected to horrific torture. The killing was an act of violence and unprecedented in Iranian history, unprecedented in form, content and intensity,’ wrote the historian Ervand Abrahamian in his book on Iranian prisons Tortured Confessions.
Those executed were buried in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts of the towns. In Tehran, one mass burial was accidentally discovered by an Armenian priest who had become curious as to why stray dogs kept digging there for bones.
It is a moral duty to mention that such massacres can always repeat as soon as political Islam exists. The historical justification of such massacres has roots in the epoch of the Prophet Muhammad when he came up with the idea that it is perfectly legitimate to kill “unbelievers” –the teaching of the Koran confirms it:
“Those who resist Allah and his messenger will be humbled to dust”: the Koran 58-5. Or: “I will instil terror into the hearts of the unbelievers”, the Koran 8-12.
These verses like a series of radical interpretations of the Koran justify not only Muslims’ jihad against non-believers, but also have been used or abused for inner conflicts within Muslims, among their different sects and power-thirsty groups who have been mutually killing each others since the advent of Islam for being “the enemy of Islam”.
IRI’s version of Islam justified both categories of “enemy of Islam” namely the “Molhed” or unbelievers and the “hypocrite” Muslims of the Mojahedins“, both victims of the massacre.
In the nineteenth year of the massacre, we all freedom-loving Iranians along with the families who lost their loved children in summer 88 want the international judicial authorities to summon the murderers of this genocide to an international tribunal to be tried. This is a natural right that was given to the victims of Nazi genocides to bring the culprits to the Nürenberg Court for their crimes against humanity.
I hope the published list of Roshangari of the culprits can shed a new light on this forgotten massacre.
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That’s right and some survivors have said that most of them no matter what, repentanced or not, would killed because nobody take them seriously and didn’t believe in their answers at the first place.
and thanks for informative article.
Do facts “annoy” you? Do logical conclusions “annoy” you? If I said for example that I don’t want to be like Muhammad because I don’t believe in raping a nine year old little girl, would that “annoy” you? If I said that I don’t want to be like Muhammad because I don’t believe in violence, would that “annoy” you? If I said that I don’t want to be like Muhammad because I don’t want to be a false-prophet, would that “annoy” you? Do these questions “disturb” you? Are the questions “confusing”? All of the above is taken from historical Muslim documents, or from logical conclusions. I’m asking these questions so that I’ll know how much I can press with words. P.S. I’ve noticed that not too many have commented on “The list of murderers of the massacre in 1988 in Iran.” Are people that disinterested, or is it something else?
The list was today removed from the roshangari.net. Perhaps, it will be inserted again with some modifications.
Philip Saenz
Islam along with any totalitarian system shares a “sacred” characteristic. The belief system is a product of a man, and that of Islam of Muhammad, derived from the most primitive and archaic culture of Arabian Pagans. He introduced and rectified it into Islam.
Even if I believed in God, I would not believe in Allah.
Wiston
Keep your good words up!
Fariborz
Thanks, as supposed we do not leave the battlefield for the Fars (not Pars), or Arab jihadis.
Jahanshah Rashidian
Thanks a lot for a great article, but I do disagree with you on so many points here…especially since some of the comments published were very unfair.
You’ve said ‘It is a moral duty to mention that such massacres can always repeat as soon as political Islam exists. The historical justification of such massacres has roots in the epoch of the Prophet Muhammad when he came up with the idea that it is perfectly legitimate to kill “unbelievers” –the teaching of the Koran confirms it:
“Those who resist Allah and his messenger will be humbled to dust”: the Koran 58-5. Or: “I will instil terror into the hearts of the unbelievers”, the Koran 8-12.’
Well….that’s not true. These verses of the Koran were delivered at a time when Muslims were being tortured and slaughtered just to let go of their faith. These verses aimed to boost the spirits of threatened Muslims who were kicked out of their homes and trades, boycotted and shredded publicly into pieces just because they choose a different faith. Theses verses only referred to those who declare war on Islam.
Koran has also said that everyone is free to embrace whichever religion they see fit, and that there is no compulsion in religion. The very first Muslim community that was established by Prophet Mohamed and his companions hosted Jews as well as other non-Muslims who lived in peace and harmony as long as no gestures of tyranny or trouble making were initiated.
Don’t judge Islam by individuals claiming to be Muslims and they are a lot nowadays. Islam is innocent of those practicing blood-thirsty acts in the name of Islam.
Philip Saenz…
You’ve said ‘If I said for example that I don’t want to be like Muhammad because I don’t believe in raping a nine year old little girl, would that “annoy” you? If I said that I don’t want to be like Muhammad because I don’t believe in violence, would that “annoy” you? If I said that I don’t want to be like Muhammad because I don’t want to be a false-prophet, would that “annoy” you? Do these questions “disturb” you? Are the questions “confusing”?
They’re definitely not annoying or confusing, but just show a very shallow understanding of Prophet Mohamed’s persona. Prophet Mohamed did not rape 9 year Aisha. You have to take into consideration that this was more than 1400 years ago, it was accustomed that girls get married at a very young age. Unlike nowadays, they had no education or career to pursue and were only destined to be wives and mothers. Secondly, she was only engaged to him at 9, and marriage wasn’t consummated till after she has fully developed mentally and physically. Thirdly, read more about how he treated his wives, and how these marriages, unlike claims by anti-Islam that they were due to lust and insatiable sexual desires, only targeted the teaching of humane treating of wives no matter how old, young, or whichever race or religion they belonged to. Please read more about the Prophet before hurling such unjust accusations.
And regarding your question about violence, Prophet Mohamed had numerous chances to demolish and kill and slaughter. Instead, he demanded from his believers never to kill a child, a woman, an elder, a priest, a cattle, or destroy any temple or building. He demanded that no one is to be killed unless they raise a sword against a Muslim.
When a Jew has made it a habit of dumping garbage every morning on the doorsteps of the Prophet’s house, Mohamed did nothing violent. Instead, when one day he didn’t find the garbage on his doorstep one morning, he asked about the Jew and was told he was sick. So he went to his house, don’t punch him or kill him, he went to visit him. The same Prophet has never killed or tortured a prisoner of war.
As for calling him a fake prophet…well…I really can’t convince you into believing otherwise since I’m not a scholar or cleric myself
I didn’t want to start big arguments, but according to the Hadiths, Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and penetrated her when she was nine. Be honest and tell the whole story: Sometimes Muhammad left the captives alone, but only if they paid their “jizya,” that is, a tax if they didn’t convert. I’d rather pose a little logic to prove that Islam doesn’t come from God since God does not contradict Himself. There are 72 sects of Islam all contradicting each other here or there. Which one is the true Islam? What infallible person on earth decides which sect is the true sect? Another problem and an example: The Muslim Shiites are murdering the Muslim Sunnis because “the Sunnis are infidels.” The Sunnis are murdering Shiites because “the Shiites are infidels.” The Wahhabis the Kurds and other Muslim sects are doing pretty much the same thing because “the other sects are infidels.” Which sect is the true infallible sect? Which Muslim sects are the infidels? Don’t think that I relish asking you these questions. I do it out of friendship and Christian love, and hope we can resolve problems so that people will stop murdering each other. I don’t like to see murders even if they are Muslims murdering other Muslims. I especially feel sorry for the innocent little children. So far as I’m concerned they are my little brothers and little sisters, no, my little sons and daughters. P.S. The story about some Jewish woman “throwing garbage on Muhammad” cannot be found anywhere in the Muslim historical documents. So how can I believe the story? Is it another fabrication?
Dahil Kholaif
Thank you for spending your time reading my article and the comments.
Though, I am a conscious non-Muslim, I have always spoken up for the right of free faith, religion, or atheism. I have always condemned Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslim communities in the West.
However, if you speak up with the same tone admiring my “profane” article or even in the favour of the right of ethnic or minorities or choice of faith in Iran, your brothers in power will punish you according to the Sharia. This is another, moral, reason that I am consciously a non-Muslim. In fact, in this case, I can only as a secular and democrat require your freedom from your(ex)brothers.
The IRI dreams of a total Islamic society, but people, especially young ones, do not bow to an Islamic way of life in any standard. This is the main factor of Iranian today’s ills which rise of unsolvable problems for the Iranian people, Muslims or not.
With the current genocide, continuous executions, continuous human rights violations in Iran ther is absolutely no justification for political Islam.
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My article is not a campaign against Muslims but only political Islam or any religious fundamentalism under any name.
When Islam or any religion becomes a hotchpotch of political leadership, we have a reactionary, corrupt, and dictatorial regime.
Religion as a personal affair should not bother a secular and civilised society.
(I)
I dont know about the event itself. if the survivors have enough documents or testimonies, it is better to bring them to an abroad court and ask for investigations. I dont know if they had tried it, do you know? and if not, why? probably there is a lack of evidences which is very reasonable: nobody might gather enough photos, documents, etc. to prove it. but the families of 30000 executed prisoners may bring their testimony that “our kids, fathers or wives once captured by IRI are still missing, or they were died in a summer time”. it will attract too much attention. but Im afraid if the number is far away from the truth, though even 1 person matters here.
(II)
I read Ebrahim Nabavi’s comment on the issue, also asked of some of family members and relatives. it seems that in that period, the massacre news was not published. then, its not true to conclude that it was done for IRI leaders
(III)
Verses you mentioned are irrelevant to the subject. rather than speaking about Quran itself, I refer you to Britannica encyclopedia (this peice is taken from its CD, though it also may be available on web):
Mohammad M. (Iran):
We are talking about the Islamic Republic of Iran. one of the most dictatorship country in the world! Who could gather evidence inside of prisons?
Please don’t act like IRI is a country that democracy is all over and victims family could ask for their relatives!
at that time, even nobody could talk about their relatives death! shadow of fear was everywhere and still is there but not that much. even newspapers all were censored and they had predefined titles.
Mohammad M. (Iran):
Your definition of Jihad
is wrong.
1. They waged wars to acquire worldly glory, power, and rule to Persian Empror and Europe.
2. During the conqure of Islam to Persia, they converted Persians to Islam by force or killed them! can you find it in history books or should I provide references?
to what said, your definition of Jihad, is wrong.
Jihad is an absolute concept of crime
The difference between Islam and other conventional religions is that Islam is not only a religion but a social order, a strict, disciplinary, and inflexible set of moral, ethics, rules, and even the most private aspects of privacy; therefore is a political entity claiming “Al-Islam w al dawla” (Islam is the state).
To understand this important character we have to consider the comparison between the status of the Prophet of Islam, also the founder of the Islamic state, with the status of the other main prophets like Jesus and Moses: Muhammad was responsible for leading the Islamic community “Ummah”, whereas Jesus was neither in the position to become a political ruler nor did he have enough time to achieve a leading position. His here-after kingdom was not the necessary practical experience for a claim to worldly Christian rule after his death. Moses had the responsibility to guide his followers to the Promised Land, but in the literary sense of the word, he was not a political ruler.
This is quite abvious that a draconian system needs repressive organs to impose its “holy” power when people do not bow to it. If “mild” alternatives of Islam like Nahi az Monkar, Ershad… do not function, Jihad is the only functional alternative. This is the inner function of jihad when the society is called Umma.
What is the most effective weapon of Islam to expand its “Dar-al Islam” (territory of Islam) in the course of history? The answer is also jihad.
Whatever definition alleviates, softens, or attempts to modernise the notion of jihad, an ever existing “holy” entity of “Dar-al-Islam” (Islamic territory) is mostly conquered through “holy” jihad. Jihad is the arm of ”Al-Islam” al-dawla” therefore does not recognise any “game” of permanent peace which does not match to the aim of “Dar-al-Islam”.
Islam without “holy”jihad coud not reach ist today’s Dar-al Islam.
About the massacre of 88, there are enough evidence from both deserters and rescuers of the IRI.
Attempting to deny, alleviate, or reduced the number of victims does not change the barbaric crime of Islamists. It is like fanatically trying to deny Holocaust or the victims of Stalinism.
I just wrote another article on the Issue on the French section of this site, Dis Moi, if any one reads in French is asked to read this one, Massacer Oublié en Iran. I presented new facts and ideas.
If Jihad means “inner struggle” why is it that I hear a bomb go off every time I hear the word “Jihad”?
Philip Saenz
The answer is in my new article, have look at it on the site.
To Fariborz & Jahanshah:
I was speaking only of this concept at the early times of Islam. I do agree that right now this concept uis exploited by some extermist groups. my reference also was to a well-known encyclopedia.
Especially, To Fariborz:
Plz give me some clues of fair resources which show the degree of the crimes muslims did when they overthrow persian empire.
More especially, To Fariborz:
either you cant understand how world works or you cant understand what I say. where are the families of those 30000 executed prisoners? ask them to go ABROAD and fill a law suit against IRI. repeat after me: “ABROAD”, try to find its meaning in a dictionary. that will attract some worldwide attention also. why dont they do so? do you know?
Mohammad M. (Iran):
FYI: From early time of Islam killings have started! And also well-known encyclopedia can make a mistake! Just it takes some people to advise them.
I will give you resources about those crimes.
Either you’re not living in Iran or you’re in your Islamic heaven!
Families are there, they have living there and some who could escape they are talking about the massacre all over the world.
Do you want to send all victim family members outside of country? This is IRI’a agenda they say “If you don’t like Islamic state! Get out of here! This is Islam”
Who are you to ask them to go abroad and fill a law suit?! Why shouldn’t they fill a law suit in Iran?
Why? Because Islam fascism prevents them to fill any lawsuit in Iran! So should they go out of country to fill law suit? Where should they live after? Do you spend money on them? Do you have any clue; it’s not free to fill a law suit? Do you have any clue, how much expensive is it?
To Fariborz:
You (and people like you) make me (and people like me) strongly feel that the kind of data you publish about IRI regime is to much extent flawed.
yeah, you understand both language and how world works, but the problem with your mind is that it is not made to understand reason.
who denies that too many groups and else (even many administrations) are ready to pay for such a great step against IRI? too many journalists, political prisoners and ordinary people who run away from this country, how do they live there? on which cash flow? let these victims have a share of that flow. and dont worry, the number wont be about 30000; probably the degree of error of your statistics is 2 or 3, if not 4!
Enjoy living with conspiracy theory! Giving reason for you and people from Islamic missionary school is useless.
They should have the right to fill law suit in Iran, their country! Not anywhere else!
I mean, nobody has the right to say, why don’t they go abroad to fill a law suit! Just some Islamic fascist could bring such ideology instead of asking for their right and freedom in their own country.