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Arrest Iranian regime's interior minister in Greece for crimes against humanity - NCRI |
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Friday, 16 December 2005 |
 NCRI - The Iranian Resistance called on the Greek government and
judiciary to arrest Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi, the Iranian regime's
interior minister, who is one of the key officials involved in the
massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in 1988. Pour-Mohammadi is
currently in Athens to attend the Conference on Illegal Immigration and
Human Trafficking.
Pour-Mohammadi, a mullah, had been a deputy minister of the Iranian
Intelligence Ministry since its inception in 1984 and was the
ministry's representative in the three-man "Death Committee" in 1988
that was tasked with implementing Khomeini's fatwa (religious decree)
to massacre Mojahedin and other dissident political prisoners in that
year.
Ayatollah Montazeri, who was in line to succeed Khomeini at the time,
wrote to Khomeini on July 31, 1988 that, "The execution of several
thousand prisoners in a few days will not have positive repercussions
and will not be mistake-free." Khomeini had emphasized in his fatwa
that in issuing the death sentences for prisoners "the view of the
majority of the trio consisting of the religious judge, the
revolutionary prosecutor, and the intelligence ministry representative
must be obeyed." Montazeri wrote to the "Death Committee" members,
including Pour-Mohammadi who was the intelligence ministry
representative in Evin prison, on August 15, 1988 that, "Such massacres
without trial, particularly when the victims are prisoners and those in
captivity, will definitely benefit them in the long run. The world will
condemn us." In another letter to Khomeini on August 2 the same year,
Montazeri protested that, "it is the intelligence official who has
absolute control and others are under his influence." Therefore, there
is no doubt that in the definite responsibility of the criminal Mullah
Pour-Mohammadi in the murder of thousands of political prisoners who
were serving their sentences.
Pour-Mohammadi held the post of Acting Deputy and Deputy in the
Intelligence Ministry's Foreign Affairs Directorate under Ali
Fallahiyan and Qorban-Ali Dorri Najafabadi. He was among the principals
in the "chain murders" in the 1990s, in which numerous dissidents,
writers and intellectuals were abducted and brutally murdered. After
the grisly murders of Dariush and Parvaneh Forouhar in autumn 1998, the
killers called Pour-Mohammadi as the commander of this shocking crime
to inform him of their "success." After the scandal, he was appointed
to the Supreme Leader's special office for intelligence and security.
Thousands of Iranian refugees in Europe and the United States or their
families have been victims of Pour-Mohammadi's crimes and are ready to
testify against him. This executioner is by any standard responsible
for crimes against humanity.
Greece, as a member state of the European Union, faces a historical
duty today. Pour-Mohammadi must be arrested on charges on torture,
genocide, and murder of dissidents and be brought to justice before an
international criminal tribunal. The Iranian Resistance calls on the
Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Security Council, the EU
Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice and other international
human rights advocates to assist to bring the murderer Pour-Mohammadi
to face justice.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
December 16, 2005
cc: President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Prosecutor General of Greece
Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, EU Presidency
Mr. Jose Manual Barroso, President of the European Commission
Mr. Franco Frattini, EU Commissioner for Freedom, Security and Justice
Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy |
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