NCRI – The Senior Member of the House of Commons and the Joint Chair of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, Sir David Amess on Thursday March 3rd issued an statement by undertaking a meta-partisan initiative in line with the international movement with 80 Members of parliament for justice for litigating those who are responsible for the massacre of 30 thousand political prisoners occurred in Iran in 1988.
The House of Commons in a resolution initiated by Sir David Amess called on the British government to condemn the massacre of 30 thousand political prisoners occurred in 1988 as the crime against the humanity.
The resolution relies on the audio file released by Ayatollah Montazeri which referred to the execution of pregnant women and young girls. The resolution also stresses on the fact that the perpetrators of the massacre of 1988 like the Minister of Justice, Mostafa Pourmohammadi have obtained higher positions in the government.
The Common House calls on the UK to take appropriate measures in the UN Council of Human Rights and the Security Council to prosecute those responsible for these crimes in an international court.
In his statement, Sir David Amess referred to the resolution and stated: “the United Nations can no longer neglect the massacre of political prisoners occurred in 1988 while the number of executions is increasing in Iran. We are deeply concerned about the sharp rise of death penalties In Iran and particularly the execution of juveniles. According to the reports from Iran, 87 people have been executed by the authorities of the regime in January.
The right to live has been seriously threatened in Iran again. The culture of impunity for the violators of human rights, especially the perpetrators of the massacre of 1988 is the main reason for these dangerous and frightening changes.”
Sir Amess in his statement referred to the recent remarks uttered by Sadegh Zibakalam that confirmed the massacre of MEK members. The remarks posted on a state-run website suggest that “thousands of members of the people’s Mujahedin of Iran were killed without any trial, proof or evidence during the first years after the Islamic Revolution”. Following the post, Sir Amess stated: “Sadegh Zibakalam discloses other evidence regarding government’s involvement in the arbitrary massacre of tens of thousands political prisoners in Iran.”
The Member of Labor Party in the Parliament for Selly Oak of Birmingham, Steve McCabe stated: “the Iran regime is not willing to prosecute the perpetrators of this massacre at all. Instead, they punish those who provide proofs and evidence about this crime and on the other hand, the perpetrators like the Minster of Justice, Mostafa Pourmohammadi are rewarded with high positions in the regime.
Under such circumstances, the British government and its allies are responsible for stepping forward in the UN to prosecute the Iran regime in order to receive justice for the families of the victims.”
The Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords, the Lord Dholakia said: “the continuing impunity for these violators of human rights is unacceptable since many evidence prove that the perpetrators shall be prosecuted.”
Sir David Amess pointed out that the next session of the UN Human Rights Council will be held in Geneva next week. He said: “this summit affords the opportunity for the UK to raise the issue urgently. We urge the British government to take effective measures in the UN in order to recognize and condemn this brutal massacre as the crime against humanity. We also call on the British government to ask the Commissioner for the Human Rights, the UN Human Rights Council, the General Assembly, and the Security Council to carry out an investigation in order to try the perpetrators of the massacre of 1988, as also stated in the parliamentary resolution 448 supported by 80 Members of Parliament from all parties on the massacre of the political prisoners occurred in 1988 in Iran.”
the Joint Chair of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom, Sir David Amess at the end said: “we expect the UN to consider our demand in the next resolution; the demand of all party Members of the parliament which was greatly supported by the House of Lords as well as the Western parliament Members regarding the condition of human rights in Iran. We call on the British government, the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take necessary steps towards the goal.”
