Most of the sources are Iranian.
One is also the Organization of Iranian-American communities, OIAC.
And also the website of Iran Human Rights Documentation Center:
Ebrahim e Raisi
Who’s Raisi? Where did he come from?
Raesi was born in Mashhad. Was sent to Qom Seminary when he was 15. He became a prosecutor when he was only 19. He was a "Dadgar" first, which is kind of an assistant of a prosecutor.
When he was only 20, he was appointed the prosecuting Attorney of Karaj. Then also became the prosecuting Attorney of Hamedan, while keeping his position as the prosecutor of Karaj. Then he became Tehran deputy prosecutor.
And he was given all these posts before the age of 30.
How did he even become a Dadgar before 20, and the prosecuting Attorney of Karaj and Hamadan when he was only 20?
Short answer: Favouritism of the Islamic Mafia.
Long answer:
Mohammad e Beheshti (Mullah in the photo above), one of the main characters of the Islamist side in what's known now as the "Islamic revolution" (it wasn't 100% Islamic. communists played as big of a role in it as Islamists, which themselves were economically Socialists. In other words they were culturally Ultra-Conservative but economically authoritarian collectivists. This mixture in west is called "Fascism" if you didn't already know. and that is why the term "Islamofascism" is used to describe modern authoritarian Islamic states) and one of Islamist leaders, immediately picked 70 of the Mullahs of Qom's Seminary, mostly young, and started to educated them in Motahari school.
The aim was to educate Mullahs to simply give them ruling positions all over the government in the Islamic republic. And young Raisi (not even 19 yet) was one of those 70 students. Khamenei himself (not yet supreme leader), Hasan e Ayat, etc, were among the teachers of these 70 Mullahs.
Beheshti also used Raisi in the establishment of the Party of Islamic republic in Khurasan.
This is how and why before he even reached 20, he became a "Dadgar" in Karaj, and then the prosecuting Attorney of Karaj and Hamedan, two cities at the same time, when he was only 20.
And at that time many of the revolutionaries who belonged to factions that were different from the Islamic faction of Khomeini, were coming to Tehran from all over Iran and because Karaj is South East of Tehran most of them settled in Karaj. And there, as the prosecuting Attorney, Raisi was waiting for them.
In 1364 (1985), at a dark year of suppression of dissent in Tehran and all over Iran (I'm talking about imprisonment and mass-executions, not just cracking down on some protesters and dissidents), he was appointed Tehran deputy prosecutor, which, in a few years, led to the most shining of his accomplishments in Islamic Judiciary system:
Mass-Execution of political prisoners in 1988.
1367 (1988) executions of thousands of political prisoners in Iran: What was it about? who were the victims? who gave the orders?
Reading this part is good for those leftist millennials in America and Europe, who are taking the side of Iran and all its allies in Middle East.
Facts:
- The political prisoners were mostly leftists. Socialists and Communists of different factions including Mujahedin e Khalgh.
- All political prisoners were "not" members of Mujahedin e Khalgh.
- Those members of Mujahedin e Khalgh who were in prisons were not involved in Mujahedin's military action against Iran.
- Many of those prisoners were spending their jail time for 6-7 years. some of them were near the end of their jail time.
- Most of them were leftist dissidents who were sentenced because of their beliefs, some because of their activities, and generally all because of their opposition to the Islamic Mafia that had suddenly taken over Iran.
- They were sentenced by the same Islamist prosecutors and judges trained by Beheshti and Khamenei in early 80's, including Raisi.
and?
- over 90% of all of those prisoners were under the age of 25. Some were under the age of 20.
Who gave the orders?
in 1367 (1988) few months before his death, Khomeini, ordered all the cases of political prisoners to be given to Hosein Ali e Nayeri and Ebrahim E Raisi to "Implement the judgement of God as soon as possible".
There was a Fatwa. This is the text of Fatwa in Persian, Khomeini's handwriting.
I won't translate that. You can actually read everything you need about this massacre, here on Iran Human Rights Documentation Center:
Establishment of the "Death Panel" or "Death Commission": Who were its 4 members?
Following Imam Khomeini's orders, a commission was established called "Komision e Marg" or "Death Commission".
It was a special commission established to decide the fate of all those leftists and communists by execution (Khomeini's direct orders).
The 4 members of Death Panel were:
1. Mostafa Pourmohammadi (Today he's one of the ministers of Rouhani. I'll mention him)
2. Morteza Eshraghi (Prosecutor of Tehran)
3. Hossein-Ali Nayeri (Judge)
and?
4. Ebrahim e Raisi
This Death commission, these 4 people, then ordered the death of thousands and thousands of young Iranians. Amnesty International has the names of 4,482, but many independent groups say it was as many as 30,000.
The Iranian mother of my first boyfriend told me that on those days in Iran every single morning Radio announced a long list of the names of those who were to be executed on that day. Actually she said this was something that went on for all the 12 first years of Islamic republic. It was just intensified in 1367.
How were they tried? how were they sentenced to death?
There were a series of interrogations, clear evidence of widespread torture, forced confessions, disappearances.
Just like how they executed people on the very first months and the first year after the victory of revolution in 1978 by short trials. (look up Iranian Jewish businessman Habib e Elghanian, the owner of Plasco building, who was arrested and executed after a 20-minute trial).
Some of the Questions asked from Leftists (Marxists in general) before sentencing them to death:
- 'Are you a Muslim?'
- 'Do you believe in Allah?'
- 'Is the Holy Qur'an the Word of Allah?'
- 'Do you believe in Heaven and Hell?'
- 'Do you accept the Holy Muhammad to be the Seal of the Prophets?'
- 'Will you publicly recant historical materialism?'
- 'Will you denounce your former beliefs before the cameras?'
- 'Do you fast during Ramadan?'
- 'Do you pray and read the Holy Qur'an?'
- 'Would you rather share a cell with a Muslim or a non-Muslim?'
- 'Will you sign an affidavit that you believe in Allah, the Prophet, the Holy Qur'an, and the Resurrection?'
- 'When you were growing up, did your father pray, fast, and read the Holy Qur'an?'
Trash #1: "Oh I just heard Iran is helping Assad fight ISIS."
Trash #2: "Oh you mean those Moderate, secular, atheist loving Muslims who are fighting those Islamist fanatics who rape and behead people for their beliefs?"
Trash #1: "Oh yeah, those heroes who destroy all Islamist fanatics. I really love them. Long live Khamenei. You can't Mossad the Assad."
Oh how I hate all of you western millennials.
Was it just in Tehran? No
It was all over Iran.
Shiraz
Tabriz
Dezful
Zanjan
Esfahan
Hamedan
Ahvaz
Zahedan
Mashhad
Rasht
That is why there is no accurate number of deaths. Those 4500-6000 names were mostly in Tehran.
What happened to their bodies?
Most of the bodies were sent to a section of cemeteries called La'nat Abad, which means "place of the damned".
They were all buried in unmarked mass-graves. And no, most of the families of victims still don't know where exactly the body of their children are and aren't allowed to even talk about them in Iran.
Is this considered a crime against humanity?
Yes.
And Raisi, the guy who has a chance in becoming Iran's next president, the country that you just signed a Nuclear Deal with it, is one of the main characters responsible for it.
Is there anything else about Raisi?
Yeah. Like the fact that in his different roles in Islamic judiciary system his favourite punishments for petty crimes have been amputation of hands, stoning, throwing people from cliffs or Heights.
Asked in 2010 by Aftab Newspaper about amputation of hands, he said "we take pride in the fact that we have such punishments."
Anything else?
He is endorsed by Khamenei, the Supreme Leader himself.
Marine Le Pen is a "Fashest" and a "Racest", isn't she? Trump is "literally Hitler" isn't he? Oh deary. oh little deary deary snowflakes. You don't know the real fascists of your time, do you?
But let's end it here and go over to the favourite friend of Obama, his partner for peace, the "Moderate" Mullah.
Hassan e Rouhani: AKA That Cool Mullah, AKA That Nuclear Mullah, AKA "Moderate Mullah"
Who is Rouhani? Where did he come from?
Born as : Hassan e Fereydoon. Changed name to Rouhani.
Education: BA in Judicial Law, Tehran University (1972)
M.Phil. Degree in Law, Glasgow Caledonian University (1995)
Ph.D. in Constitutional Law, Glasgow Caledonian University (1999)
Nickname: Diplomat Sheikh.
Children: 4 children.
His eldest son committed suicide in 1992. His suicide note reportedly stated:
“I hate your government, your lies, your corruption, your religion, your double acts and your hypocrisy. I am ashamed to live in such an environment where I’m forced to lie to my friends each day, telling them that my father isn’t part of all of this. Telling them my father loves this nation, whereas I believe this to be not true. It makes me sick of seeing you, my father, kiss the hand of Khamenei.” - Rouhani's eldest son, his Suicide note published in London by exiled Iranian political commentator Ali Reza Nouri
A timeline of his roles in the government since the victory of Revolution:
- 1980 Elected member of the Majlis (served five terms until 2000) Head of the Defense Committee.
- Head of the Supervisory Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) until 1983
- 1983 Member of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Defense Council (High Council for Supporting War) until 1998
- Head of the Executive Committee (1986-88)
- Deputy Commander of the War (Iran-Iraq war) until 1985
- 1984 Re-elected to the Majlis Head of the Defense Committee
- 1985 Commander of the Khatam-ol-anbia Operation Center until 1988 Commander of the National Air Defense until 1991
- 1986 Member of the High Council for War Support (1986-1988)
- Head of the Executive Committee (1986-1988)
- He was one of three people US National Security Advisory Robert McFarlane talked to when he traveled to Tehran in May 1986.
- 1988 Re-elected to the Majlis Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff until 1989
- Appointed member of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) by Supreme Leader Khamenei (Important)
- National Security Adviser to the President (Hashemi Rafsanjani) (1989-1997)
- Head of the Political, Social, and Security Committee
- 1998 Elected member of the Council of Experts (selects Supreme Leader and oversees actions)
- National Security Adviser to the President (Mohammad Khatami)
- 2003 Appointed top nuclear negotiator October 2003
- 2013 Elected member of the Council of Experts’ Commission for Investigating Ways of Protecting and Guarding Veleyat-e Faqih
- Elected President of Iran
1360’s (1980’s): call for public executions on Friday Prayers: “Execute the plotters on Friday Prayers for people to see”
This is the video of him saying it. there was also a newspaper, but the video is enough.
Translation (done fast): (I post it as an image because it'd take too many characters)
Who were the "plotters"? Mostly the Army staff that Mullahs were scared of. This is also related to Iran-Iraq war after Islamists, with Rouhani playing a significant role, destibilized Iran's Artesh.
Moderate my fucking ass.
Rouhani was one of the first Mullahs who pushed to make Hijab Mandatory. Source: his own autobiography
Fast translation:
And this is the guy who now says this?
Moderate my fucking ass.
In Iran-Iraq war: child soldiers were used as human shields and to clear mine fields as Rouhani was Deputy Commander of the War
"OMG NO. THESE CHILDREN WERE BRAVE VOLUNTEERS DEFENDING THEIR COUNTRY"
Shut the fuck up.
First, why did Iran-Iraq war began? Why did Saddam suddenly dare to attack Iran when he was scared of Shah's Artesh?
The reason is very simple: Islamic revolutionaries destroyed Iran’s Artesh in an Islamist purge, executing many of the heads of the Iranian Army and isolating the rest of them.
With that done, without its commanders, the Iranian army was destabilized. When Saddam observed this, he suddenly became bold and tried to invade Iran, beginning from Khoozestan for its oil, saying "I’m going to be in Tehran in 3 days."
Rouhani played one of the main roles in this Islamist purge against Artesh. I have just shown you one of his speeches about the "plotters" in Artesh and how they must be publicly hanged on Friday Prayers and their pensions cut.
And what was Islamic regime’s solution for this sudden disaster?
Did they let the remaining commanders of Artesh, which was by the way one of the most powerful Armies in Middle East, take control of the situation and lead the Artesh against Saddam’s army?
No.
They continued to restrict Artesh even until the end of the war 8 years later, and even to this very day Artesh is restricted, has much less funds compared to Sepah e Pasdaran, and its personnel are not taken care of properly. Why? Because they are not loyal to the Mullahs.
Instead of using the Artesh in its full potential, their solution was two things: Sepah e Pasdaran, and Basij.
Sepah e Pasdaran was a militia, made of militant Islamists and Basij was the same. But the difference was that Sepah was armed with Artesh's weapons and they started to train for war (back then they were much less trained. Now they are an army better trained than Artesh and completely loyal to the Islamic government. The relationship between Sepah and Artesh is like Waffen SS and Heer in Nazi Germany), but Basij was an Islamist militia used mostly inside cities (still is).
Simply put, Sepah is made of a selection of the best Basijis.
And then what did they do in Basij? They let in thousands of child soldiers, of whom many were used as human shields.
Let's see just two instances of reports on this issue (They were many. I post two as images).
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16596809/
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99104275/
Let me remind you again, they did all of these while Artesh was there and could do much more. But just because Mullahs, including Rouhani himself, were scared of Artesh, they fought the war their way.
And what was Rouhani's role during Iran-Iraq war?
- Member of the Executive Committee of the Supreme Defense Council
- Head of the Executive Committee
- Deputy Commander of the War
- 1985 Commander of the Khatam-ol-anbia Operation Center
and more.
Moderate my fucking ass.
Rouhani was Khamenei’s own representative in the “Supreme National Security Council”
Accomplishments of the Supreme National Security Council while Rouhani was Khamenei’s representative:
Assassination of Abdol’rahman e Ghasemloo – July 13, 1989
Assassination of Kazem e Rajavi – 24 April 1990
Assassination of Shapur e Bakhtiar – 6 August 1991
Assassination of Abdor’rahman e Boroomand – 18 April 1991
Assassination of Fereydoon e Farokhzaad – August 7, 1992
Assassination of Sadegh Sharafkandi – September 17, 1992
AMIA bombing in Boenus Aeires, Bombing of Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (Argentina's deadliest bombing ever)– 18 June 1994
Assassination of Reza Mazlooman – May 27 1996
Khobar Towers bombing, Saudi Arabia – June 25, 1996
1378 (1999), the uprising in Tehran University (Infamous “Disaster of Kooye Daneshgah” or 18th Tir): It was Rouhani who gave the orders to Basij and Etela'at to crush the protests
fast translation:
Ey Kir e Khar bere too nezame eslamit sag pedar e haroomzade.
- Many died and more than 200 were injured.
- More than seventy students disappeared
- 1,200–1,400 detainees
- the "whereabouts and condition" of five students named by Human Rights Watch who are believed to be detained by Iranian authorities remain unknown
Look at this photo:
This is the most famous photo from the Kooye Daneshgah disaster. His name is Ahmad e Batebi, a student who raised the bloody shirt of his friend who was shot and was photographed doing so.
This is him talking about how he and many others were arrested and tortured in prison for years, and how he escaped Iran.
This was Rouhani's orders.
Moderate my fucking ass.
Rouhani's Minister of "Justice" in the last 4 years was Mostafa Pourmohammadi , one of the four butchers of “Death Commission”
with his good ol' friend.
Number of Executions steadily increased and almost tripped during Rouhani's presidency: Iran ranks second in the world in annual number of executions
US institute of peace had an article about this.
https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2016/jun/14/rouhani-fails-human-rights-reforms
There is an average of 2 executions per day in Iran. This number increased under Rouhani.
With Rouhani in power as president, this Iranian young man was sentenced to death for disrespecting Muhammad on an app
asked a question about him just a few months ago
With Rouhani in power as president, the Iranian founder of Gem TV Saed e Karimian was assassinated in Turkey
He was butchered just a month ago.
And last but not least: With Rouhani in power, Iran's financial and military support for Assad, Hezbollah, Yemen, had doubled and tripled. Qods army and Hezbollah have helped Assad massacre Syrian people, Iran backs Assad after every single chemical attack, and Iran continues to train and fund Islamist groups all over Middle East and the World
Do you think the billions of Dollars that Obama gave Rouhani made Iranian people's lives better?
Do you think the lifting of sanctions had any effect on the well-being of the Iranian workers? Of Iranian working class youth? And I'm only talking economy, not human rights.
No. Every single dollar given to Islamic republic, every single dollar made by Islamic republic as a result of selling more oil, increases the regimes funding of terrorism worldwide.
Islamic republic does not represent the Iranian people. It does NOT. Let that sink into your fucking western minds. Every time you and/or one of your pretentious crappy "moderate" presidents make deals with the Mullahs, you are choosing to deal with tyrants over the people they are abusing for decades.
In your dealings with Iran, always, always, always, Always, deal with the Iranian people. Choose to help those abused Iranian people. NOT the Iranian government. NOT its Basiji hound dogs.
In any case, these two monkeys, Raisi and Rouhani, are one and the same.
As Shahin Najafi says:
Haji vase ma dige jaa namaz aab nakesh, Haji ma akhare khattim, koo badtaresh?
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