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In July 1988, the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to bring an end to the brutal eight-year war with Iraq. Over the next two months, under the orders of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, political prisoners around the country were secretly brought before a tribunal panel that would later become known as the Death Commission. They were not told what was happening and did not know that one 'wrong' answer concerning their faith or political affiliation would send them straight to the gallows.
Thousands of men and women were condemned to death, many buried in mass graves in Khavaran Cemetery in the vicinity of Tehran.
Through eyewitness accounts of survivors, research by scholars and memories of children and spouses of the deceased, Voices of a Massacre reconstructs the events of that bloody summer. Over thirty years later, the Iranian government has still not officially acknowledged that they ever took place.
Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Translation and Transliteration
Foreword
Preface
Chapter One: In Hindsight
The Great Massacre | Nasser Mohajer
Chapter Two: Voices of Survival
Testimonies (Women's Prison)
This Is a Warning: "We Plan to Kill You" | Mahnaz Saida
Summer 1988 | Anahita Rahmani
He Held His Head Up | Nazli Partovi
A Taste of Mortadella: Reflections on Massacre and Resistance | Shokoufeh Sakhi
Reynaldo Galindo Pohl's Inspection of Evin Prison | Laleh Mastour
Testimonies (Men's Prison)
Chronicle of a Crime | Iraj Mesdaghi
Life-Bestowing Telephone Call | Mehdi Aslani
Awaiting Our Fate | Nasser Kh.
A Defining Moment | Mehrdad Neshati Melikiyans
Chapter Three: The Massacre in the Provinces
Still an Enigma | Fatemeh Jokar Interviewing Ms. Zaher
Executions in the Provinces: Summer 1988 | Assad Saif
Chapter Four: The Mothers of Khavaran
Past and Present | Nasser Mohajer
Anoush Brought Me Back to Life | Said Afshar Interviewing Forough Lotfi
A Note on Two Letters | Nasser Mohajer
Human Rights in Iran | Brigitte Behzadi
To the UN Human Rights Commission | Brigitte Behzadi
The Mothers of Khavaran: A Unique Movement | Nasser Mohajer
Chapter Five: Sons and Daughters of the Perished Speak Out
Home | Samad Kiani
Thirty Years | Saiid Ismati
Open Letter to My Father's Hangmen | Lale Behzadi
Testifying: A Journey into the Past Ahead of Us | Chowra Makaremi
My Father, Ahmad Danesh | Stefan Parvis Töpelmann
Chapter Six: A Call for Justice
The Iran Tribunal: Justice in the Making | Shokoufeh Sakhi
The Movement for Seeking Justice in Iran: Which Strategy? | Mojdeh Arasi and Homayoon Ivani
Never Again | Jafar Behkish
Appendix A: Unearthing a Crime Against Humanity in Bits and Pieces | Kaveh Yazdani
Appendix B: Political Parties and Organizations of 1980s Iran
Appendix C: Chronology of the Massacre | Fatemeh Jokar
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