UN Calls for Investigation into Ebrahim Raisi’s Significant Involvement in 1988 Massacre

Raisi, the “Brand New Iran President” was Tehran’s deputy prosecutor at the time of the massacre. Ebrahim Raisi’s tenure as Iran’s leader has not started off quietly – which is to be expected for Tehran. Less than two weeks after the ultra-conservative won the 18 June election, Javed Rehman, the UN human rights investigator in Iran, has called for an independent investigation into the state’s execution of thousands of political prisoners in 1988. At the time, the now president was a deputy prosecutor and, according to Rehman, there is testimony and evidence collected over the years that could be of…