I have cried with you in the bright solitude.
For the sake of the living,
And I have sung with you in the dark cemetery.
The most beautiful songs
Because the dead of this year
They were the most loving people alive.
The mother took the clothes and said, “You dragged me from Karaj to Evin for seven years, and every time I asked when my daughter would be released? You said, ‘Soon.’ Now you’re just giving me her clothes without even giving me the address of her grave?! I’ll hang her clothes on the threshold of our house so we don’t forget what you did to us.”
Those who hanged and shot thousands of men and women in prisons, those who handed over thousands of young girls and boys to death squads, those who consider the oppression and persecution of the people as a guarantee of the survival of their disastrous government, those who want the killing of thousands of men and women to be forgotten, should know that the mothers, fathers, wives, children, sisters, brothers and the masses of the people whose children were handed over to death squads in the prisons of the criminal Islamic rulers will never forget this brutal crime and will never forgive its perpetrators and perpetrators. Those who hope that with the passage of time, these horrific crimes and this deep social wound will be forgotten, should know that we neither forget nor forgive these crimes.
In the history of the struggles of the masses of the people of every country, there are events that leave a profound impact on the course of history and remain for generations. The reactionary regime of the Islamic Republic, by killing political prisoners in the 1960s, committed the bloodiest crime in the contemporary history of Iran and added another black leaf to its bloody and shameful record.
The mass executions in the early sixties and the killing of political prisoners in the summer of 1967 have had devastating and irreparable effects on Iranian society and history, which will undoubtedly affect future generations. What is even more catastrophic is that this crime has continued in other dimensions and forms, causing serious and irreparable damage to the fabric of society and social health. In a situation where the perpetrators of this great historical crime are still in power, in order to confront the repetition of such a crime and the killing of another generation at the hands of the ruling criminals and reduce its social damage, reexamining the tragedy of the killing of political prisoners, repeating the events, and examining and addressing it is of particular importance for human society and all freedom-loving and justice-loving people who condemn killing, execution, torture, and oppression.
The autopsy of the various, unspoken and hidden aspects of the massacre is the most urgent task that history has placed before informed and philanthropic people. Many of the dark corners of this horrific crime have been exposed from within by the survivors of the massacres of the 1960s, and for four years now, a group of families and survivors of the massacres of political prisoners in the 1960s, as well as activists in the social and political arenas, have launched a global campaign for the first time to address these crimes in an international people’s court. With empty hands and relying only on their collective strength and energy, they have taken up the banner of the justice movement for the first time in the history of the struggles of the Iranian people, and with the slogan Its tireless efforts and determination have brought it to a turning point in the history of the struggles of the people of Iran and the world, something that no one has been able to do before.
Friends, colleagues, welcome to the 18th gathering on the killing of political prisoners.
Today, in this gathering, four political prisoners from the 1960s; Fariba Sabet, Ahmad Mousavi, Mehdi Aslani, and Iraj Mosadaghi, will explain some of the untold aspects of the massacre and its political impact on society and the people, especially the families of the deceased.
The program begins with a minute of applause in remembrance and in commemoration of the thousands of fighting men and women who were sentenced to death squads in the prisons of the Islamic Republic regime in the 1960s, before and after.
Then, the clip “Here is Khavaran” produced by the Iran Tribunal campaign will be shown.
After that, Fariba Sabet, author of “Prison Memories,” Ahmad Mousavi, author of “Good Night, Comrade,” Mehdi Aslani, author of “The Crow and the Red Rose,” and Iraj Mosadaghi, author of “Neither Living nor Dying,” will give speeches, respectively.
Lecture topics:
-Investigating the hidden aspects of the killing of political prisoners in the 1960s and its social impacts.
– Documenting the basic elements of litigation.
Then, Iraj Jannati Ataei, a renowned songwriter, playwright, and theater director, will compose songs, and Hooman and Nader will perform a few songs with their musician friends.
Mehdi Memarpouri will provide an explanation about the “International People’s Court of Iran Tribunal” in the middle of the program.