Narges Mohammadi: Raisi’s Memorial at the UN Honors Gallows and Mass Execution Against the People of Iran

Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, reacted on June 7 to the holding of "Ibrahim Raisi Memorial Day" at the United Nations, describing the event as "a celebration of executions and mass killings against the people of Iran." She wrote on her social media: "Raisi's Memorial Day at the UN is truly a day to honor gallows, executions, and mass killings against the people of Iran. When world governments place a blatant human rights violator and the executioner of Iran's history, who was an instrument of oppression until his death, in a position as if they have lost a peace-loving and democratic human, we should no longer expect that dictators, oppressors, human rights violators, torturers, and deadly executioners will not emerge elsewhere in the world." Mohammadi added: "They see and are certain that on their day of death, the UN flag will be half-mast and world politicians will express their condolences, while the voices of helpless and oppressed protesting people will hit the walls of diplomatic relations and the historical actions of governments. Opening the doors of the UN as a refuge for nations, to memorialize Raisi is, in fact, a painful closure to the broken foundation of human rights in this global organization, which I deeply regret." This human rights activist continued: "For human rights, which has been left alone and defenseless, for peace, which has remained silent, and for the people of Iran, I am worried. Undoubtedly, we, the proud people of Iran, are well aware and witnesses that Raisi, both in the 1980s as a member of the death committee that created the Khavaran graves and in recent years when he was called the president of the Islamic Republic through minimal elections and orchestrated the suppression and killing of protesters in the glorious Mahsa uprising, sits in the position of a historical criminal in our land." Mohammadi concluded: "The absence of executioners, dictators, and human rights violators is the abode of our freedom and victory. In hope of victory." Ibrahim Raisi, the president of the thirteenth government of the Islamic Republic, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, his foreign minister, the Friday prayer leader of Tabriz, and several others were killed after the helicopter carrying them crashed in the Dizmar forest in East Azerbaijan province on May 30. Legal examination of the opponents' protests against the government memorial for Raisi; with Kianoush Razaghi. Iranian protests against the holding of Raisi's memorial at the Islamic Republic embassy in Frankfurt. Exclusive to VOA: An opponent injured by government supporters says he will continue to fight. Affiliates of the Islamic Republic threatened protesters against the memorial for Ibrahim Raisi in the US with death. Fox News report on the memorial for Raisi at an Islamic center in Michigan, USA. Reaction of Prince Reza Pahlavi to the attack by Islamic Republic supporters on protesters in London: Patriots will not be intimidated. Reactions against the attack by Islamic Republic supporters on protesters in London: The British government should deal with the attackers. Meeting of the IRGC members and proxies on the sidelines of Raisi's memorial; absence of three former presidents of the government at the funeral prayer.