Ebrahim Raisi

As the then deputy prosecutor of Tehran and Supreme Leader’s Judicial Special Envoy in 1988, Raisi was a member of a committee called the "Death Committee, tasked with whether or not prisoners live or die, based on  a few questions about their political or religious beliefs. The panel sentenced more than 1,000 political prisoners to death in Evin and Gohardasht prisons. In August and September 1988, several thousand political prisoners in Iran were executed by a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini and a decision by judicial and intelligence officials. All of them had already been tried and sentenced to prison and were serving their sentences. With the release of the audio file of Ayatollah Montazeri's meeting with the members of the Death Committee on 15 August, 1988, the presence of Ebrahim Ra'isi in this committee was undeniably highlighted.

Ayatollah Montazeri’s Audio File with English Subtitle, Iran tribunal

https://irantribunal.com/mass-executions/ayatollah-montazeris-audio-file-with-english-subtitle/

New audio file sheds light on 1980s executions in Iran, Al Monitor, August 2016

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2016/08/montazeri-executions-1988-iran-mek-khomeini.html

Audio file revives calls for inquiry into massacre of Iran political prisoners, The Guardian, 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2016/aug/11/hossein-ali-montazeri-audio-file-calls-for-inquiry-1988-massacre-iran-political-prisoners

Ayatollah Montazeri's Son Defends Releasing Audio File of Father Denouncing 1988 Mass Execution of Prisoners

https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/10/ahmad-montazeri-2/

UN recognizes the victims of the 1988 massacre as cases of forced disappearance, Justice for Iran, 2017

https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/un-working-group-maryam-akbari/

Montazeri confirmed the role of Pourmohammadi in the 1988 executions, BBC Farsi, 2005

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-8-.pdf

Release of Montazeri’s audio file about the executions in 1988, BBC Farsi, 2016

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-9.pdf

Geoffrey Robertson, The UN must try Iran's 1988 murderers, The Guardian, 2010

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-10.pdf

Prosecutor V. Islamic Republic of Iran, International People’s Tribunal, 2013

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-11.pdf

Pour-Mohammadi and the 1988 Prison Massacres, Human Rights Watch, 2017

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-12.pdf

As the then deputy prosecutor of Tehran and Supreme Leader’s Judicial Special Envoy in 1988, Raisi was a member of a committee called the "Death Committee, tasked with whether or not prisoners live or die, based on  a few questions about their political or religious beliefs. The panel sentenced more than 1,000 political prisoners to death in Evin and Gohardasht prisons. In August and September 1988, several thousand political prisoners in Iran were executed by a fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini and a decision by judicial and intelligence officials. All of them had already been tried and sentenced to prison and were serving their sentences. With the release of the audio file of Ayatollah Montazeri's meeting with the members of the Death Committee on 15 August, 1988, the presence of Ebrahim Ra'isi in this committee was undeniably highlighted.

Ayatollah Montazeri’s Audio File with English Subtitle, Iran tribunal

https://irantribunal.com/mass-executions/ayatollah-montazeris-audio-file-with-english-subtitle/

New audio file sheds light on 1980s executions in Iran, Al Monitor, August 2016

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2016/08/montazeri-executions-1988-iran-mek-khomeini.html

Audio file revives calls for inquiry into massacre of Iran political prisoners, The Guardian, 2016

https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran-blog/2016/aug/11/hossein-ali-montazeri-audio-file-calls-for-inquiry-1988-massacre-iran-political-prisoners

Ayatollah Montazeri's Son Defends Releasing Audio File of Father Denouncing 1988 Mass Execution of Prisoners

https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2016/10/ahmad-montazeri-2/

UN recognizes the victims of the 1988 massacre as cases of forced disappearance, Justice for Iran, 2017

https://justice4iran.org/persian/reports/un-working-group-maryam-akbari/

Montazeri confirmed the role of Pourmohammadi in the 1988 executions, BBC Farsi, 2005

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-8-.pdf

Release of Montazeri’s audio file about the executions in 1988, BBC Farsi, 2016

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-9.pdf

Geoffrey Robertson, The UN must try Iran's 1988 murderers, The Guardian, 2010

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-10.pdf

Prosecutor V. Islamic Republic of Iran, International People’s Tribunal, 2013

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-11.pdf

Pour-Mohammadi and the 1988 Prison Massacres, Human Rights Watch, 2017

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-12.pdf

Raisi, as the first deputy of the judiciary, has been responsible for the detention, torture and execution of participants in peaceful protests against the results of the 2009 presidential election. This included the issuance and execution of the death sentences of Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour. Mohammad Reza Alizamani and Arash Rahmanipour were sentenced to death on charges of planning armed struggle during the post-election protests, but after the trial it was revealed that they had been arrested before the elections in April and May and could not "plan" for post-June protests . The death sentences of Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour were carried out on 29 February, 2010.

Raisi, as a member of the three-member Judiciary Review Board, has also played a key role in concealing and ignoring reports of torture and rape of detainees during the post-2009 election protests, and threatening, intimidating, and prosecuting those who disclosed these crimes.

Two defendants from the Iranian election protests were executed, BBC Farsi, 29 February, 2010

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-13.pdf

Karroubi emphasized on the existence of substantial evidence of rape, BBC Farsi, September 2009

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-172.pdf

Rape, Iran Human Rights Campaign, September 2009

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-17.pdf

Report of the three-member delegation on Karroubi's remarks, Site Alef, September 2009

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-16.pdf

Fars Conversation with Ebrahim Raisi, Fars News Agency, December 2009

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-15.pdf

Filing a case against Mehdi Karroubi for his claims about rape, Radio Farda, October 2009

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-0.pdf

As the prosecutor of the Special Clerical Court, Raisi has played a key role in unfair trials and sentencing of clerics critical of the regime. Including the sentencing of Ahmad Montazeri to 21 years in prison and stripping him of clerical robe for publishing the audio file of the meeting of his father, Hossein Ali Montazeri, the then deputy of Ruhollah Khomeini, with the Death Committee, which revealed and proved the definite role of Raisi in the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.

Ahmad Montazeri was sentenced to prison and stripped of the clerical robe, BBC Farsi, 2016

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-21.pdf

Audio file of Montazeri meeting with members of the Death Committee, 15 August, 1988

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Tv55PBpdc&ab_channel=DorrTV 

As head of the judiciary, Ra'isi is responsible for continuing to detain, torture and unfairly prosecuting environmental activists. Dozens of environmental activists have been detained since February 2017 on charges of espionage, but neither the security authorities nor the judiciary have provided any evidence of espionage. One and a half years later, eight of these environmental activists are still imprisoned and tried in closed courts without the presence of their chosen lawyers.

Human Rights Watch: Investigate allegations of torture of environmental activists immediately, Deutsche Welle, 2016

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ShariatMadari-3.pdf

Holding the second court session of eight environmental activists without the presence of selected lawyers, Radio Farda, 4 February, 2017

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/RUp1.pdf

Request for the release of eight environmental activists in a letter from their families to the head of the judiciary, Campaign for Human Rights, July 2017

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Rup2.pdf

Ebrahim Raisi was directly responsible for the illegal detention and trial of journalists for exercising their informing duties, as well as for threatening members of the media and suppressing freedom of expression. "The media must be careful that the points and signals that make the enemy happy are not spread and heard in society," he told reporters and media executives on 22 June, 2019. At the meeting, Raisi also threatened journalists and the media that if they did not follow the Islamic Republic's red lines, they would be brought to court. Dozens of journalists, including Marzieh Amiri, Keyvan Samimi, Massoud Kazemi, Mohammad Reza Nasab Abdullahi, and Mohammad Masaed, have been arrested, tried, and sent to prison since Ebrahim Ra'isi has become the head of judiciary.

Reporters Without Borders: A new wave of media repression has begun in Iran, BBC Farsi, 8 September, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-54074252

Massoud Kazemi's lawyer: The court has been removed from justice, June 2019

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Rup4.pdf

Journalist Mohammad Mosaed Sentenced to Imprisonment and Prohibition of Press Activities, BBC Farsi, September 2020

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-54001870

Tehran Free Journalists Association demands the release of Keyvan Samimi and Marzieh Amiri, BBC Farsi, 7 May, 2019

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-48202606

As head of judiciary, Raisi is responsible for overseeing the actions of judicial authorities throughout the country. He is, therefore, responsible for the extrajudicial detentions of citizens in connection with the nationwide protests, the illegal trials in complete disregard of the principles of fair trial, and the issuance of unjust sentences to protesters. He is also responsible for concealing and distorting information about the protests, refusing to disclose the true death toll, and failing to conduct effective and independent investigations into violations of the right to life and the illegal use of deadly weapons by security forces against unarmed protesters.

Raisi is also responsible for the final approval and enforcement of illegal death sentences for protesters issued through unfair trials, based on forced and false confessions of defendants obtained under severe torture. Mostafa Salehi, one of the protesters in January 2017, Mohammad Salas, one of the detainees of the Dervish protests in March 2017, and Navid Afkari, one of the detainees of the August 2018 protests, are among the protesters who were sentenced to death solely based on their forced confessions obtained under severe torture and were executed hastily and in an illegal process with the final approval of Ebrahim Raisi.

 Shoot to Kill; Preliminary Findings of Justice for Iran’s Investigation into the November 2019 Protests, Justice for Iran, February 2020 https://justice4iran.org/15229/

“Iran: Details released of 304 deaths during protests six months after security forces’ killing spree”, Amnesty International, 20 May 2020

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/iran-details-released-of-304-deaths-during-protests-six-months-after-security-forces-killing-spree/

Mother of Afkari brothers: My sons were tortured to testify against each other and one of them committed suicide, BBC Farsi, Aug 30, 2020

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-53964437

 August 2018 protests; 2 death sentences, 308 lashes and 88 years imprisonment for three brothers in Shiraz / Documents, HRANA News Agency, Aug 2020

https://www.hra-news.org/2020/hranews/a-26368/

 New details of Navid Afkari's case; 'I have witness that I have been tortured'; Judiciary: ‌ The allegation of torture is not true, BBC Farsi, September 2020

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-53977871

 New details of Navid Afkari's death: The possibility of Navid being killed as a result of torture has increased, Iran International, September 2020

https://iranintl.com/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%81%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%87-%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA

Mostafa Salehi, one of the protesters of January 2017 protest, was executed, 5 August 2020

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-53660716

"Continuation of Temporary Detention of Imprisoned Dervishes and Uncertainty about the Basis of Their Charges", Iran Human Rights Campaign, 2018 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7-%E2%80%93-%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86.pdf

"Issuance of 114 years in prison for 34 imprisoned dervishes", Deutsche Welle, 2018

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/daravish.pdf

"The Attorney General attributed the dervishes' protests to foreign states", Radio Zamaneh, 2018

https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%D9%84-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-_-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87.pdf

"Mohammad Salas: I was tortured to death", Iran Human Rights Campaign, May 15, 2018

https://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1397/02/i-was-tortured-and-beaten-to-death/

Ebrahim Raisi, as head of the judiciary, is responsible for overseeing the judicial institutions under his supervision including the Prison Organisation. Raisi is, hence, responsible for the systematic harassment and torture of prisoners in Iran's prison which in many cases led to the death of political prisoners including Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali, Behnam Mahjoubi and Sasan Niknaf due to gross negligence and deliberate disregard for repeated warnings from human rights organizations about the deplorable and illegal conditions in Iran's prisons, as well as the systematic harassment of prisoners including by depriving them of proper medical care, which has repeatedly resulted in the death of prisoners due to severe physical deterioration.

Raisi is also responsible for violating the prisoners' rights by failing to order a transparent, independent and effective investigation that would identify and punish the prison authorities responsible in the death of these prisoners.

Alireza Shir Mohammad Ali, a political prisoner of conscience, who was sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of "insulting the sanctities", "propaganda against the regime" and "insulting the leader", was stabbed to death on Monday, June 10, 2019 by two prisoners convicted for murder.

Behnam Mahjoubi, a Gonabadi dervish from Iran's religious minority belonging to Sufism, was arrested during protests against the detention of several dervishes in Golestan 7th of Pasdaran Street in 2017. Two years later, Mahjoubi was sentenced to two years in prison. Finally, on June 20, 2020, he was transferred to Evin Prison to serve his sentence. During his imprisonment, Mahjoubi was repeatedly harassed and tortured by prison officials. Prison officials refused to deliver his medicines, which paralyzed half of his body. Finally, despite Mahjoubi's critical physical condition, the authorities at Evin Prison refused to send him to the hospital, and instead transferred him to Razi Mental Asylum in Aminabad on Sunday, September 27, 2020. On November 2, 2020, Mahjoubi was transferred to Aminabad Hospital while on a hunger strike. Mahjoubi describes his torture by prison officials and staff at Razi Aminabad Asylum on November 4, 2020 in an audio file from Evin Prison. On February 13, 2021, with Mahjoubi's deteriorating condition, he was transferred to Evin Prison Medical Center, but the prison authorities continued to refuse to transfer him to the hospital, and instead gave him drugs that led to his loss of consciousness. Eventually, at the insistence of Mahjoubi's cellmates, he was taken to the hospital while he was in a coma. Mahjoubi died in hospital on February 16, 2021

Sasan Niknafs, a political prisoner in the Greater Tehran Prison (Fashafoyeh), who was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of "propaganda against the regime" and "insulting the leader" died on June 8, 2021 due to lack of medical care. The prisoner's lawyer told the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) about his death: "I was informed from inside the prison that about two days ago he was taken to the prison hospital with bleeding from his nose and mouth."

Prison officials were well aware of this prisoner’s medical history, including his liver disease, diabetes, and neurosis. A year ago, there were reports of Niknafs not having access to medical services. In its statement, the Prisons Organization, without accepting any responsibility, claimed that Sasan Niknafs's death was due to "taking pills."

Alireza Shirmohammad Ali, a political prisoner, was “killed" in Fashafooyeh prison, VOA, June 12, 2019

https://ir.voanews.com/latestnews/iran-human-rights-407

New details about the murder of Alireza Shirmohammad Ali, a political prisoner in Iran, BBC Farsi, June 12, 2019

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-48618124

"A political prisoner was killed by two non-political prisoners", Deutsche Welle, June 12, 2019

https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7-%D8%AF%D9%88-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF/a-49139811

Continued reactions to the murder of Alireza Shirmohammad Ali; Preparation of a plan to hand over the responsibility of prisoners to the Ministry of Justice, Radio Farda, June 17, 2019

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-political-prisoner-killed-/30002369.html

Murder of a political prisoner in prison "led" to the dismissal of the director general of prisons in Tehran province, Radio Farda, July 1, 2019

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iran-prisons-head-expelled-for-murder-of-prisoner-political/30032474.html

Behnam Mahjoubi "Transfered" with "Paralyzed" Body to Aminabad Asylum, Radio Farda, October 29, 2016

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/30864008.html

Worrying situation of a Gonabadi dervishes imprisoned in Iran; Behnam Mahjoubi: I saw the "decline of humanity", VOA, November 4, 2016

https://ir.voanews.com/persiannewsiran/iran-human-rights-behnam-mahjoubi

Dervishes imprisoned in Iran; Behnam Mahjoubi 'Transfered' from Prison to 'Psychiatric Hospital' for the second time, BBC Farsi, November 2, 2016

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-54770763

Behnam Mahjoubi, imprisoned Gonabadi Darvish “died” of drug poisoning, Deutsche Welle, February 19, 2017

https://www.dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B4-%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA/a-56583371

Behnam Mahjoubi, died three days after being transferred from Evin Prison to a hospital, Iran International, February 19, 2017

https://iranintl.com/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86/%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%8C-%D8%B3%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA

Denial of the allegation of death of Behnam Mahjoubi; "Vital signs are weak in him", Radio Farda, February 19, 2017

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/behnam-mahjoobi-iran-dervish-died-in-hospital/31105148.html

IRAN: Tortured Sufi Prisoner Must Be Released: Behnam Mahjoubi, Amnesty International, 11 December 2020

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/document/?indexNumber=mde13%2f3460%2f2020&language=en

Rights Groups Say Iranian Inmate 'Unfit' For Jail Dies in Custody, Radio Free Europe, 08 June 2021

https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-prisoner-dies-custody/31296387.html

Iranian prisoner of conscience dies due to lack of medical attention, Iran News Wire, 08 June 2021

https://irannewswire.org/iranian-prisoner-of-conscience-dies/

 Iran Election: Political Prisoners Dying Under Candidate Raisi's Watch, Human Rights Campaign, June 2021

https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/06/iran-election-political-prisoners-dying-under-candidate-raisis-watch/

Sasan Nikonfas, a political prisoner in Iran, died of an illness and 'lack of care', BBC Persian, 17 June 2021

https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-57384559

Human Rights Institutions: Ebrahim Raisi is Responsible for the Death of Sasan Nikonfas in Prison, Radio Farda, June 9, 2021

https://www.radiofarda.com/a/sassan-niknafs-raisi-responsible/31296323.html

 Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi is responsible for hate speech against the LGBTI+ community in his role as President.

The LGBTI+ community played a big role in the 2022-23 protests. Raisi has defamed and degraded the LGBTI+ community with derogative language.

In a speech on 11^th of February 2023, he said: “The worst and ugliest immorality is faggotry. You are making the human race extinct. You are against family values.”

https://www.fardanews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C-103/1204296-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B9%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85

https://www.irna.ir/news/85113530/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AD%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%81-%D9%88-%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D9%82%D9%88%D9%87-%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%82%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF

Ebrahim Raisi As head of the government and Head of the Supreme National Security Council he was responsible for using forces under his governance to arrest, suppress, and kill protesters during the 2022-2023 protests.

The 2022-23 protests began following the death of Mahsa (Gina) Amini on September 13, 2022, in the detention of the morality police of the Islamic Republic. These protests quickly spread across the country and are remembered as the largest revolutionary uprising against the government since the establishment of the Islamic Republic.

The Iranian government responded to these protests with deadly violence. According to human rights organizations, the security forces of the Islamic Republic have killed at least 551 people, with a minimum of 68 of them being children.

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