Masoud Momeni
Masoud Momeni
مسعود مومنی
Male
No
Alive
5 Aug 2024
- Ministry of Intelligence Officer, Tehran (Tehran Province) (at least 2021)
- Human Rights Violation: Destruction of Mass Graves of Political Prisoners and Violation of Baha (March 2021 - Present) read more
- Institution
- Ministry of Intelligence
- Location
- Tehran (Tehran Province)
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom of religion and belief, Right to non-discrimination
- Description
- Masoud Momeni, in his capacity as the Ministry of Intelligence Officer, is responsible for the secret or forced burial of the bodies of Baha'is in the mass graves of Khavaran. Masoud Momeni also responsibility in the unlawful detention of four members of the Baha'i community who protested against this process and the violation of the rights of the families of deceased Baha'is to bury their loved ones according to their religious rituals. The mass graves are located near Khavaran Cultural Center in Tehran, adjacent to Golistan Javid Cemetery, the burial place of Tehran's Baha'is. The mass graves are the burial site of hundreds of political prisoners who were victims of a massacre in 1988.
- Sources
- Baha'is' Cemetery and the Islamic Republic; A Less Heard Tale of Oppression
https://iranwire.com/fa/features/117170-%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B8%D9%84%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87/
Expression of Concern by the Global Baha'i Community about the Forced Burial of Baha'is in Khavaran Cemeteryhttps://www.hra-news.org/statements/a-687/
- Human Rights Violation: Destruction of Mass Graves of Political Prisoners and Violation of Baha (March 2021 - Present) read more
These violations may only be part of the human rights violations that this person has been involved in. The investigation into this person's human rights record is ongoing.