Majid Torabpour
- Head of Prisons Organisation , Fars Province (1982 - 1996)
- Head of Prisons Organisation , Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province (1982 - 1996)
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- Institution
- Prisons Organisation
- Location
- Shiraz
- Rights Violated
- Right to freedom from torture, Right to life
- Description
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As the head of Fars and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Provincial Prisons, he is responsible for the torture and mass execution of political prisoners in the summer of 1988.
- Sources
Geoffrey Robertson, “The UN must try Iran's 1988 murderers”, The Guardian, 7 June 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/jun/07/iran-1988-prisoners-murder-international-court
The testimony of Soulat Sheikhnia with Justice for Iran
"The Impact of Communication with inmates", Majid Torabpour, Normag, 1995
https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Torabpour-09.pdf
Full text of Iran Tribunal vote on the execution of prisoners in the summer of 1988, Justice for Iran Archive, 2013 https://justice4iran.org/persian/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/RAEISI-11.pdf
United Nations Recognizes Victims of Massacre 1988 as Victims of Forced Disappearance, Justice for Iran, 2017 http://justice4iran.org/persian/news/un-working-group-maryam-akbari
- Human Rights Violation: Torutre and mass execution of political prisoners (1988) read more