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“Do you know that crimes are being committed in the prisons of the Islamic Republic in the name of Islam the like of which was never seen under the Shah’s evil regime?” Letter to Aiatollah Khomeini by Grand Aiatollah Mortazer in his Memoirs.

The publication of this controversial book on the internet, shocked Iran. As a result, several people including Montazeri's son were arrested on charges of "conspiracy against Islamic Republic".

The book reveals some of the most important documents of Iran's revolution, such as Khomeini's verdict for execution of dissidents in 1987: "The verdict for apostate is execution. Destroy enemies of Islam immediately. The soonest sentences are carried out the better". (Ayatollah Khomeini in a letter to Supreme Council of Judiciary, Ayatollah Musavi Ardebili.)

The book is in Farsi, not yet translated into English. Montazeri, born in 1922 and once the designated heir to late state founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was placed under house arrest in November 1997 for challenging the authority of paramount leader Khamenei. Visitors are barred.

His pupils say his bank accounts have been frozen, preventing him from paying the stipends they rely on during years of study and forcing him to close his religious school.

Nonetheless, as a senior cleric -- he is empowered to issue religious decrees -- and venerable revolutionary, he remains one of the most influential figures in contemporary Iran. Montazeri's books and lectures circulate discreetly, and a number of members of parliament, officials and religious leaders are secret followers.

Letter from Grand Aiatollah Montazeri to Imam Khomeini, dated October 8, 1986

...Do you know that crimes are being committed in the prisons of the Islamic Republic in the name of Islam the like of which was never seen in the Shah’s evil regime?

·        Do you know that a large number of prisoners have been killed under torture by their interrogators?

·        Do you know that in Mashad prison, some 25 girls had to have their ovaries or uterus removed as a result of what had been done to them, and because there were no physicians and medical care?

·        Do you know that in Shiraz prison, a girl who was fasting in the month of Ramadan was executed on petty charges immediately after breaking her fast?

·        Do you know that in some prisons of the Islamic Republic young girls are being raped by force?

·        Do you know that interrogators foulmouth the girls and use disgusting words to insult them while interrogating them?

·        Do you know that as a result of unruly torture, many prisoners have become deaf or paralyzed or afflicted with chronic diseases? And there is no one to listen to their complaints?

·        Do you know that in some prisons, prisoners have even been banned from performing their Muslim rites?

·        Do you know that in some prisons prisoners are not allowed to see daylight, not for one or two days, but for months on end?

·        Do you know that even once a prisoner is tried and receives a sentence, he is beaten and abused? No doubt Your Eminence would be told that these are lies and Montazeri is naive.

·        But let me also report to Your Eminence, if you permit me, what is happening outside prisons:

·        Do you know that people, while traveling in buses and taxis and waiting in queues for chickens, eggs, vegetable oil and beef or waiting in queues at petrol stations, are openly cursing the officials of the

·        Islamic Republic, including, I regret to say, yourself?

·        Do you know that the (Shiite) clergy and clergymen are reviled by the people?

·        Do you know that even those who come to Friday prayers are mostly disenchanted and curse the authorities?

·        Do you know that bribery is rampant everywhere in government offices, ministries, and unfortunately in some prosecutors’ offices and courts?

·        Do you know that huge embezzlements of government funds are hushed up with some bribes, a telephone call, or a recommendation, while petty thieves are prosecuted?

·        Do you know that there have been so many robberies and thefts and plundering by persons in the uniforms of Revolutionary Guards and Komiteh agents that people feel no security for their lives and properties?

·        Do you know that more than two million Iranians are living in exile and many women have resorted to prostitution and discredited Iran and Iranians in the eyes of foreigners?

·        Do you know that poverty and high costs of living are putting intolerable pressures on the people?

·        While the average income and salaries are the same as they were before, prices have jumped ten to twenty times higher. How can the poor live in such conditions?

·        Do you know that contrary to what we studied in Islamic jurisprudence, in the Islamic Republic a Muslim’s right to life is not respected, nor is his property...

·        Do you know that most good judges have become disillusioned and have resigned, leaving behind corrupt or weak individuals as judges?

·        Do you know that... everyday about a million Iranians go to doctors and pharmacies and hospitals and clinics, but the vast majority of them return unsatisfied and disenchanted? This is not because of the war, but because of mismanagement and lack of planning...

·        Do you know that drug addiction is rampant in this country, and that executions, prisons, island concentration camps, etc., are no longer effective?...

In conclusion, it is my view that the country is on a downward spiral and the majority of the people are disenchanted...For eight years, we have been ruling the country through violence, numerous executions, and inappropriate confiscation, and we have not got anywhere.

Grand Aiatollah Mortazeri

Yes, Khamenei's mafia know. They will not be able to deny when facing the International Courts.

Under the law of God:

"Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of (your) religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly; surely Allah loves the doers of justice" Koran (60-8) “…take not life, which God hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom.” [Al-Qur’an 6:151].

“Otherwise, as I have already said, a government not respecting the people’s vote has no religious or political legitimacy. I ask the police and army personnel not to “sell their religion”, and be aware that receiving orders will not excuse them before God.”  Grand Aiatollah Montazeri June 2009.

The ones that  kill innocent citizens, are blasphemers are blasphemers because they go against the law of God.

Under the law of men.

“The Iranian government at this time has ceased to be a legitimate government. A government primary role is to protect its citizens. They have done the exact opposite. They have hired thugs from the rural areas of Iran, Syria and Lebanon to beat, terrorize andkill its citizens. They pay the Lebanese more than the Iranian. 200,000 Tomans or $200. When your government takes measures to kill you…that is no longer your government! This is no longer about an election!” Anonymous post on Youtube.

“Crimes against international law are committed by men, not by abstract entities, and only by punishing individuals who commit such crimes can the provisions of international law be enforced” (Judgment of the Nuremberg Tribunal, 30^th September and 1st October 1946, Cmd. 6964, Misc. No. 12, London: H.M.S.O 1946, p. 41)

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