Tribunal declares Iran committed “crimes against humanity” during crackdown of 2019 protests
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Amid nationwide protests against Iran's regime a groundbreaking legal tribunal found Tehran committed crimes against humanity in its crackdown on demonstrations in 2019.
The panel implicated Raisi, who was head of Iran’s opaque judiciary at the time, and the so-called "moderate" former president of the theocratic regime, Hassan Rouhani, for crimes against humanity. The non-binding legal finding raises a new dimension of criticism against the existence of the reportedly totalitarian regime in Tehran. Benjamin Weinthal reports on Middle East affairs. You can follow Benjamin Weinthal on Twitter @BenWeinthal.
According to the 24-page "Judgment Summary" authored by the tribunal, the panel of lawyers unanimously determined "the Iranian government and security forces (including Ministry of Interior, Supreme Council of National Security, Provincial Security Councils, police forces (NAJA), the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], the paramilitary Basij, Ministry of Intelligence, other plainclothes forces and the Ministry of Justice) designed and implemented a plan to commit crimes against humanity of murder, imprisonment, enforces disappearances, torture and sexual violence in order to quell the protests and conceal the crimes committed."