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Saeed Mortazavi

Majles panel ties Khamenei ally to protester deaths

New York Times: An Iranian parliamentary panel said Sunday that Tehran’s prosecutor, an ally of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was responsible for the beating deaths of three imprisoned protesters last summer, state news agencies reported. The panel’s investigative report said the prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, who has since been promoted, was responsible for the violence against protesters in the notorious Kahrizak detention center, where at least three young men, including the son of a former Revolutionary Guards commander, were killed. The allegation was a rare criticism of a senior official involved in the government’s crackdown on the protest movement that erupted in June over disputed election results. It also exposed the internal rift between Mr. Ahmadinejad’s faction, which favors a severe response to the protesters, and his conservative opponents, led by the speaker of Parliament, Ali Larijani, who favor compromise. The report said Mr. Mortazavi insisted on sending 147 detainees to the prison in Kahrizak, south of Tehran, and “keeping them for four days in a space of 750 square feet, without ventilation in the heat of summer, lack of hygienic standards, food and water, in addition to beating and intimidation by prison guards.”  >>>

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bachenavvab

IRI, Inc.

by bachenavvab on Tue Jan 12, 2010 08:50 AM PST

This seems much like the corporate world.  He is safe for now as AN is his sponsor.  With AN gone, he will be fair game.


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areyo barzan

Dear JJ, I can think of one

by areyo barzan on Tue Jan 12, 2010 07:11 AM PST

Saeed Emami and family

this is in the nature of any dictator regime. they are wiling to sacrifice anything and any one just to stay in power


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Fouzul Bashi

JD - this is not what JJ said

by Fouzul Bashi on Tue Jan 12, 2010 04:27 AM PST

I agree with you and JJ that criminals get away with it in the IR either by a more lucrative position or if 'convicted' get bumped off, like Saeed Imami, so that the source can't be traced to the gang leaders!  Those convicted are also usually a smokescreen and scapegoat for the main orchestrators.  

However, you say "IRI criminals if convicted will end up with a consulate positions somewhere around the globe, generally as a cultural attache".  Who do you know in Iranian consulates or cultural attaches world wide who is a convicted criminal?    


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yolanda

.....

by yolanda on Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:00 PM PST

OMG! So this guy has to immolate himself to show his absolute loyalty to IRI and take IRI's secrets to his grave.....


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divaneh

I don't want him to die

by divaneh on Mon Jan 11, 2010 04:23 PM PST

He should write a book about all their (and not only his) crimes. I hope nothing serious happens to the number one suspect of Kahrizak and Zahra Kazemi's murders. He worth a lot more alive.   


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Anonymoses

Mafia culture = Iranian government

by Anonymoses on Mon Jan 11, 2010 01:52 PM PST

"When Saeed Emami was arrested for his role in the chain murders of the 1990s, he allegedly killed himself by swallowing hair removing powder before any of his gruesome acts could become public in court. How convenient." 

In mafia, you not only make hits for the family... you also take hits for the family. 

There is a trend it appears in Iranian prisons anytime a high profile prisoner from within the government who has committed gruesome acts -- ends up "committing suicides" before making statements defending themselves/making further accusations or statements in front of a court. Dude was gonna die anyway, why would he kill himself?

There is a scenario where they're going to set this guy free and let him continue his reign of terror...

There is another scene where he's going to "commit suicide" before going into a court of law, and before any truths come out... 

the prospect of both is EQUALLY horrifying to me because of the consequences, and the fact that it indicates that YES Iran is infact just a giant mafia fest.


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Jeesh Daram

I agree with JJ

by Jeesh Daram on Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:14 AM PST

most of the accused IRI criminals if convicted will end up with a consulate positions somewhere around the globe, generally as a cultural attache.


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hamsade ghadimi

bright future

by hamsade ghadimi on Mon Jan 11, 2010 09:14 AM PST

this guy has a bright future in the iri government.  just like in mafia, you prove your worth by making hits for the family.


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MRX1

Captial punishment

by MRX1 on Mon Jan 11, 2010 09:09 AM PST

While I am not a believer in captial punishment,I vcan't help it: I would like to see this guy hanged from a tree some where. Such a sick bastered he is. His hands are soaked in blood of inocent people.


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Jahanshah Javid

Mortazavi's fate

by Jahanshah Javid on Mon Jan 11, 2010 08:37 AM PST

Mortazavi should not worry too much. I cannot think of one official being tried and convicted for any atrocities. At least not in the past 10-15 years. Can you?

There have been similar cases where some officials have been charged for serious crimes but none have served any significant time in jail. And the judicial process has been deliberately slow with the hope that people would eventually forget about them.

The Islamic Republic has always taken the position that punishing those like Mortazavi amounts to an admission of guilt by the regime itself. It has instead allowed their crimes to go unpunished in order to put the focus on critics and let them know that they could be the next victim of a brutal crime.

When Saeed Emami was arrested for his role in the chain murders of the 1990s, he allegedly killed himself by swallowing hair removing powder before any of his gruesome acts could become public in court. How convenient.

I doubt if Mortazavi would be forced to do the same. The regime does not want to make a big deal out of his role in Kahrizak. The Majles panel has already chosen not to make any direct reference to the murders
and rapes that took place there.

That's justice for you in the Islamic Republic. Allah o Akbar.


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Anonymouse

Only criticism? No just punishment? 750 SF/147 ppl = 5 SF/person

by Anonymouse on Mon Jan 11, 2010 08:31 AM PST

Everything is sacred.


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