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Name: 'The Butcher of Tehran': What was Ebrahim Raisi's role in the use of execution in Iran?
Uploaded: 2024-05-27T11:09:08.341Z
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'The Butcher of Tehran': What was Ebrahim Raisi's role in the use of execution in Iran?

Published 27 May 2024, 8:24 am

For human rights advocates, Iran's former president Ebrahim Raisi was also known as the 'Butcher of Tehran'. Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last week, was notorious for his role in the mass execution of thousands of prisoners in 1988 - part of the so-called "death committee" that secretively decided the fate of those jailed for their political views. This story was produced in collaboration with SBS Persian's Niv Sadrolodabaee

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Human Rights