Excerpt of Telegraph coverage on Ebrahim Raisi’s death
Exiled opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has claimed that Raisi’s death “represents a monumental and irreparable strategic blow to the mullahs” and speculated that “it will trigger a series of repercussions and crises within the theocratic tyranny, which will spur rebellious youths into action.”
NCRI leader Maryam Rajavi said that “the curse of mothers and those seeking justice for the executed, along with the damnation of the Iranian people and history, mark the legacy of Ebrahim Raisi, the notorious perpetrator of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners.”
The group, which has been in exile since the 1980s, claims that Raisi was responsible for a crackdown on opposition in the 1980s that saw the Islamic regime execute thousands of dissidents…
- Tags: 1988 Massacre, Maryam Rajavi, MEK, mullahs' regime
