Stop Destruction of Mass Graves at Khavaran

(5 February 2009) The Iranian government should immediately stop its ongoing destruction of mass graves at the Khavaran site in Tehran, which is the burial site of thousands of political prisoners executed in 1988, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said today.

The mass graves at Khavaran remain the only place for families of the victims to remember and honor their loved ones. For the past twenty years, the Iranian government has consistently attempted to prevent families from holding memorials at the site on the anniversary of the mass executions.