international humanitarian law

Iran: first trial for 1988 massacres opens in Stockholm

Since August 10, a Swedish court has been trying a former Iranian official who allegedly took part in the mass executions carried out in Iranian prisons in 1988. The trial is as historic as it is politically sensitive, with new Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi suspected of having taken part in one of the "death committee" […]
By Lena Bjurström
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