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Mass Executions in Iran
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:09:00
Publish Date: 2015-08-24 03:00:00
Description: In the summer of 1988 thousands of political prisoners were suddenly executed in Iran. The killings, ordered by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini, were kept secret at the time. Witness hears from Chowra Makaremi, whose mother was among those put to death. (Photo: Chowra's mother, Fatemeh, executed in 1988.Courtesy of the family)
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