Sayyad Shirazi, who was a war criminal and perpetrator of crimes against humanity on the basis of all international instruments on such crimes, personally murdered many Mojahedin and was responsible for bloody purges of patriotic officers and soldiers in the armed forces.
The praise heaped on Sayyad Shirazi by Khatami showed the hollow nature of the latter's rhetoric on civil society and the rule of law. Khatami's remarks also demonstrate that as far as repression and the denial of the Iranian people's right to sovereignty are concerned, he is no different from other leaders of the regime.
Several Mojahedin operational units brought under their control an area of north Tehran this morning to punish Sayyad Shirazi, Khamenei's military advisor, and Deputy Chief of the General Command Staff of the clerical regime's armed forces.
Operation "Tolou" was carried out in the memory of Ms. Tahereh Tolou, one of the hundreds of Mojahedin brutally murdered in summer 1988 during National Liberation Army's Eternal Light operation. After savage tortures, the mullahs' agents stabbed her in the heart and hanged her from her feet on a cliff, leaving her body there for several days. A picture of this shocking scene is available.
Immediately after Eternal Light operation began, Sayyad Shirazi was dispatched by Khomeini to the operational zone. Whereas most of the military personnel refused to open fire on the Mojahedin, he was the first to personally fire on the Mojahedin with his helicopter gunship.
Iranians across the country are jubilant over the punishment of this criminal. The frightened reaction by the regime's leaders and state radio-television, on the other hand, reflects the weight of the blow they have received as well as their fear over the expansion of the operations and activities of the Iranian Resistance throughout the nation.
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
April 10, 1999
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