According to Hale Vash news agency, Diana Al-Tahavi, Deputy Director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Office, reacted to the historic decision of the Stockholm District Court to sentence a former Iranian official, Hamid Nouri, to life imprisonment for committing crimes related to the killing of political prisoners in In 1367 in Iran, after his trial under the principle of universal jurisdiction, he said:
"Today's sentencing of Hamid Nouri in Sweden for committing crimes related to the 67th massacre in Iran is an unprecedented step towards the realization of justice for the survivors and families of the victims of these crimes in Iran and a clear message, although belated, to the Iranian authorities that the perpetrators of crimes against humanity cannot run away from justice
"For more than three decades, the survivors and families of thousands of dissidents and political dissidents who were extrajudicially executed and forcibly disappeared in Iran's prisons in 1367 have struggled and fought to achieve truth and justice. Today, they have finally witnessed an Iranian official being held accountable for committing these heinous crimes. Following this important step, it is necessary that all countries apply the principle of universal jurisdiction to other former and current officials in Iran who have evidence of their involvement in past and current crimes against humanity, including Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran. subject to criminal investigation.
"The historic verdict of the Swedish court should be a wake-up call for the international community to deal with the current crisis of impunity in Iran. To address this crisis, the members of the UN Human Rights Council must urgently establish an international mechanism to investigate and ensure accountability for the most serious crimes committed in Iran, including the thousands of enforced disappearances that have occurred more than 30 years after the massacre of 67. have continued and remained silent, to establish