Meeting and Discussion with Mr. Stephen J. Rapp, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes (2015)

During her visit to Italy, Maryam Rajavi met and held talks with Amb. Stephen J. Rapp, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes (2015) and former prosecutor at the international tribunals for Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
Mrs. Rajavi outlined the countless crimes committed by the clerical regime against humanity and its horrifying record of genocide at various stages of its rule.
She stated that in the fight against this regime, we rely on the power of the Iranian people and their freedom fighters. However, the impunity enjoyed by the regime’s leaders over the past 46 years, along with the international community’s inaction regarding grave human rights violations in Iran, has only encouraged the regime to continue its crimes against humanity and acts of genocide.
Mr. Stephen Rapp condemned the execution of PMOI members Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, offered his condolences to Mrs. Rajavi and the Iranian Resistance, and stressed the need for the international community not to leave such crimes unanswered.
Referring to his extensive experience in prosecuting perpetrators of crimes against humanity, and in relation to the report by Professor Javaid Rehman which classified the 1980s executions and the 1988 massacre as crimes against humanity and genocide, Amb. Rapp stated that democratic countries have a duty to pursue and hold accountable those responsible for these crimes through the application of universal jurisdiction.