A TRIBUTE TO ZOHREH, WHO TAUNTED HER TORTURERS IN IRAN

http://www.iranfreedom.org/en/human-rights/1749-a-tribute-to-zohreh-who-taunted-her-torturers-in-iran

The dictators commit crimes to keep the power for a longer time. On the other hand, there are always people who stand against them and pay the price for #freedom. In the recent history we have Hitler and Khomeini. One has been defeated and somehow brought to justice and the other one have not been yet, but will be. Khomeini killed 120.000 people to survive its ruling.

At the first glance it looks just a number but each unit of this enormous number represents a life with all its details. Hassan Mahmoudi, a human rights advocate, has revived on of this glorious numbers, whose name was Zohreh Heydari. 

"The Nazi hunters from Germany were midway through a four-hour interview with Judith Meisel when they pulled out a photo of a young S.S. guard the 88-year-old Holocaust survivor hadn't seen for nearly 75 years."

The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on July 8, 2017:

In a desperate, final dash to bring the guard and others to account for Nazi atrocities committed decades ago, investigators from Germany's Federal Justice Office, aided by FBI agents, visited Meisel's St. Louis Park, Minn., home last month after once thinking that there were no more living survivors of Stutthof. Founded by German authorities after an internet search, Meisel offers a rare chance for prosecutors to present one more survivor's account of a brutal camp in Poland where 60,000 died.

"I think it's important to send the message that no matter how long ago these crimes were committed that humanity will seek justice until it can no longer do so," said Gregory Gordon, a former federal prosecutor who worked on cases involving Nazi war criminals.

Although history will never forget the lessons and memories of Holocaust, ironically, history repeats itself with similar events.  The dates and the names of the players may change, but the general motifs remain the same.

Zohreh Heydari was a 17-year-old Iranian woman from the city of Qom (125 kilometers by road southwest of #Tehran).  She was part of the first group of people who were taken away during the massacre in the summer of 1988, executing more than 30,000 people in Iran.  She was sentenced in court to 70 lashes, and the night prior to her execution, she received those 70 floggings.

The massacre of 30,000 political prisoners in #Iran was a crime against humanity.  Khomeini desired to get rid of his main opponents and guarantee the survival of his regime.  After three decades, there is a movement seeking justice for that massacre and the other crimes conducted by the Iranian regime.

Zohreh Heydari is certainly an inspiration to all those women now continuing the struggle against Iran's corrupt, misogynist mullahs.  Her courage and bravery, her capacity to take risks, and her strong willpower contributed to her mature appearance.