دومین فایل صوتی جلسه آیت‌الله منتظری با هیئت اعدام‌های ۱۳۶۷ - اختصاصی بی‌بی‌سی فارسی

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BBC Persian has obtained an audio file in which Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri speaks for the second time with three members of the "death squad" of the summer of 1367, known as the "death committee". This is the first time this file and its content are being released. In the audio, the then deputy of the Iranian leadership, during a meeting three months ago before his dismissal, strongly criticizes the execution of political prisoners, saying that the guardianship of the faqih has become "sham". The new audio file reveals details of the widespread execution of leftist political prisoners that had been shrouded in ambiguity for 36 years. The meeting took place on 9 Dey 1367 at the house of Ayatollah Montazeri in Qom. In addition to Ayatollah Montazeri, other attendees were the judicial officials of the time: Hossein Ali Niri (Sharia judge), Morteza Ashrafi (Tehran prosecutor), and Ibrahim Raisi (Deputy of the prosecutor's office). The "death committee" refers to these individuals as "death squad". During the meeting, the names of senior government officials and their positions regarding the 1367 summer executions were discussed: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Speaker of the Parliament, Ahmad Khomeini, the deputy of the then leader, and Abdul Karim Mousavi Ardabili, head of the Supreme Judicial Council.