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Daily Mirror
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Rachel Hagan

Iranian leader oversaw brutal mass executions with guards told to 'kill them quickly'

A former Iranian official has been given life imprisonment for participating in the brutal execution of thousands of political prisoners in Iran in the 1980s.

In a groundbreaking verdict, Hamid Noury, arrested at a Stockholm airport in 2019, was charged with war crimes for the mass execution and torture of prisoners in Iran in 1988.

Ir marks the first time ever a member of the Iranian regime is found guilty of human rights violations.

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