Negar Safa: We demand justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre:
On Saturday, October 25, the Free Iran 2025, Youth Gathering was held simultaneously in London, Paris, Bonn, and Zurich, with a large turnout of young supporters of the Iranian Resistance from Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia. Representatives of more than 30 youth associations, while recalling the sacrifices of young people during the 2019 and 2022 uprisings, emphasized that Iran’s new generation is an aware, responsible, and organized force for building the Iran’s future. At this conference, Negar Safa delivered an inspiring speech on behalf of the Association of Justice-Seeking Families of the Martyrs:
Negar Safa: From the Soil of Khavaran to the Voice of Our Generation, the Pursuit of Justice Continues
My name is Negar, I am 22 years old, and a medical student. Today I stand here as one of the families seeking justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre.
My uncle, Mahdi Azimzadeh, was born in 1958. He was a student of mathematics and economic management at Karaj University. In October 1981, he was arrested for his political activities and membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI) and sentenced to five years in prison. Although he served his sentence, he was never released. In August 1988, he was executed in Gohardasht Prison along with 30,000 other political prisoners and buried in Khavaran. To this day, there is no marked grave for him.
In the summer of 1988, 30,000 political prisoners like my uncle were executed solely for standing by their ideals and beliefs. They were a generation that, in the name of Massoud, raised the banner of freedom.
Khomeini and Khamenei thought they could bury their crimes, but we say: even if you build a parking lot over the graves of our loved ones, your crimes will only multiply, and we will neither forgive nor forget.
Dear Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, we promise you that we will never lay down the banner of justice, the banner of justice for the martyrs of the 1988 massacre that you have raised.
We pledge allegiance to the generation of 1980’s and 1988 young supporters who were silenced in blood, in the name of families such as Shafaee, Mirzaee, and Mesbah, and in the name of a free Iran in the future, to continue this path until the day justice is served and the names of our martyrs are recorded in Iran’s history with pride and freedom.
