1988 Massacre Trial; Hamid Nouri's Neighbor Testifies Against Him

Hamid Nouri's trial continued on Thursday, February 28, in Stockholm, Sweden, and during it, Rahman Derkeshideh testified as a witness that Hamid Nouri was his neighbor and was the same Hamid Abbasi who played a role in the mass execution of political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison in the summer of 2018.

Mr. Derkashideh said that he was arrested in December 1980 and sentenced to three years in prison for supporting the Fedayeen Khalq-"Minority" organization, but he was imprisoned for eight years and two months in Evin, Qezelhesar, and Gohardasht prisons.

He was among the political prisoners known as "national killers," prisoners who were not released despite completing their sentences and were still held in prison for "being in the forefront."

Hamid Nouri is accused of participating in the mass executions of political prisoners at Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, a charge he denies. He arrived at Stockholm Airport on November 9, 2019, on a direct flight from Iran, and was immediately arrested.

Hamid Nouri claims that he was in Evin Prison from 1982 to 1993 and that he visited Gohardasht Prison several times on missions.

Rahman Derkeshidah testified at Hamid Nouri's trial that he knew Hamid Nouri because they were neighbors before he became "Hamid Abbasi" and that his brother had been a schoolmate with him.

He said that he saw Hamid Nouri in Evin Prison in 1986 and in Gohardasht Prison in 1988, and that at the time of the executions, he realized that his name in prison was Hamid Abbasi.

Mr. Derkeshideh had spoken and written about Hamid Nouri's role in the executions in previous years, before his arrest in Stockholm, Sweden.

He said that on September 26, he was transferred to the death squad room and saw Hossein Ali Nayiri and Morteza Eshraqi in the squad.

The trial of Hamid Nouri, which will continue until April next year in Stockholm, Sweden, has also prompted a reaction from Islamic Republic officials.

Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Islamic Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called Mr. Nouri's trial "a design" by the People's Mojahedin Organization on September 1, claiming that the Swedish court "based on a series of stories, documentation, and false witness statements, all carried out by a small group."

Source: Radio Farda