Iran rights group slams razing of 'political' graves

TEHRAN (AFP) — The rights group of Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi on Sunday condemned the destruction of a Tehran cemetery where it said executed political prisoners lay buried.
"We have recently learned that Khavaran cemetery, where the victims of the illegal massacre of political prisoners in the 1980s and especially 1988 are buried, has been destroyed by some officials," the Human Rights Defenders' Centre said in a statement.
"It appears that they sought to remove the signs of a graveyard and turn it into a park or green space.
"The Human Rights Defenders Centre condemns this ugly and appalling act and notes that everyone including the authorities is required to maintain the dignity of the dead," said the group headed by Ebadi.
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