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Fifth Anniversary of the Crime in Tehran’s sky!

Fifth Anniversary of the Crime in Tehran’s sky!
Silence, Denial, Threats and Lies Surrounding the Missile Attack on the Ukrainian Passenger Plane!

Five years ago, on January 8, 2020, the sky over Tehran turned bloody. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), acting on orders from regime authorities, fired missiles into the sky, resulting in the horrific deaths of 176 innocent people. This act revealed yet another chapter of the regime's crimes, irresponsibility, secrecy, and deceit. That night, under the orders of the regime’s leader, Flight PS752 was brought down by IRGC missiles. It was not merely a plane crash but a tragedy that ignited a wave of anger and outrage across Iran against this atrocious crime.

This crime was not just an incident. It was a sign of the corrupt, authoritarian, and despotic structural nature of a regime that values human life as nothing, does not take any responsibility and lies to the world. This crime has not been forgotten and will not be overlooked. It will remain as another dark page in the record of the regime’s forty-plus years of shameful crimes as a document of the regime’s crimes until a people’s court is formed to investigate it and the perpetrators of this crime are punished.

The Left Party of Iran once again expresses its condolences to the families of the victims and the people of Iran for this horrific and inhuman crime that caused the death of 176 people, supports the actions of the families of the victims to seek justice and punish the perpetrators, and honors the memory of their loved ones. We consider ourselves obligated not to stop at these memorials and, on the anniversary of this tragedy, we call on all political organizations and human rights institutions to unite their cries for justice against a regime that sacrifices human lives for its survival and covers the truth with lies and threats. It is important that our common voice of appeal rises Our common voice of appeal must rise so, that it reaches the ears of all justice-seeking people.

The Left Party of Iran stands with those who, because of these sufferings and wounds, demand enlightenment and accountability for the criminals and stand with those who are no longer satisfied with the empty promises, outdated justifications, and lies of the murderous rulers. Today, the young generation and the people of our country are raising questions, demanding truth, freedom and justice. We are confident that their voices will not be silenced.

Once again, we emphasize that those responsible for this tragedy must be held accountable for their crimes in a transparent, public and fair manner before a court of law. The Iranian people, human rights organizations and political parties that care about the people will not allow the guardians of this corrupt and oppressive system to escape justice through silence and oblivion.

Political-Executive Board of the Left Party of Iran
January 7, 2025

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