Omid Memarian@Omid_M
The civil society figures who signed this letter accusing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei of “organized crimes against humanity” are not outsiders or armchair critics. Many have spent years behind bars for their activism. Some remain imprisoned today. Others still live inside #Iran, fully aware of what such defiance can bring. A few in exile.
Figures like Abolfazl Ghadyani and Professor Madani — who have already paid a heavy personal price — are joined by writers, lawyers, academics, artists, and former political prisoners who understand exactly what is at stake. Their decision to speak now is not symbolic. It is courageous.
This letter openly calls for accountability at the very top — and for an end to what they describe as an “inhumane system in power.”
For decades, the Islamic Republic sought to rule through fear, repression, and terror. That grip is slipping at the highest speed. Legitimacy has been dramatically eroded after rounds of protests and violence. And voices the government has tried so much to force into isolation, still speak collectively, despite the risks.
What makes this moment extraordinary is not only the severity of the charge — crimes against humanity — but who is making it: people who have endured prison, torture, surveillance, exile, and loss, and who are still choosing to stand publicly with their society.
In Iran today, courage is not abstract — from the streets to prisons. Those who signed this letter carry the same aspirations that have driven millions into the streets: dignity, equality, accountability, and a just, prosperous and democratic future. After so much bloodshed, that demand for change is only growing harder to silence. #IranMassacre
