The butcher of Oberlin

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : As the Islamic Republic of Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, he was a crucial player in the regime's efforts to minimize, obscure, and erase this mass slaughter.
38% : In the summer of 1988, thousands of political prisoners were sentenced to death by Iran's notorious "Death Commission," co-chaired by the Iranian regime's current president, Ebrahim Raisi, nicknamed "The Butcher of Tehran.
36% : In October 2020, a group of former political prisoners in Iran, families of executed political prisoners, human rights activists who work for justice and accountability, and international jurists who have examined Iran's gross human rights abuses began calling for the removal of Mohammad Jafar Mahallati from his post at Oberlin College.
34% : Rather than being transparent, Oberlin College Director of Media Relations Scott Wargo incredibly stated that, despite Amnesty International's findings , "The college could find no evidence to corroborate the allegations against professor Mahallati, including that he had specific knowledge of the murders taking place in Iran."

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