History has judged us guilty because we have remained silent about the horrible genocide in Syria… Are we really standing on the right side in Syria?  500,000 have been killed, generations have been burned, and Syria has been destroyed.  Where do we stand in this game?  We are certainly guilty.  We are guilty in the face of the tearful eyes of the Syrian children.

On December 7, 2016, during a gathering of hundreds of students at Amir Kabir University on the occasion of Students’ Day in Tehran, a university student challenged a member of the parliament, Ali Motahari and questioned Iran’s role in the genocide in Syria.  His comments (excerpts below) received strong applause from the students.

“History will condemn us if we don’t question.  We have to ask what happened in 1988 [Reference to mass executions of political prisoners],  why was the [Iran-Iraq] War [1980-88] continued after the liberation of Khorramshahr [in 1982]?  Why was the [U.S.] Embassy taken over [ Nov. 1979- Jan. 1981]?  What happened during the Serial Murders [1988-1998]?  History has judged us guilty because we have remained silent about the horrible genocide in Syria.  Mr. Motahari,  you also have a duty . . .  Are we really standing on the right side in Syria?  500,000 have been killed, generations have been burned, and Syria has been destroyed.  Where do we stand in this game?  We are certainly guilty.   We are guilty in the face of the tearful eyes of the Syrian children.

To view this brief video clip in Persian,  please click on the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/iranhumanrights.org/videos/10154008129215841/

Source:  International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran