Former Intelligence Minister Najafabadi cleared of charges related to serial murders case Ganji Frame Fails
Former minister cleared of charges related to serial murders case: "Former minister cleared of charges related to serial murders caseTehran, Dec 9, IRNA -- Head of the Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Niazi said on Saturday that the military court has closed the lawsuit against former Intelligence Minister Qorbanali Dorri Najafabadi in connection with the serial murders case.
Niazi said in an interview with IRNA on the process of investigation into the serial murders case that the then intelligence minister was the first person to be summoned to the military court several times.
Niazi said the military court held different sessions and arrange a face-to-face meeting between Najafabadi and the other defendants involved in the case, but the legal proceedings cleared Najafabadi of the charges.
He dismissed the claim raised by Akbar Ganji during the open trial of those taking part in Berlin Conference (in April 2000) accusing Dorri Najafabadi of ordering the murders. He said that Najafabadi has been found not guilty.
Political activist Darioush Foruhar and his wife Parvaneh Eskandari and other intellectuals Jaafar Puyandeh and Mohammad Mokhtari were killed in a series of murders blamed on the rogue elements of the Intelligence Ministry."
posted by JBOC @ 7:04 PM
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