Indeed, many of the officials involved went on to serve high-level positions in the Islamic Republic. “Impunity for atrocities and crimes against humanity has been building for decades in the Islamic Republic, said Hadi Ghaemi, CHRI executive director. “The Islamic Republic has learned it can kill huge numbers of its opponents—real or imagined—at will and without any real consequences. CHRI calls on the UN and governments worldwide to demand that the Iranian authorities immediately cease the destruction and desecration of the individual and mass graves of victims of the 1980s mass executions. Graves from Many State Massacres DestroyedThe graves of the victims of state massacres during the 1980s are not the only ones the Iranian authorities have destroyed.