; Whereas according to Amnesty International, the majority of those killed were supporters of the PMOI, but hundreds of members and supporters of other political groups … were also among the execution victims ; Whereas later waves of executions targeted religious minorities, such as members of the Baha’i faith, many of whom were often subjected to brutal torture before they were killed; Whereas the families of the executed were denied information about their loved ones and were prohibited from mourning them in public; Whereas in a recently disclosed audiotape, the late Hussein Ali Montazeri, a grand ayatollah who served as Khomeini’s chief deputy, noted the regime’s efforts to target the MEK and said that the 1988 mass killings were the greatest crime committed during the Islamic Republic, for which history will condemn us ; Whereas the current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was reportedly aware of, and later publicly condoned the massacre; Whereas in violation of its international obligations, the Government of Iran continues to systematically perpetrate gross violations of the fundamental human rights of the Iranian people; and Whereas the November 2, 2007, report from Amnesty International concluded there should be no impunity for human rights violations, no matter where or when they took place. The 1988 executions should be subject to an independent impartial investigation, and all those responsible should be brought to justice, and receive appropriate penalties : Now, therefore, be it