While authorities are still reviewing whether top Iranian cleric, Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi (69), should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, the cleric has left Germany!

BILD has learned that, on Thursday morning, the Ayatollah left the clinic where he was supposed to be receiving treatment for a brain tumour.

Shahroudi and his entourage wen to Hamburg airport to fly to Tehran at 1.25 pm with the state-owned airline “Iran Air”.

Shahroudi served as Iran’s judiciary chief from 1999 – 2009. He still is one of the most powerful and richest men in Iran.

► During his time as head of Iran’s Justice Ministry, he oversaw an estimated 2,000 executions, among them minors, rape victims, members of religious minorities and homosexuals.

At that time, prisoners in Iran’s jails were systematically tortured and raped. According to human rights activists at least ten people were stoned to death and 100 minors were sentenced to death.

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Shahroudi has been treated at a private hospital in Lower Saxony since December 21. This was confirmed by the German government. Since then, several charges have been filed against Shahroudi for crimes against humanity. Among them are victims of torture and relatives of executed prisoners.

► Only an arrest warrant could have prevented Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi from a sudden departure. The Attorney General’s office would have to press charges and a warrant would have to be granted by a judge. The federal prosecutor said to BILD: “We are going to continue examining whether Mr Shahroudi is guilty of crimes against humanity, regardless of his whereabouts.”