General Human Rights Violations in Iran

United Nations Documents

General Assembly & Commission on Human Rights Resolutions

Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Date REF Number  
20 April 2001 E/CN.4/RES/2001/17 Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/17
16 January 2001 E/CN.4/2001/39 Commission on Human Rights Fifty-seventh session
4 December 2000 A/RES/55/114 General Assembly

18 April 2000

 E/CN.4/RES/2000/28 Commission on Human Rights resolution 2000/18
24 February 2000 A/RES/54/177 General Assembly Fifty-fourth session

23 April 1999

 E/CN.4/RES/1999/13 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/13
9 December 1998 A/RES/53/158 General Assembly Fifty-third Resolution 53/158
22 April 1998 E/CN.4/RES/1998/80 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/80
12 December 1997 A/RES/52/142 General Assembly Fifty-second session
15 April 1997 E/CN.4/RES/1997/54 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/54
12 December 1996 A/RES/51/107 General Assembly Fifty-first session
24 April 1996 E/CN.4/RES/1996/84 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1996/84
8 March 1995 E/CN.4/RES/1995/68 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/68
22 December 1995 A/RES/50/188 General Assembly 99th plenary meeting

9 March 1994

 E/CN.4/RES/1994/73 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1994/73
23 December 1994 A/RES/49/202 General Assembly 94th plenary meeting

10 March 1993

 E/CN.4/RES/1993/62 Commission on Human Rights resolution 1993/62
20 December 1993 A/RES/48/145 General Assembly 85th plenary meeting
18 December 1992 A/RES/47/146 92nd plenary meeting
18 December 1990 A/RES/45/173 69th plenary meeting
15 December 1989 A/RES/44/163 82nd plenary meeting
8 December 1988 A/RES/43/137 75th plenary meeting
7 December 1987 A/RES/42/136 93rd plenary meeting
4 December 1986 A/RES/41/159 97th plenary meeting
13 December 1985 A/RES/40/141 116th plenary meeting

Report of the Special Representative, Maurice Danby Copithorne

Date REF Number  
16 January 2001 E/CN.4/2001/39 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-seventh session
8 September 2000 A/55/363 General Assembly Fifty-fifth session
18 January 2000 E/CN.4/2000/35 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-sixth session
21 September 1999 A/54/365 General Assembly Fifty-fourth session

28 December 1998

 E/CN.4/1999/32 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-fifth session
23 September 1998 A/53/423 General Assembly Fifty-third session
28 January 1998 E/CN.4/1998/59 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-fourth session
15 October 1997 A/52/472 General Assembly Fifty-second session
11 February 1997 E/CN.4/1997/63 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-third session

21 March 1996

 E/CN.4/1996/59 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-second session

20 October 1995

 A/50/661 General Assembly Fiftieth session / Interim Report

Reports of the Special Representative Reynaldo Galindo Pohl


Date REF Number .
16 January 1995 E/CN.4/1995/55 ECOSO Fifty-first session
2 February 1994 E/CN.4/1994/50 -
4 November 1994 A/49/514/Add.2 General Assembly, Forty-ninth session
31 October 1994 A/49/514/Add.1 General Assembly, Forty-ninth session
14 october 1994 A/49/514 General Assembly, Forty-ninth session, interim report
22 February 1994 E/CN.4/1994/50 -
1993 E/CN.4/1993/41/Add.1 -
1993 E/CN.4/1993/41 -
1992 E/CN.4/1992/34 -
1991 E/CN.4/1991/35 -
1990 E/CN.4/1990/24 -

Report of the Special Rapporteur, Abid Hussain, on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression


Date REF Number
28 January 1998 E/CN.4/1998/40 ECOSO Fifty-Fourth session
11 March 1996 E/CN.4/1996/39/Add.2 ECOSO Fifty-second session

Report by the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy, on violence against women, its causes and consequences:

Date REF Number  
22 November 1994 E/CN.4/1995/42 (para. 170) ECOSO Fiftieth session

Reports of the Special Rapporteur, Angelo Vidal d'Almeida Ribeiro, on the Elimination of Religious Intolerance:

Date REF Number .
1993 E/CN.4/1993/62 -
1993 E/CN.4/1993/62/Corr.1 -
1992 E/CN.4/1992/52 -
1991 E/CN.4/1991/56 -

Reports of the Special Rapporteur, Abdelfattah Amor, on the Elimination of Religious Intolerance:

Date REF Number  
9 February 1996 E/CN.4/1996/95/Add.2 ECOSO Fifty-second session
22 December 1994 E/CN.4/1995/91 ECOSO Fifty-first session
- E/CN/1994/79 -

Reports of the Special Rapporteur, S. Amos Wako, on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions:

Date REF Number  
- E/CN.4/1990/22 -
- E/CN.4/1991/36 -
- E/CN.4/1992/30 -

Reports of the Special Rapporteur, Bacre Waly Ndiayeo, on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions:

Date REF Number  
19 December 1997 E/CN.4/1998/68/Add.1 ECOSO Fifty-fourth session
14 December 1994 E/CN.4/1995/61 ECOSO Fifty-first session
1994 E/CN.4/1994/7 -
1993 E/CN.4/1993/46 -

Report by the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Param Cumaraswamy on the independence of judges and lawyers

Date REF Number  
12 February 1998 E/CN.4/1998/39 ECOSO Fourth session

Reports of the Special Rapporteur, P. Kooijmans, on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment:

Date REF Number .
- E/CN.4/1993/26 -
- E/CN.4/1992/17 -
- E/CN.4/1991/17 -

Reports of the Special Rapporteur, Nigel S. Rodley on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment:

Date REF Number  
24 December 1997 E/CN.4/1998/38/Add.1 ECOSO Fifty-fourth session
24 December 1997 E/CN.4/1998/38 ECOSO Fifty-fourth session
9 January 1996 E/CN.4/1996/35 ECOSO Fifty-second session
12 January 1995 E/CN.4/1995/34 ECOSO Fiftieth session
- E/CN.4/1994/31 -

Reports of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Date REF Number  
21 December 1999 E/CN.4/2000/64 ECOSO Fifty-sixth session
12 January 1998 E/CN.4/1998/43 ECOSO Fifty-fourth session
30 December 1994 E/CN.4/1995/36 ECOSO Fifty-first session
- E/CN.4/1994/26 -
- E/CN.4/1993/25 -
- E/CN.4/1992/18 -
- E/CN.4/1991/20 -
- E/CN.4/1990/13 -

Reports from NGOs

Date REF Number  
13 February 2001 E/CN.4/2001/NGO/144 Written statement*/ submitted by Reporters without Borders-International

16 January 2001

 E/CN.4/2001/NGO/29 Written statement submitted by Human Rights Watch

23 January 2001

 E/CN.4/2001/NGO/50 Written statement submitted by Association for World Education

23 January 2001

 E/CN.4/2001/NGO/51 Written statement submitted by International Educational Development,Inc

30 January 2001

 E/CN.4/2001/NGO/76 Written statement submitted by the Organization for Defending Victims of Violence

6 February 2001

 E/CN.4/2001/NGO/87 Exposé écrit présenté par la Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme

29 January 1999

 E/CN.4/1999/NGO/12 Written statement submitted by the Baháa'íi International Community

29 January 1999

 E/CN.4/1999/NGO/13 Written statement submitted by the Baha'i International Community

29 January 1999

 E/CN.4/1999/NGO/14 Written statement submitted by the Baha'i International Community

29 January 1999

 E/CN.4/1999/NGO/43 Written statement submitted by the Association for World Education

29 January 1999

 E/CN.4/1999/NGO/9 Written statement submitted by Human Rights Advocates, Inc
6 April 1988 E/CN.4/1988/NGO/73 Written Statement by the International Federation of Human Rights,

1 April 1998

 E/CN.4/1998/NGO/101 Joint written statement

23 February 1998

 E/CN.4/1998/NGO/13 Written statement submitted by the Bahá'í International Community

3 August 1998

 E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/NGO/24 Written statement submitted by International Educational Development, Inc.

24 August 1998

 E/CN.4/Sub.2/1998/NGO/32 Joint written statement submitted by numerous non-governmental organizations

23 February 1994

 E/CN.4/1994/NGO/40 Written statement submitted by various NGOs

25 February 1994

 E/CN.4/1994/NGO/42 Written statement submitted by various NGOs

8 March 1994

 E/CN.4/1994/NGO/51 Written statement submitted by various NGOs

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Concluding observations on Iran:

Date REF Number  
9 June 1993 E/C.12/1993/7 Concluding observations of the Committee on IRAN

High Commissioner for Refugees

Date REF Number  
6 December 1993 Iran: Practices of Revolutionary Courts, Response to Information RequestNumber: IRN00013.HCR The Centre for Documentation on Refugees, UNHCR, Geneva

Governmental Reports:

 

US State Department:

CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title   February 2001

Iran Country Reports on Human Rights Practices -2000 U.S. Department of State February 25, 2000 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Department of State February 26, 1999. Iran Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998 U.S. Department of State January 30, 1998. Iran Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997 U.S. Department of State Jan. 1997 Iran Human Rights Practices for 1996 U.S. Department of State March 1996 Iran Human Rights Practices, 1995 U.S. Department of State Feb. 1995 Iran Human Rights Practices, 1994 U.S. Department of State Jan. 1994 Iran Human Rights Practices, 1993 U.S. Department of State

Immigration & Refugee Board-Canada:

CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title   June 1997 Iran HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN: UPDATE ON SELECTED ISSUES, Question and Answer Series Version 11.0 Documentation Information & Research Branch, Immigration & Refugee Board-Canada. Aug. 94 - Feb. 95 Iran : chronology of events Documentation Information & Research Branch, Immigration & Refugee Board-Canada. June 89 - July 94 Iran : chronology of events Documentation Information & Research Branch, Immigration & Refugee Board-Canada. 1993 Iran: Political Opposition. Question and Answer Series Immigration and Refugee Board Documentation Centre August

International Human Rights Organizations:

Amnesty International:


AI Annual Reports:

cellpadding=2 width="95%"> Date Title Index 2001 Iran: Annual Report 2001 2000 Iran: Annual Report 2000 1999 Iran: Annual Report 1999 1998 Iran: Annual Report 1998 1997 Iran: Annual Report 1997 1994-1996 Iran: Annual Report 1993-1996

AI Reports and Letters:

cellpadding=2 width="95%"> Date Title Index August 1997 Open Letter From Amnesty International to His Excellency Hojjatoleslam Val Moslemin Sayed Mohammad Khatami on the Occasion of His Inauguration As President MDE 13/30/97 May 1997 Eight Years of Death Threats Salman Rushdie MDE 13/17/97 October 1996 Dhabihullah Mahrami: Prisoner of Conscience MDE13/34/96 May 1995 Iran : official secrecy hides continuing repression MDE 13/02/95 Feb. 13, 1993 Iran: Written statement by Amnesty International, to the 49th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Amnesty International MDE 13/02/93 Nov. 17, 1993 Iran: Vicitms of human rights violations MDE 13/10/93 Jan. 18, 1993 Situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Written Statement submitted by Amnesty International, a non-governmental organization in consultative status (category II). United Nations Economical and Social Council Oct. 1, 1992. Iran: Executions of prisoners continue unabated - July 1992 Iran: Unfair Trials of political detainees MDE 13/15/92 Jan. 17, 1992 Written Statement by Amnesty International, Commission on Human Rights, 44th Session E/CN.4/1992/NGO/10 Jan. 1992 Torture and Ill-treatment of Political Prisoners - 1988 Iran: Persistent Violations of Human Rights - 1986 Religious Intolerance - 1984 Evidence of Torture in Iran - Sept. 7, 1982 Human rights violations in Iran - Dec. 9, 1982 Ill-treatment of prisoners in Iran - 1980 Law and human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a report covering events within the seven month period following the Revolution of February 1979 MDE 13/03/80

AI News Releases:

CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Index 11/07/2001 Iran: Stonings should stop MDE 13/024/2001 25/07/2000 Iran: An open letter to members of Iran's Sixth Majles MDE 13/018/2000 25/07/2000 Iran: An open letter to members of Iran's Sixth Majles MDE 13/021/2000 14/07/2000 Iran : More failures of Iranian justice MDE 13/019/2000 12/05/2000 Iran: Amnesty International calls for fair and open trials in Iran MDE 13/009/2000 27/04/2000 Iran: Clampdown on freedom of expression MDE 13/008/2000 30/11/1999 Iranian courts used to supress political opinion and journalistic freedom MDE 13/029/1999 16/09/1999 Iran: Time for judicial reform and an end to secret trials MDE 13/025/1999 14/07/1999 Iran: The authorities must guarantee fundamental rights MDE 13/018/1999 22/04/1999 Iran: Public statement: Convicted shi'a Cleric must be released MDE 13/006/1999 11/12/1998 Iran: alarming pattern of killings and "disappearances" MDE 13/025/1998 03/12/1998 Iran: Amnesty International calls for independent investigation into killings MDE 13/023/1998 24/09/1998 Iran: Amnesty International concerned by arrest of journalists and former prisoner of conscience MDE 13/016/1998 03/06/1997 Iran: Shi'a religious leaders as victims of human rights violations MDE 13/024/1997 June 24,1997 Iran: Magazine editor accused of espionage should be given a fair trial MDE 13/28/97 10 APRIL 1997 IRAN: "MYKONOS" TRIAL PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE OF IRANIAN POLICY OF UNLAWFUL STATE KILLINGS MDE 13/15/97 6 January 1997 Amnesty International Condemns Upsurge in Executions MDE 13/02/97 13 August 1997 Amnesty International Appeals Against Further Executions and Amputations MDE 13/31/96 April 1996 Iranian Embassy response to the case of PARI TAII -Worldwide Appeal Case November 1995 MDE 13/12/96 Feb. 28 1996 IRAN: Amnesty International Concerned About Possible Government Involvement in Deaths of Iranian Nationals MDE 13/07/96 Jan. 29 1996 IRAN: MAGAZINE EDITOR SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM AND LASHES MDE 13/04/96 Nov. 17, 1993 Iran: Serious Violations Continue Amid Political and Religious Repression MDE 13/11/93 Dec. 7, 1992 Iran: Amnesty International concerned at continuing political executions Weekly update Nov. 23 1992 IRAN: Amnesty International concerned at Reports of Abduction of Iranian National in Turkey Weekly update NWS June 15 1992 IRAN: Summary Executions Following Mass Arrests NWS 11/23/92 ADD2 Aug. 12 1992 IRAN: Amnesty International Responds to Ayatollah Yazdi's Invitiation NWS 11/32/92 Oct. 1992 Hundreds of Executions carried out each year AI Newsletter Feb. 1992 More than 750 executions in 1991 AI Newsletter Dec. 13 1988 Biggest Wave of Political Executions in Iran Since Early 1980s, Says Amnesty International MDE 13/31/88 June/July 1987 Amnesty Says Iranian Justice Flouts International Law Amnesty Action Sept. 1987 AI's questions unanswered AI Newsletter April 1985 File on Torture No. 7 1984 Women in Agony Amnesty Campaign Against Torture

AI Urgent Action Alerts:

cellpadding=2 width="95%"> Date Title Index October 1998 Worldwide appeal for Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri 15 April 1997 Fear for safety / Possible prisoner of conscience / Fear of death penalty , Faraj Sarkouhi, editor MDE 13/16/97 7 April 1997 Fear of imminent execution , Mohammad Assadi, lawyer, aged 68 MDE 13/14/97 3 April 1997 Possible extrajudicial execution/ Fear for safety , Ebrahim Zalzadeh, journalist - killed, Other writers and journalists in Iran MDE 13/13/97 2 April 1997 Fear of imminent execution , Mohammad Assadi, lawyer, aged 68 MDE 13/12/97 27 February 1997 Prisoners of conscience / Death penalty , Dhabihullah Mahrami, Musa Talibi MDE 13/11/97 10 February 1997 Fear of Safety / Possible Prisoner of Conscience and new concern - Fear of death penalty , Faraj Sarkouhi, editor, Ismail Sarkouhi, brother of Faraj - RELEASED MDE 13/10/97 6 February 1997 Fear for safety / Possible Prisoner of conscience , Faraj Sarkouhi, editor, Isma'il Sarkhouhi, brother of Faraj, Parvin Ardalan, assistant to Faraj (f) MDE 13/09/97 31 January 1997 Fear for safety / Possible Prisoner of conscience , Faraj Sarkouhi, editor, and new names: Ismail Sarkouhi, brother of Faraj, Parvin Ardalan, assistant to Faraj (f) MDE 13/08/97 30 January 1997 Prisoners of conscience / Death penalty , Dhabihullah Mahrami, Musa Talibi MDE 13/07/97 29 January 1997 Death Penalty / Flogging / Torture / Unfair Tria , Sheyda Khoramzadeh Esfahani (f) MDE 13/06/97 24 January 1997 Fear of Torture / Legal Concern / Fear of Death Penalty , Hojjatoleslam val muslimin Mohammad Taqi Dhaker and 10 others MDE 13/05/97 9 January 1997 Fear of Torture /Legal Concern /Fear of death penalty , Hojjatoleslam val muslimin Mohammad Taqi Dhaker and 15 others MDE 13/04/97 9 January 1997 Unacknowledged detention / Fear of disappearance and new concern: House arrest , Ayatollah Yasub al-Din Rastgari MDE 13/04/97 6 January 1997 Death penalty / flogging / torture / unfair trial , Hedayatollah Zendehdel, Abolghasem Majd-Abkahi, Alireza Yazdanshenas, Sheyda Khoramzadeh Esfahani (f) MDE 13/01/97 30 December 1996 Death Penalty / Flogging / Torture / Unfair Trial , Hedayatollah Zendehdel, Abolghasem Majd-Abkahi, Alireza Yazdanshenas, and new name: Sheyda Khoramzadeh Esfahani MDE13/41/96 23 December 1996 Fear for Safety/Possible Prisoner of Conscience , Faraj Sarkouhi, editor MDE13/40/96 25 November 1996 Death Penalty / Flogging / Torture / Unfair Trial, Hedayatollah Zendehdel, Abolghasem Majd-Abkhah, Alireza Yazdanshenas MDE13/39/96 22 November 1996 Death Penalty , Eslam Kordlor MDE13/38/96 21 November 1996 Fear of Torture / Legal Concern / Fear of death penalty, Hojjatoleslam val muslimin Mohammad Taqi Dhakeri and 14 others MDE13/37/96 20 November 1996 Fear for safety / Possible Prisoner of Conscience, Faraj Sarkouhi, editor MDE13/36/96 29 October 1996 Amputation, Name unknown, Ja'far Afsali, Ja'far Pandarian, and others MDE13/35/96 23 August 1996 Death Penalty, Eslam Kordlor, MDE13/33/96 20 August 1996 Fear of torture / Legal concern / Fear of death penalty, Hojjatoleslam val muslimin Mohammad Taqi al-Dhakeri and 26 others MDE13/32/96 9 August 1996 Death Penalty, Rahman Rajabi aged 28 MDE 13/30/96 6 August 1996 Amputation, Six people (names unknown) MDE 13/29/96 6 August 1996 Unacknowledged detention, Ayatollah Ya'sub al-Din Rastgari MDE 13/28/96 1 August 1996 , four people (named) MDE 13/27/96 25 July 1996 Death Penalty/Flogging/Torture/Unfair Trial, four people (named) MDE 13/26/96 16 July 1996 Death Penalty, Rahman Rajabi, aged 28 MDE 13/25/96 10 July 1996 Death Penalty, Saleh Hakki, aged 42, Kurd MDE 13/24/96 5 July 1996 Fear of Execution, Niyaz 'Ali, a farmer in his late 30s MDE 13/23/96 27 June 1996 Death Penalty, Ahmed Bakhtari, aged 41, agricultural engineer MDE 13/22/96 26 June 1996 Forcible return/Fear of safety/Fear of Torture/ill-treatment, Mehrdad Kavousi, aged 36, Iranianm asylum seeker MDE 13/21/96 26 June 1996 Fear of Torture/Legal concern and new concern: Fear of death penalty, 27 people connected to Ayatollah Shirazi MDE 13/20/96 10 June 1996 Death Penalty, Ahmed Bakhtari, aged 41, agricultural engineer MDE 13/19/96 17 May 1996 Unacknowledged detention/Fear of "disappearance", IRAN Ayatollah Ya'sub al-Din Rastgari, aged 70 MDE 13/17/96 15 May 1996 Forcible return/Fear for safety and new concern: Fear of Torture/ ill-treatment, Mehrdad Kavousi, aged 36, Iranianm asylum seeker MDE 13/06/96 30 April 1996 Forcible return/Fear for safety, Mehrdad Kavousi, aged 36, Iranianm asylum seeker MDE 13/14/96 30 April 1996 Death Penalty, Salim Sabernia, Mustafa Ghaderi MDE 13/15/96 19 April 1996 Death Penalty, Jala al-Din Farsi MDE 13/13/96 12 April 1996 Death Penalty, Saleh Hakki, aged 42, Kurd, Sennar and 1 other MDE 13/11/96 22 March 1996 Fear of torture / Legal concern, Hojjatoleslam val muslimin Mohammad Taqi al-Dhakeri & 23 others MDE 13/10/96 11 March 1996 Death Penalty, Rahman Rajabi, aged 28 MDE 13/09/96 7 March 1996 Death Penalty, Rahman Rajabi, aged 28 MDE 13/08/96 28 Feb. 1996 IRAN: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN DEATHS OF IRANIAN NATIONALS

MDE 13/07/96

9 February 1996 Death Penalty, Jalal al-Din Farsi MDE 13/05/96 2 February 1996 Death Penalty, Ahmed Bakhtari, aged 41, agricultural engineer MDE 13/05/96 23 January 1996 Fear of torture / Legal concern, Hojjatoleslam val muslimin Mohammad Taqi al-Dhakeri & 17 others MDE 13/03/96 17 January 1996 Death Penalty, Rahman Rajabi, aged 28 MDE 13/02/96 12 January 1996 Death penalty/Legal concern, five men (named) accused of spying MDE 13/01/96 19 December 1995 Fear of "disappearance"/Health concern, Javad Rouhani, aged 26, and at least 25 others MDE 13/26/95 29 November 1995 Fear of Torture/Legal concern, 18 followers of Ayatollah Shirazi MDE 13/21/95 22 November 1995. Death penalty/Fear of flogging, 3 people (named) MDE 13/20/95 22 November 1995 Death Penalty, Rahman Rajabi, aged 28 MDE 13/19/95 16 November 1995 Death Penalty/Fear of flogging, 4 people (named) MDE 13/18/95 28 September 1995 Fear of "Disappearance"/Health concern, Javad Rouhani and at least 25 others MDE 13/16/95 15 September 1995 Fear of "Disappearance"/Health concern, Javad Rouhani, aged 26, and at least 25 others MDE 13/15/95 13 September 1995 Death penalty, Vahid Ghadimi, aged 47 MDE 13/14/95 23 August 1995 Death penalty/Fear of flogging, Fazel Khodadad and a woman "M.H." MDE 13/13/95 14 July 1995 Death Penalty, Saba 'Abd' Ali (f), aged 30, Zaynab Haydari (f), aged 38 (execution by stoning) MDE 13/11/95 15 June 1995 Death penalty, Ahmed Bakhtari, aged 40 MDE 13/10/95 9 June 1995 Fear of unfair trials for demonstrators (Islamshahr) MDE 13/09/95 12 August 1994 Death penalty, Salim Sabernia, aged 31, Mustafa Ghaderi, aged 29 MDE 13/08/94 28 April 1994 Fear of torture/Fear of Death penalty, Ali Akbar Saidi-Sirjani, writer o MDE 13/03/94 10 November 1993 Fear of torure, five alleged memebers of Koamla (named) MDE 13/13/93 28 September 1992 Legal concern, Naser Arabha, editor and three others MDE 13/21/92 23 September 1992 Fear of torture and new concern unfair trial, Sardar Yousef Naroui MDE 13/20/92 10 June 1992 Legal concern/Fear of torture and new concern: Fear of execution, Mass arrests in Mashad MDE 13/14/92 5 June 1992 Legal concern/Fear of torture Mass arrests in Mashad MDE 13/13/92 1 June 1992 Medical concern, Ali Ardalan, Nezamedin Movahed and 7 other prisoners of conscience MDE 13/12/92 7 May 1992 Legal concern, Naser Arabha, editor and three others MDE 13/09/92

Human Rights Watch:

HRW World Reports

CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Index 2001 Human Rights Watch World Report 2001 - 2000 Human Rights Watch World Report 2000 - 1999 Human Rights Watch World Report 1999 - 1988 Human Rights Watch World Report 1998 - 1994-1996 Iran: Human Rights Watch World Report, 1993-1995 -

HRW Other Reports and Press Releases

CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Index May 2001 STIFLING DISSENT: The Human Rights Consequences of Inter-Factional Struggle in Iran - May 3, 2000 Activists and Intellectuals Detained in Iran for Participating in a Conference - April 17, 2001 Iran: Human Rights Commission In Jeopardy - April 11, 2001 "Creeping Coup" in Iran - March 19, 2001 Iran: Letter to His Excellency Ayatollah Ali Khamene'i - March 19, 2001 Iran: Depoliticize The Judiciary - March 13, 2001 Big Arrest of Dissidents in Iran - January 29, 2001 Iran: Intelligence Agents, Trial Inconclusive - January 26, 2001 Iran Blocks Overseas Education for Women - January 17, 2001 Iran: Harsh Sentences Condemned: Letter to H. E. Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi - January 17, 2001 Harsh Sentences Against Iran Reformists Condemned - November 2, 2000 Iran: Trial for Conference Attendees - October 11, 2000 Iran: Prosecution of Independent Cleric Condemned - October 1999 "As Fragile as a Crystal Glass" Press Freedom in Iran - November 25 1998 Human Rights Watch Deplores Pattern of Harassment and Killing of Opposition Figures in Iran Calls on the Iranian Government to Bring Killers to Justice - October 7, 1998 Human Rights Watch calls for release of Iranian journalist - 1998 Background Briefing On The Killings in Iran
 - Sept. 1997 Religious and Ethnic Minorities Discrimination in Law and Practice - My 1997 LEAVING HUMAN RIGHTS BEHIND The Context of the Presidential Elections - 2 April 1997 Iran: Publisher's Death Should Be Investigated - 29 Aug 1996 Iran--Magazine Editor Faces Charges and Banned from Travel - 19 Apr. 1996 Council of Guardians Undermined Credibility of Elections - 1 March 1996 Power versus Choice--Human Rights and Parliamentary Elections - 29 Nov. 1994 Death of Ali Akbar Saidi-Sirjani, Human Rights Watch/Middle East Calls for an Independent Autopsy - 23 August 1993 Guardians of Thought - Limits on Freedom of Expression in Iran A MIDDLE EAST WATCH REPORT

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights:

CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Index July 1998 IRAN:Mohssen Saeidzadeh - 11 Nov 97 Islam and Justice: Debating the Future of Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa - May 1993 The Justice System of the Islamic Republic of Iran - 1993 1993 CRITIQUE - Iran, Review of the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992 - 12 Nov. 1992 Little discernible progress in respect for human rights in Iran despite eight years of international scrutiny -

Committee to Protect Journalists:


CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Source/Author Annual report 2000 Middle East and North Africa 2000 - Iran Committee to Protect Journalists Annual report 1999 Middle East and North Africa 1999 - Iran Committee to Protect Journalists Annual report 1997 Middle East and North Africa 1997 - Iran Committee to Protect Journalists Annual report 1996 Middle East and North Africa 1996 - Iran Committee to Protect Journalists

Freedom House:


CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Source/Author 2001 Iran: Freedom in the World:Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties 2001 Freedom House 2000 Iran: Freedom in the World:Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties 2001 Freedom House 1999 Iran: Freedom in the World:Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties 1999 Freedom House 1992-1996, 1997 Iran: Freedom in the World:Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties 1996-1997 Freedom House 1996 World Survey of Economic Freedom 1995-1996 Freedom House 1997 Press Freedom 1997: Law Epidemic Freedom House

Iranian Human Rights Working Group:


CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Source/Author Feb. 2001 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 3, no 2 IHRWG Nov. 1999 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol3, no 1 IHRWG Aug 2000 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 2 , no 4 IHRWG May 2000 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 2, no 3 IHRWG Feb. 2000 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 2, no 2 IHRWG Nov 1999 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 2, no 1 IHRWG August 1999 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 1, no 4 IHRWG May 1999 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 1, no 3 IHRWG Feb 1999 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 1, no 2 IHRWG Nov 1998 Iran Human Rights Chronicle, vol 1, no 1 IHRWG

Others:

CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="95%" > Date Title Source/Author 2001 2001 ANNUAL REPORT Reporters Sans Frontieres 1995-1997 Freedom of Press throughout the World Reporters Sans Frontieres 1992 Iran: "Human Rights rating: 22%" World Human Rights Guide Summer 1990 Report to the House of Delegates Human Rights in Iran American Bar Association, 24 Int'l Law. 607 Spring 1989 Iran's Challenge to the International Law of Human Rights Human Rights Internet 13 no 1 1986 The Abuse of Human Rights in Iran Parliamentary Human Rights Group June 21st, 1995 Urgent appeal for stopping the execution of political prisoners The Iranian Human Rights Working Group (IHRWG) November, 1995 IHRWG Condemns Executions and Lashings in Iran The Iranian Human Rights Working Group (IHRWG) 1993 Human Rights Under the Islamic Republic of Iran on the ocassion of the International Conference of Human Rights Vienna 14-25 1993, Aghazi No.

Media Reports

 
Date Title Source/Author
Oct 26, 1997 Iran Stones Six to Death The Associated Press
June 28, 1997 Iranian Gets Lashing, Jail Term for Setting Up Frienship Club Associated Press
May 26 1997 After the Revolution V.S. Naipaul, The New Yorker
May 21, 1997 EUROPE'S `DIALOGUE' WITH IRAN HANGS IN JUSTICE'S BALANCE Chigago Tribune
April 1997 Iran: Preparing to go to the polls The Middle East
April 1997 A Network of Terror The Middle East
April 18, 1997 GERMAN LAWMAKERS TALK TOUGH ON IRAN Chigago Tribune
April 16, 1997 BERLIN COURT SAYS TOP IRAN LEADERS ORDERED KILLINGS The New York Times
April 12, 1997 Former Official Disclosed Iran's Complicity in Murders William Drozdiak, Washington Post
April 10, 1997 GERMAN VERDICT SHAKES EUROPE'S RELATIONS WITH IRAN Chigago Tribune
April 2, 1997 Iranian exiles say writer killed in Tehran Reuters
March 28, 1997 In 'Decadent' Tehran, Islam Cracks the Whip, The Christian Science Monitor
March 17, 1997 Exiles say Iran executes 22 people in March Reuters
March 6, 1997 Lawyers ask whether Iran "fatwa" justified murder, Reuters
Jan 25, 1997 Turk court jails Iranian for exile murders Reuters
Jan 19, 1997 Mullah Justice: 35 Lashes for Filming The Horror of Iran's Child Asylum The Observer
Jan 18, 1997 Taking on the mullahs The Economist
Dec 15, 1996 Iranian Crusade, Suspecting Liberal Tendencies in Schools, Clerics Launch 'Islamization' Crackdown The Washington Post
Nov. 21, 1996 Germany's Iran policy sorely tested by death threats Agence France Presse
Nov 11, 1996 Crackdown continues on independent Iranian press Reuters
October 25, 1996 Extradited Iranian held for murder in France Reuters (NEXIS)
Sept 20, 1996 Backlash of Intolerance Stirring Fear in Iran The New York Times
Sept 20, 1996 In Iran, Backlash of Intolerance Stirring Fear NEIL MacFARQUHAR, New York Times
Sept 19 1996 Censorship Tightens on Iran Writers, The Guardian
Jun 26, 1996 British parliament group accuses Iran of attacks Reuters
Aug 24, 1996 Iranian party-goers to receive 10 lashes Agence France Presse
Aug 20, 1996 U.N. Body Condemns Clerics' Regime for the 38th Time Agence France Presse
Aug 9, 1996 International Human Rights Federation Condemns Iran Agence France Presse
June 16, 1996 Tehran steps up its secret war on enemies in exile The Independent
May 19, 1996 IRAN MAY BE WIDENING TERROR CAMPAIGN VS. FOES; REPORTS CITE 5 ASSASSINATIONS SO FAR THIS YEAR; ONE OF THE MORE NOTICEABLE ASPECTS OF IRANIAN STATE TERRORISM IS ITS SHIFT AWAY FROM WESTERN EUROPE, APPARENTLY IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN A DIALOGUE WITH NATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Chicago Tribune
May 10, 1996 IRAN MAY BE WIDENING TERROR CAMPAIGN VS. FOES Chigago Tribune
April 24, 1996 UN condemns Iran for human rights abuses Agence France Presse
March 31, 1996 Iranian youths frustrated by religious constraints The Dallas Morning News
March 30, 1996 Idea of Human Rights unknown in Iran: UN rapporteur
March 29, 1996 UN inquiry says human rights continues to be breached in Iran Deutsche Presse-Agentur
March 22, 1996 Reactions to President's Speech: Weekly Ridicules Former Deputy PM Amir Entezam's Call to Observe Defiant Silence Sobh'[Tehran, in Persian]. (BBC Summary 24 Mar. 1996/NEXIS)
March 15, 1996 Iranian people have suffered too much The Dallas Morning News
March 9, 1996 Voting For Nuances The Economist[London]
March 6, 1996 Some 100 Arrested for Violating Election Law in Iran The Xinhua News Agency (NEXIS)
Feb 29, 1996 Iranian Opposition Protests Exclusion of Election Candidates Agence France Press
Feb 25, 1996 Tehran uses hit squads as vote-catchers Sunday Telegraph
Feb 23, 1996 UN report hits Iran, Iraq over executions Reuters
Feb 26, 1996 One Killed, Several Injured in Electoral Campaign in Iran Agence France Press
Feb 1996 A Week in Ayatollahland Richard W. Carlson, The American Spectator
Jan 31, 1996 Iran Police Bans Opposition News Conference Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Jan 30, 1996 Watchdog Protests Suspension of Iranian Magazine Agence France Press
Jan 27, 1996 Iran: Iranian Editor Condemned to Lashes and Jail Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Jan 26, 1996 Germany: German Prosecutors Investigate Iranian Spy Chief Fiona Fleck Reuters.. BC Cycle..." (NEXIS)
Jan 25, 1996 Commander Says One Million Recruited Into Iranian Basij Force IRIB[Tehran, in Persian]. (FBIS-NES-96-018 26 Jan. 1996, pp. 52)
Jan 25, 1996 " Iran: 5 More Ayatollah Sheybani Followers Said Arrested Voice of Iranian Kordestan[Clandestine, in Persian]. (FBIS-NES-96-018 26 Jan. 1996, p. 40)
Jan 23, 1996 'Offensive' Videos Seized by a Newly Formed Judicial Body Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran[Tehran, in Persian]..(NEXIS)
Jan 17, 1996 Iran Frees Longest-held Political Prisoner _ Lawyer Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Jan 8, 1996 Iran Police Raid 110 Homes, Seize Banned TV Dishes Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Jan 3, 1996 Iran: Prison Head Lajevardi Says Iran Has No Political Prisoners IRNA [Tehran, in English]. (BBC Summary 5 Jan. 1996/NEXIS)
Summer 1996 Dateline Tehran: A Revolution Implodes Robin Wright, Foreign Policy
Dec 23, 1995 Jannati Says Hezbollah Safeguards Islamic Values Tehran Times[Tehran, in English].. (FBIS-NES-96-004 5 Jan. 1996, p. 69)
Dec. 1995 Children banned from music lessons in Iran BBC Music Magazine, v4 n4
Nov 14, 1995 An Iranian Mystic Was Stoned to Death After a Court Found Him Guilty of Adultery and a Homosexual Act Reuters
Nov 9, 1995 Iranian Crossdresser Lashed Rex Wockner International News[San Francisco].
Nov 1, 1995 Khamenei Gives Warning to Anti-Clerical Trends The Xinhua News Agency (NEXIS)
Oct 30, 1995 Going Out In Drag Costs Man in Iran San Francisco Examiner
Oct 29, 1995 Radical Daily's Director Arrested in Iran Agence France Press
Oct 22, 1995 Tehran Students Demonstrate Against Islamic Hardliners Agence France Press
Oct 17, 1995 Iran parliament passes tough new security law Reuters
Sept 14, 1995a Iran Publishers Want Protection Against Attack Agence France Press (NEXIS)
Sept 14, 1995b More Than 200 Satellite Dishes Seized in Tehran, 30 Arrested Agence France Press
Aug 25, 1995 Senior Iran Cleric Backs Publishing House Attack Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Aug 6-12, 1995 Tehran Closes Radical Weekly Middle East Times[Cairo]..
Aug 6, 1995 Radical Students Protest Newspaper Ban in Iran Agence France Press
Aug 5, 1995 Iran Bows to Rioters' Demands as Four Die Gerald Butt The Daily Telegraph[London].
July 27,1995 Rowhani's Home In Qom Attacked Keyhan[London, in Persian].. (FBIS-NES-95-177 13 Sept. 1995, p. 75)
July 6, 1995 Ayatollah Rowhani Accuses Rafsanjani of Violations Keyhan[London, in Persian].. (FBIS-NES-95-177 13 Sept. 1995, p. 74)
June 26, 1995 Revolutionary Disintegration; The New US Embargo May Hurt, but the Greatest Danger to the Mullahs is From Their Own People Lara Marlowe , Time[New York] (NEXIS)
June 25, 1995 US Asserts Iranians Plotted To Disrupt Rally in Germany The New York Times
May 31, 1995 Iran has executed tens of thousands, Amnesty reports The Charleston Gazette
May 31, 1995 Tehran's Revolution Dissolves Into Degradation, International Herald Tribune
May 30, 1995 Group: Iran Executes Thousands The Associated Press News Service
May 30, 1995 Repression, Inflation and Graft Feeding, Disillusionment in Iran New York Times
May 17, 1995 Two Iranian Opposition Officials Shot Dead in Baghdad Agence France Press
May 4, 1995 Iran Police Killed 144, Opposition Groups Say New York Times
4 May 1995 Guidance Ministry Official on Revised Press Law Hamshahri[Tehran, in Persian]. (FBIS-NES-95-012 26 May 1995, pp. 54-56)
April 14, 1995 Iran and Iraq Face Economic and social Turmoil Inter Press Service
April 8, 1995a Paper Details 'Spectacular' Protests in Islamshahr Jomhuri-ye Eslami[Tehran, in Farsi].(FBIS-NES-95-072 14 Apr. 1995, p. 40)
April 8, 1995b Friday Imam Cited on Unrest in Islamshahr, Akbarabad Jomhuri-ye Eslami[Tehran, in Farsi].. (FBIS-NES-95-075 19 Apr. 1995, p. 65)
April 6, 1995 Iran's Rulers Advised to 'Go Back to Their Mosques' Following Price Riots Near Tehran Mideast Mirror[London]. Vol. 9, No. 67
April 5, 1995 Clandestine Radio on Islamshahr Riots Voice of Mojahed[Clandestine, in Persian]. (FBIS-NES-066 6 Apr. 1995, p. 58)
April 5,1995 Police Beef Up Security Agence France Press (FBIS-NES-95-066 6 Apr. 1995, p. 57)
April 4, 1995 Iranian police open fire on protesters U.P.I.
March 31, 1995 Iranians 'Raped on Death Row Eve-Ann Prentice , The Times[London] (NEXIS)
March 13, 1995 Opposition General Released: 'Ill' From Treatment Agence France Press (FBIS-NES-95-049 14 Mar. 1995, p. 68)
March 8, 1995 UN Human Rights Commission cites torture in Iran Deutsche Presse-Agentur
March 8 1995 UN Human Rights Commission cites torture in Iran Deutsche Presse
Feb 15, 1995 Torture system is fomenting dissatisfaction in Iran, The State Journal-Register (Springfield IL)
Feb 13, 1995 Iranian President Takes Hard Line with Dissidents National Public Radio
Feb 12, 1995 Official Suggests Reasons for Ban Agence France Press (FBIS-NES-95-029 13 Feb. 1995, p. 69)< /TD>
Jan 13, 1995 "Rebel Radio on Regime's Ban on Protests Voice of Iranian Kordestan[Clandestine, in Persian] (FBIS-NES-95-012 19 Jan. 1995, p. 63)
December 7, 1994 2 Iranians Convicted In Paris Killing The New York Times
December 1, 1994 Iranian exiles want UN probe into writer's death Reuters(NEXIS)
Nov 16, 1994 Three Stoned to Death in Iran Agence France Press
November 3, 1994 3 Iranians Go on Trial in France in Slaying of Exiled Ex-Premier The New York Times
Nov 2, 1994 Law In Iran Allows Killing of Protesters (AP) The New York Times,
November 1, 1994 Harsh Report on Iran Opposition Group Draws Ire in Congress The New York Times
October 31, 1994 Chronology of Iranian exile killings Reuters
Aug 5, 1994 Hundreds Arrested After Riots In Iranian City Agence France Press
May 8, 1994 American Woman Flogged in Iran Probably a Spy Agence France Press (NEXIS)
April 24, 1994 Women Allowed to be Advisers at Courts Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran[Tehran, in Persian]. (FBIS-NES-94-080 26 Apr. 1994, p. 57)
May 8, 1994 Iran Denies Prison Abuses Middle East Times[Cairo].
Dec 7, 1994 Iranian Man, Woman Stoned to Death on Court Order Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Sept 7, 1994 Iran Denies Torturing German Spy Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Aug 13, 1994 Iran Hangs Man in Public for Bomb Plot Reuters.. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
Aug 7, 1994 Qazvin Riots Raise Questions About Iran's Mullahs Reuters. BC Cycle. (NEXIS)
July 10, 1994 German Ex-prisoner Says Iran Tortures Children Reuters. BC Cycle (NEXIS)
Nov 1, 1994 Majles Passes Bill on Using Arms to Restore Order Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran[Tehran, in Persian]., (FBIS-NES-94-212 2 Nov. 1994, p.56)< /TD>
Aug 10, 1994 Minister on New Law on Public Courts Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran[Tehran, in Persian]. (FBIS-NES-94-154 10 Aug. 1994, pp. 65-66)
April 22, 1994 " Iran Opens Notorious Evin Jail to Journalists Denies Abuses Agence France Press (NEXIS)
Aug 6, 1994 Ghazvin Riots APS Diplomat Recorder[Foster City, CA] (NEXIS)
Nov 1, 1994 Iran's Parliament Gives Troops OK to Shoot Protestors Associated Press
Feb 1, 1994 Riots, Gunfire exchanges erupt in Iranian Town Reuters
Feb 6, 1994 Bishop's killing puts focus on persecution in Iran The New York Times Company
Feb 11, 1994 Exiled opposition says Tehran authorities ruined Iran Agence France Presse
Feb 15, 1994 Martyred for his faith The Times
Feb 18, 1994 UN urges Iran to halt secret service attacks on exiles Agence France Presse
March 23, 1994 Rights group protests detention of Iranian dissident Agence France Presse
March 29, 1994 Iran protests at Prague publication of Satanic Verses Agence France Presse
April 1994 Iran: Media and the message The Middle East
June 26, 1994 Eight gunmen killed in clash in Western Iran The Xinhua General Overseas News Service
June 27, 1994 Iran issues name, picture of shrine bomb suspect Reuters
July 3, 1994 Iran rebuffs Rushdie death order appeal The United Press International
July 10, 1994 German Ex-prisoner says Iran tortures children Reuters
July 23rd, 1994 Iran: Walk in fear The Economist
Dec 21, 1993 Iranians Approve Death Penalty for Makers of Video Pornography The New York Times.. (NEXIS)
Nov 21, 1993 Basijis to Begin Judicial Activities Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran[Tehran, in Persian]. (FBIS-NES-93-223 22 Nov. 1993, p. 56)
Feb 5, 1993 Fundamentalist brigades spread terror in Iran The Ottawa citizen
Feb 18, 1993 Iran: Imam's fatwa - personal or Islamic Moneyclips (Tehran Times)
Feb 20, 1993 In the name of God The Gazette, Montreal
Feb 23, 1993 UN investigator accuses Iran of Executions, torture BC cycle
March 9, 1993 Iran - Vice president on rushdie fatwa, western relations Middle East Intelligence Report (via newsnet)
- Iran's Zealots Get a Jolt Out of Failure, on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment:
July 8, 1993 Summit Prepares to Condemn Iran; Terrorism: After Repeated Prodding by the Americans, G-7 Leaders are Expected to Cite Tehran for Exporting Violence and Abusing its People's Rights The Los Angeles Times
Oct 21, 1993 Iran to train 300,000 volunteers to enforce Islamic law Agence France Presse
Oct 21, 1993 Iran clamps down on freedom of expression: Middle East Watch Agence France Presse
October 30, 1993 New Iranian law called 'disastrous' Gazette Telegraph
Nov 17, 1993 Rights group attacks Iran The Independent
Nov 18, 1993 Iran rejects U.N. report on human rights violations Agence France Presse
Nov 28, 1993 Amnesty Concern Over Iranian Exiles Middle East Times
Dec 13, 1993 Iran's Isolated Christians Middle East Concern Report
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Dec 16, 1992 IRAN LEADER CALLS WESTERN HUMAN RIGHTS A FRAUD Reuters
Dec 6, 1992 Iran rejects U.N. report on human rights, BC cycle
Aug 8, 1992 IRANIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE SLAIN IN GERMANY Reuters
Feb 12,1992 Opposition radio says two policemen executed for refusing orders BBC-Summary of World Broadcasts
Feb 21, 1992 Iran foundation to pay 'upwards of one million dollars' for killing Rushdie BBC-Summary of World Broadcasts
March 4, 1992 U.N. condemns Iran for Human Rights violations Reuters
March 22, 1992 Iranians order expulsion of all Red Cross workers The Washington Post
March 27, 1992 ICRC slams expulsion of its delegates from Iran Agence France Presse
March 1992 Abuse and Death Index on Censorship
March, 1992 "Iran" (Arrest and internal exile of editor & abduction and mistreatment of reporter) Index on Censorship
March, 1992 The obscure limits of freedom Index on Censorship
April 2, 1992 One-third of candidates disqualified in Iran elections The Globe and Mail
April 23, 1992 From the back seat in Iran, murmurs of unrest The New York Times
April 27, 1992 Armed men blow up Iranian magazine office Reuters
June 2, 1992 Mob riots in second Iran city The Times
June 2, 1992 Iran-300 arrested following disturbances in Mashad; Interior Minister comments BBC- Summary of World Broadcasts
June 6, 1992 Iran: "Flames around the mosques" The Economist
June 10, 1992 Four Executed for Anti-Government Demonstrations The Associated Press
June 12, 1992 Iran's Rafsanjani orders crackdown on dissident Reuters
June 6, 1992 Iranians tire of piety and punishment: Economic ills beset Khomeini's heirs The Times
June 12, 1992 Iran executes four more after riots The Independent
June 12, 1992 Australian court told 150 were executed in Iran after embassy attack in Canberra BBC-Summary of World Broadcasts
June 12, 1992 More Iranians sent to jail over violent protests Agence France Presse
June 12, 1992 Iran: "The Mashad riots" Middle East International
June 13,1992 Iranian opposition reports fresh riots Reuters
June 15, 1992 Iran: "Executions hamper Tehran's Western overtures" Inter Press Service
June 15, 1992 Iran launches special Riot Squads after unrest Reuters
June 19, 1992 Iran: "Fire and flood, plans and blood",
June 20, 1992 Iran: "Where 'exemplary' means death", The Globe and Mail
June 28, 1992 Iranian forces ready to crack down on opposition, Xinhua General News Service
June 1992 Iran , (magazine banned for 'anti-Khomeini' cartoon, jouralists detained, editor threatened with death etc) Index on Censorship
Aug 3, 1992 Iran Opens a Drive Against West's 'Vices' New York Times
Aug 21, 1992 Iran: Rafsanjani changes tack International
Sept 4, 1992 Iran: Rafsanjani shunned by religious conservatives over reforms, Agence France Presse
Sept 11, 1992 Iran: Bombings in Tehran, Middle East International
Sept 21, 1992 Flexing new Mideast muscles The Economist
June 5, 1989 Islam's figurehead of vengeance, Khomeini spread reign of terror The Daily Telegraph
August 17, 1988 Iran And Iraq Turn On Domestic Opponents Financial Times
March 10, 1988 U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS BODY MAKES URGENT APPEAL TO IRAN Reuters
JUNE 8, 1984 CHERRY TREES OUTNUMBER GUARDS AT IRANIAN PRISON Reuters


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