Iranian exeutions draw criticism, U.N. body plea

          
          Iranian executions draw criticisna, U.N. body plea
          The Sass ( 1837-3983); Sep 8, 1979; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Baltimore San, The (1837-1986)
          pg. A2
          Iranian executions draw
          criticism, U.N. body plea
          From Wirg Snvkes
          Geneva—A United Nations n
          rights panel yesterday described reported'
          summary executions of Kurds In Iran as
          inhuman and decided to send a telegram
          calling on the iranian government to stop
          such executlons immediately.
          The U.N. expert subcommlssiOn on pro -
          veritlon of discrimination and protection
          of minorities adopted a text proposed bys
          Greek member, Erica-Irene Pa with
          objections only from Dumitru Ceausu, of
          Romanla.
          Mr. Ceausu said . hnjnJ
          lacked official information on summary
          executions and be therefore could not as-
          sociate himself with the telegram.
          The protest message, adopted by the
          other experts In the 25-member subcom-
          mission on the final day of Its three-week
          annual meeting, expressed atdeep sense
          of shock at reported summarytecutloru
          of numerous Kurds in iran and requests
          the immediate cessation of these Inhuman
          practices?'
          In Paris, a lawyer representing an In-
          human rights organization
          ay that political prisoners In
          Iran were being held in appalling condi .
          f i nns and have told him they were Ill.
          treated bylsiamiognards.
          The French lawyer, Michel Zavrlan, of
          the Paris-based InternationE LL.Fon
          of Human Rights, spoke at a 5ews confer-
          encefollowinga visit to Iran last month to
          imatigate the conditions experienced by
          political prisoners.
          lie accused the Tebran authorities of
          arbitrary arrests of political opponents
          and saId, “II the situation regarding basic
          freedoms Improved at the beginning of the
          revolution, It baa deteriorated In * terrify-
          ing way In thelast few months.”
          During his two-week stay, be visIted
          the Ahwaz orison In Khuzestan orovinee
          where there were some 240 politIcal
          prisoners, Including 14 left-wing militants
          sentenced to death or life tinprisoninent.
          Ayatollah Ruholish Khomeini, spiritual
          leader of iran's Islamic republic, pledged
          ynsterdaythatKurdlshrebelswhohand is
          their weapons “will be treated in a broth-
          erly manner and will enjoy the general
          amnesty,” Tehran radioreported.
          The recorded message, monitored in
          London, left no doubt that severe punish-
          ment awaits rebel leaders.
          Earlier, Tehran radio broadcast a inn-
          sage from Islamic Judge Sadeq Khalkali,
          who Is in the captured Kurdish capital of
          Mahabad, in which he said leaden of the
          Kurdish Democratic party would be tried
          and punished severely.
          The broadcasts gave no details of the
          continued bloody fighting, in which I ra-
          nian armored forces and helicopter gun-
          and fighter-bombers have launched
          an apparently successful major offensive
          against some 20,000 Kurdish guerrillas
          seeking independence for their moan-
          tainouslranlan-nded homeland.
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