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Lawyers protest at Iran arrests
5/27/2011 Article - Untitled Article Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Jul 5, 1979; Section: None; Page: 7 Lawyers protest at Iran arrests Front Lie Tisurgood in Tehean A gooey at prasateent Iranian ' lawyern han aerated rernment c i grove legal lmpreprietirs and warned that they will neck help at art inter- national level if the roses nf 20 young tees bel a for pnliticul etrenees are eat lent to court soon. ‘the letter, which appeared In the local prone yesterday, follows a series of ceottieting reports en Iranian priensn and the erealme!l rtn lnerv. The teller fslloined an at loek 1 ay militant Montems as tannest hundred demonetralsn srhu staged a cit-In oeinitte the ItEm- tairy of ,lerriee far hr past week Ia protest agalont the urreat of a yoaog Moslem guer- rilla, Mahaotnoatl Reea Sa'adati. Two deassnslrators scare sosuedfd by airar bullete and ixuther Iwa utahbed before Islamic mililiamen fred shalt nit ‘he air Cu diaperse Ihe rooted.. None of the worandeot required hoopilal treatment, Aeosrdle to Olin letter from the Iranian Anoooialiust af Jsr- :i le, e raoha included aeme of the bravest appflnoat,s of the Shah's regime. Mr sg'a- da li ms one of l b ps ltloal pri- soners who have n il been formally charged, given the right of defence, or Woo stltwcd vieits by lawyeru and retativeu. O le Sa'sdah', a meat- her of the ll lujohsddeert-e-h(halq guerrillas, was areesled on April 20 Os suspicion of apyiatg for Ihe Soviet tistnn. Reminding Iran's new lime' i cIer of Jsol Dr Antnsad Safe Naj Sayyed Juvardi, of his own nlragfle against She Shuts, the tM arneeed ma t tst- ernetfst tO repeating “bitter experiences” and - vtolatiuos” of the pant. “The voices of theta men will reach the seorld and those eeoporsttale toe Ihe defeute of hamon eights will take up thnir canes,” canftssdea ?fnt nely is the Seller jmleo- tinily embarrassing to a ga-c- eeanaoaat that claims to be rcealutiooarj- aad han pm- nelerd to aafegoaard human riohlu, bat at esincifes vrith allegations thai She regime is aetrtg lerturc to extract inform- attan team Ii : gristners. Twa Rurds etriier thtt week culled res conference to allege being “threatened with ctnalh. bliedfntoied, whIpped. kicked, and fasireed with chalos Cs a railiatar” inside Pane. Oman's lorgesl pritan. Ahdngah .Wn and Atahasio Roohallah said they were arrested afler heseg found in pswessisa of ifardish literature. letter members of the hltsiahaddote gtterrillao rein elaleed to trans tlonmao Slights Cumnisotoiieh hetore Ihe ahoh's rrmsrat iv January wa n made up of ulaanst every Cahanet member—that their cotletgoc, Mr Sa'adati, hod beeo tat-bared ,bvatellah Ifuol. Itead of Tebrano central tenant ctenmiltep denied ouch an The Ru udati atroir, as it now hoown has beec complicated hy a recent Stnjahaddeeg state- ment alleging chat a ?iarlh Americas was steals -ed in the oacrrtlla'o arrest. The Ofajahati. deco hove ovid Ihat Mr Sa'u- dolt was tryteg In gather tofaretatien fruits tOte Rgssiars art COA activities In gran when he stun orreeted inW cons- paoy of Mr Vtadisoir Fenolniso, first secretory at the Soviet Einhaosy. The US omhatny hut strongly denied say cole in the witote houtness. During cite past week, 20 lawyers have outanleerea to defend h tr Sa'adali ohoold Otto rose erer rome In cnttrt, and Arota liah Tatag sasi, who created an uproar in April hy dropping a lto of sight as a p ro- lest against t lte leadereltip lit Qam. has eetergcd from atutattto ot uiteneu Oa cheese his eattlieal weigltt behind the S lOt jahaddeen cause. In a atalement, lhe Ayatol lah veuenrtl tlte young guerrillon that,” the enemy is hoet an des- trnytng you. archive.guardian.co.uk/.../getFiles.asp?... 1/2
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