Tortured Confessions Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran

Name: Tortured Confessions Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran
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ISBN: 9780520218666

ISBN-10: 0520218663

ISBN-13: 9780520218666

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ervand Abrahamian

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The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments. His study is based on an extensive body of material, including Amnesty International reports, prison literature, and victims' accounts that together give the book a chilling immediacy. According to human rights organizations, Iran has been at the forefront of countries using systematic physical torture in recent years, especially for…

Book details

Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/16/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Reza Shah



Mohammad Reza Shah



The Islamic Republic



Tudeh Recantations



Mass Executions of 1988


Notes


Bibliography


Index