Tortured confessions : prisons and public recantations in modern Iran /

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 a...

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Auteur principal: Abrahamian, Ervand, 1940-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1999.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2711679
Table des matières:
  • 1. Reza Shah
  • 2. Mohammad Reza Shah
  • 3. The Islamic Republic
  • 4. Tudeh Recantations
  • 5. Mass Executions of 1988.