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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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©1999.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2711679 |
Sommario:
- 1. Reza Shah
- 2. Mohammad Reza Shah
- 3. The Islamic Republic
- 4. Tudeh Recantations
- 5. Mass Executions of 1988.