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2. Twentieth century Iran's political prisoners

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Matin-Asgari, Afshin

Subjects
Iran -- Social aspects, Iran -- Political aspects, Political prisoners -- Personal narratives, Prisoner abuse -- Analysis, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

A post modern analysis of torture based on human rights reports on Iran by the United Nations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and a large body of memoirs and testimonials by former prisoners is presented. The main purpose of political imprisonment was to isolate and destroy those who challenged the state's claims to political and ideological legitimacy and the main target was the Left which was made up of middle class individuals inspired by Marxist ideology including its Islamic variants.

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2006

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