Panel to meet Shah ‘victims’

Press, 27 February 1980, Page 9

Panel to meet Shah ‘victims’

NZPA-Reuter . ■'.. Teheran; Victims of the deposed! Shah of Iran’s secret police,' Savak, will today ippear be-i fore a United Nanons com-; mission hearing Inin’s griev-‘ ances . against its . former ruler A commission spokesman. Mr Samir Sailbar, told NZPA-Reuter .ye/terday that the five-man pin el would take evidence in private from Savak vfetfris and then ■ meet other'-.,' “personalities.”' •He did noth itdicate who these would be; i The commission of taw-; yers from /Algeria, France, Sri Lanka. Syria, and Vene-; zuela ended their first full] day of work with an evening' session at /heir hotel. They examined documents! presented to them by the Iranian Authorities and by individual? both inside and outside Iran, according to ' Mr Samiar. Earlitr. they questioned a veteran' human-rights campaigned Mr Abdolkarim I ahidji, and asked him -o presen a report on conditions fnder the former Shah. Mr lahidji. president of Iran’s Human Rights Association/said he hoped to have it retpy today. Tip commission appointed by tie United Nations Secre- . tarjfceneral (Dr Kurt Wai-

■dheim) in an attempt to re-| solve the crisis between Irani land the United States, beganj [work as Iranian students; 'holding 49 American hostages at the United States; 'embassy received an appar-i ent gesture of approval from President Abolhassan BaniSadr. .Mr Bani-Sadr reviewed a march-past from the wall of the embassy and addressed a crowd of tens of thousands demonstrating to mark the cl’max of Iran’s “National: i Mobilisation Week." , He made no reference to] ;the United States captives.; but he. called on Iranians to; ibe ready to defend their] 'country, saving: ' “You are: ■'observing what is happening iin Afghanistan and what has .’happened to the people of ;'Palestine.” i One of the students read a l!statement to the demonstradtors saving that Iran's future ■ Parliament “will spare no i: time in fighting against rhe isatanic existence of America ■ and will never fall short.” ii The country's revolution-i ■ : .arv leader. Ayatollah Rnhol-i Jah Khomoiny, has delegated! ’.to the Parliament the task of; setting terms for the hos-l tapes’ release. ft is scheduled to be; I'elected next month and to; ■'convene in the first week of! ■I April.