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.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19800227.2.67.10
Bibliographic details
Press, 27 February 1980, Page 9
Word Count
358Panel to meet Shah ‘victims’ Press, 27 February 1980, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.