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TUDEH LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PERSIA

LONDON, August 2 (Rec 2 p.m,).— The Associated Press Teheran correspondent says that a tribunal today sentenced five more alleged Tudeh Party leaders, to death on charges of anti-State activities and diffusion of Communist propaganda. Seventeen others were sentenced to prison terms of up to five years. The drive against the Communistbacked Tudeh organisation began in February after the attempted assassination of the Shah.

The Government charged that the Tudeh Party sponsored the attempt and outlawed it. Besides those* sentenced today 10 others have been sentenced to death and about 40 others given prison sentences.

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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1949, Page 5

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TUDEH LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PERSIA Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1949, Page 5

TUDEH LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN PERSIA Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1949, Page 5