Dokument #1124028
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The following information was provided by a
representative of the National Council of Resistance (NCR), during
a telephone interview on 29 April 1997. The NCR is an umbrella
organization of Iranian opposition organisations.
Two documents have been produced by the
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran listing executed opponents
of the Iranian government. The first of these is entitled List
of Names and Particulars of 14,028 Victims of the Khomeini Regime's
Executions, published in book form by the Publication
Department of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in
October 1987. The second list is entitled "Names and Particulars of
More than 2,000 Victims of Political Executions," produced in
loose-leaf binder form in 1989 (telephone interview with a
representative of the NCR).
The representative told the DIRB that those
who are on the lists are people who were killed by the Iranian
government for political reasons, not necessarily members or even
supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization. The
representative said that the list is verified by means of
first-hand testimony from people who were in Iranian prisons and
families of execution victims (ibid.).
For additional information, please consult
the attachment excerpted from "Names and Particulars of More than
2,000 Victims of Political Executions."
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
National Council of Resistance,
Washington, D.C., 29 April 1997. Telephone interview with
representative.
Attachment
People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran
(PMOI). 1989. Three pages from "Names and Particulars of More than
2,000 Victims of Political Executions."