Dokument #1212281
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
For information on the above-mentioned
subject, please refer to Reponses to Information Requests IRN7544
on SAVAK and IRN7543 on SAVAMA, both dated 4 January 1991 and
available at your Regional Documentation Centre, and to the
attached documents.
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.
Area Handbook Series: Iran: A
Country Study. 1989. Edited by Helen Chain Metz. Washington,
DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Abrahamian, Ervand. 1989. Radical
Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin. London: I.B. Tauris & Co, pp.
53, 69-72.
The Associated Press (AP). 12 December
1979. AM Cycle. Untitled. (NEXIS)
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 19 May
1993. "Iran, Pro-Mojahedin Radio Warns of Regime's
'Counter-Revolutionary' Group." (NEXIS)
. 21 January 1980. "Savak Agents'
Training and Activities in Britian." (NEXIS)
Carl, Leo D. 1990. International
Dictionary of Intelligence. McLean, V.: International Defense
Consultants, pp. 218, 364.
Mostyn, Trevor. 1991. Major Political
Events in Iran, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. New York: Facts
on File, pp. 33, 113, 151, 158.
The Washington Post. 7 June 1980.
Michael Getler. "Khomeini Is Reported to Have a SAVAK of His Own."
(NEXIS)
. 9 August 1979. "Foreign Spy Activity
Found Rampant in U.S., the Iranians." (NEXIS)
. 9 May 1977. "SAVAK: A Feared and Pervasive Force." (NEXIS)