Dokument #1301716
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
In the months following the Iranian Islamic
Revolution, more than 500 supporters of the Shah (called
monarchists or royalists) were executed. [ Ervand Abrahamian,
Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin, (London: I.B. Tauris
& Co. Ltd., 1989), p. 68.]
Information available to External Affairs
Canada, indicates that the Sultenat-Talaban is the Royalist party
which advocates the return of a monarchist form of government to
Iran, with the Shah's son as head. [ External Affairs,
communiqué of 6 October 1989.] According to External
Affairs, the party is not headquartered in Isfahan, and is only
based and active abroad. Activities of the group in Iran since 1979
are extremely limited. The Sultenat-Talaban advocates the overthrow
of the current government. External Affairs asserts that opposition
activities on behalf of the Sultenat-Talaban in Iran and/or one's
claim to membership in this group would result in serious
repercussions for the individual by the authorities. Although no
information on recent activities by the group in Iran is among the
sources currently available to the IRBDC, the Shah's son has held
meetings and given speeches in London and the U.S.A. during the
past year.
Corroborating information concerning the
treatment of these or other monarchists in Iran today is not
currently available to the IRBDC.