The attached AFP (6 Apr. 1995), Voice of Mojahed (5 Apr. 1995), IRNA (4 Apr. 1995), Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran First Program (4 Apr. 1995), and Israel Television Channel 1 Network (5 Apr. 1995) reports and the attached page of Keesing's Record of World Events provide information on the April 1995 riots in Islamshahr and the arrest, injury and killing of demonstrators.

According to the attached 7 April 1995 Amnesty International Urgent Action, "hundreds of people" were arrested following the April 1995 demonstrations in Islamshahr. Another attached Urgent Action refers to press reports on the future trials of 50 arrestees (AI 9 June 1995).

Sources consulted by the DIRB do not provide information on Iranian security forces photographing or videotaping protestors in Islamshahr.

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. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Amnesty International. 9 June 1995. Urgent Action: Iran: Fear of Unfair Trials for Demonstrators. (AI Index: MDE 13/09/95). London: Amnesty International.

_____. 7 April 1995. Urgent Action: Iran: Hundreds Arrested Following Demonstrations. (AI Index: MDE 13/05/95). London: Amnesty International.

Agence France Presse (AFP) [Paris, in English]. 6 April 1995. "Officials, Opposition React to Tehran Unrest: Increased Security Continues." (FBIS-NES-95-067 7 Apr. 1995, p. 48)

Amnesty International. 9 June 1995. Urgent Action: Iran: Fear of Unfair Trials for Demonstrators. (AI Index: MDE 13/09/95). London: Amnesty International.

_____. 7 April 1995. Urgent Action: Iran: Hundreds Arrested Following Demonstrations. (AI Index: MDE 13/05/95). London: Amnesty International.

IRNA [Tehran, in English]. 4 April 1995. "Islamshahr Residents Protest Water Shortage." (FBIS-NES-95-065 5 Apr. 1995, p. 58)

Israel Television Channel 1 Network [Jerusalem, in Arabic]. 5 April 1995. "'Tense Climate' Reported in Towns South of Tehran: 'Hundreds' Reportedly Dead, Injured." (FBIS-NES-95-066 6 Apr. 1995, p. 57)

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. April 1995. Vol. 41, No. 4. "Price Rise Protests," p. 40527.

Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran First Program Network [Tehran, in Persian]. 4 April 1995. "'Opportunists' Arrested by Police." (FBIS-NES-95-065 5 Apr. 1995, p. 58)

Voice of Mojahed [Clandestine, in Persian]. 5 April 1995. "Clandestine Radio on Losses in Riots." (FBIS-NES-95-067 7 Apr. 1995, pp. 48-49)

Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. 1995.

Far East Economic Review [Hong Kong]. 1995.

The Middle East [London]. 1995.

Middle East International [London]. 1995.

Oral sources.