Document #1288491
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The following information was provided in a
12 January 1996 telephone interview with a specialist of Iran
society and politics in England.
According to the source, demonstrations
were held in 1992 in Shameranat Square, a prosperous and
westernized neighbourhood located in the north of Tehran.
To the best of the source's recollection,
some of the demonstrations occured during floods in Tehran; many
people suffered material loses mainly because of government
mismanagement of the emergency situation. At the time, people
attempting to protest the government's mismanagement were
muffled.
The source added that although some people
chanted anti-regime slogan, the April 1992 demonstration was
conducted to protest government economic policies. The
demonstration was spontaneous. Approximately 2 dozen people were
arrested; their names were put on file before being severely
admonished and released. There was no report of executions.
The following information was provided
during a 8 January 1996 telephone interview with a professor of
political science specialist of Iran at the Kingston Royal Military
College of Canada and at the Université du Québec
à Montréal (UQAM).
The source did not have any information on
a demonstration held in Shameranat Square in April 1992. The source
added that under the Shah, Shameranat Square was a prosperous and
Westernized neighbourhood located in the northern part of
Tehran.
For general information on demonstrations
held in Iran in April 1992, please consult 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.
References
England. 12 January 1996. Telephone
interview with a specialist of Iran.
Professor of political science at the
Kingston Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, and at the
Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).
8 January 1996. Telephone interview.
Attachments
INA [Baghdad, in English]. 29 April
1992. "MKO Statement Alleges Demonstrations in Iran.
(FBIS-NES-92-084 30 April 1992, p. 30).
IRNA. [Tehran, in English]. 13 April
1992. "Demonstration Against Magazine Continue." (FBIS-NES-92-072
14 April 1992, p. 39).
_____. [Tehran, in English]. 11 April
1992. "Magazine Office Attacked for Outrageous Cartoon."
(FBIS-NES-92-071 13 April 1992, p. 48).
INA [Baghdad, in English]. 4 April 1992.
"Clashes, Demonstrations Reported." (FBIS-NES-92-069 April 1992, p.
47).
Keyhan. [London, in Persian]. 12
March 1992. "University Students Demonstrate Against Regime."
(FBIS-NES-92-065 3 April 1992, p. 42).