Document #1357189
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the above-mentioned topic
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
The following attachments, however, provide
information on Iranian opposition radio broadcasting from Iraq: BBC
Summary of World Broadcasts of 2 November 1995 on Voice of the
al-Ahwaz Revolution; BBC Summary of 2 November 1995 on the Voice of
the Mojahed; and BBC Summary of 28 March 1992 on a list of stations
broadcasting "material hostile to the present government of
Iran."
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
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Reference
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BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 2
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Radio on 1044 kHz Now Identified as Voice of the al-Ahwaz
Revolution." (NEXIS)
_____. 2 November 1995b. "Voice of the
Mojahed; Observations on Mojahedin-e Khalq Radio." (NEXIS)
_____. 23 July 1993. "Clandestine,
Unofficial and Satellite Broadcasts: Iran." (NEXIS)
_____. 28 March 1992. "The Middle East,
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