Document #1269481
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Sources consulted by the DIRB do not
provide information on the abuse of human rights by the Javidan
Guard. However, please consult the attachments for general
information on the Javidan Guard and its activities during the last
year of the Shah's regime.
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.
Attachments
Tehran Home Service. 11 April 1979.
"Iran: In Brief; Former Foreign Minister Among Those Executed on
11th April." (BBC Summary/NEXIS)
_____. 28 March 1979. "List of Iranian
Detainees." (BBC Summary/NEXIS)
Chaplin, Helen Metz. 1989. Iran: A
Country Study. Washington, DC: Secretary of the Army, pp.
245-46.
The New York Times. 24 January 1979.
"Maj Gen Ali Neshat, comdr of Javidan Brigade of Imperial Guard of
Iran...." (NEXIS)
The Washington Post. 1 November 1979.
Final Edition. Jonathon C. Randal. "Iraq Moves to Sever 1975 Border
Accord with Iran." (NEXIS)
_____. 12 February 1979. Final Edition.
William Caiborne. "Iranian Government Falls in Uprising Jubilation
Car Horns Hank to Celebrate Victory Rebels Exult in Victory."
(NEXIS)
_____. 11 February 1979. Final Edition.
William Branigin. "A Loud Crack and a Groan ...; A Bloody Day in
Iran: The 'Immortals' Versus the Cadets." (NEXIS)
_____. 15 December 1978. Final Edition.
Jonathan C. Randal. "Ball Said to Back Civilian Rule in Iran;
Troops in Elite Guard Kill Officers; Troops in Shah's Guard Kill 12
Officers." (NEXIS)
Zabih, Sepehr. 1988. The Iranian
Military in Revolution and War. London: Routledge, pp. 70-75,
227-228.
The Iranian Military in Revolution.
1988
Radical Islam: The Iranian Mojahedin.
1989.
The Warriors of Islam: Iran's
Revolutionary Guards. 1993
On-line search of news articles
Oral sources
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