MINISTRY OF LABOR PAMPHLETS

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
'INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
SUBJECT
Ministry of Labor 'Pamphlets
ENCLOSURE ATTACHED
DATE DISTR. 4 December 1951
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS. 2
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
Attached herewith for your retention are unedited translations of two
pamphlets published in 1947 by the Iranian Ministry of Labor. These
pamphlets are unclassified.
Enel: 2 pamphlets (46 and 78 pages, respectively).
CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTED
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t N 1t,1, OR PART t , OR h0 "H?
A VInion or council does not M-49 Into existence tsddde n y cr ntaneot~~l T
but rather certain evant s render it rp ceeseary to centralise power. The sago
agents a; tactor$ w' ices "rate in favor of this may also lead to its decltrn .
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Mcord to the leadera of the Central united t ouncil the rise of the (Warr,
6rgahizations was clandestine and even unexpected.
A conference (of w*rkerst organisations) opened by Vafatieadeh, was
hold 1 April 1946 at which wer: elected by a majority vote, a board of
directors, including, Tarbiat, TE id, and .Al.-4hmmad and secretaries of the
+ nference, 5afavi and Para j i.
ose of ttge conference and said that owing to
eMU a purp
t, conditions and difficulties of the organisations, it was i posiaible
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to Jima a local con ZSrenc~.
it ace the invited corades did not possess a legal identity with
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?espect to the r1S s tali ne
h .d & provisional conference for tht establishment: of a unite ! cojunc9:1 acs
related caw ittees.
A der of decisions which W+er+e adapted~at~ the first a+hia aasiiona f tho
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Conferee revealed SM4 1,[
worker,st organizations had another e+b:ecttw besides the original one of f
hnt of a workers' newspaper and rocura.e-~.t
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a neely-Gnu s
(ash) Party assistance for this p rrpaae,, wric+h was adopted as the first -"Lo-on.
Later it will be shown that these nit ".1y desired to receive h 4p iron
the party for the p of publishtng. a warkerst newspaper but also to recce-xe
directives from the fdeb Party for all of their activities.
ly the worerst o r anisation$ in ruzestan were social in ct&ra r.
As in other sectiore of Trans the eatbject of the exploitation of w * rs
was a strong point with the leaders and decisions numbers 10 and 11 dealt with
this problem as follows:
*10, o make a) t ugh investigation of ware pt sate and (to) att pt
one cation".
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to extend aid to the (Workers') ergbnis*ti.Qae
nl, (To obtain) requests for ideas from cc,.rada woad eers on the sub j ec
of establishing now sokiraeeE of revenue".
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At the #aare session it two agree' to place all (onion) activities under
the control of the Iranian Tudeh Pat t,. This decision was put into writin
and at the and of the list of reesol . tions it was pointed out that "in the future
the workers or anizati.ons should ex.eavor to place the course of t-bad n's
struggle under the leadership of tint- Tudsh Party in order that t ;e activities
neither fail nor react a steller^ate.~
This same idea aapeared in a different for- in a resolution
the First Conference of Abadan Workers".
paaration c f a strong a dre to lead the union and if neceassar,,
political invtructor from the headquarters. i' Furthermore, in the
c) of the craittees, pertad.ning to the activities of the (Yorkers' )
tiona Comadttnc, it was written "The (workers') Organizations Cc ittee
th the r :aponsibility of prepar.ir r the ground for party spheres
d persona who ehc w party competence will be appointed
positions in the Union."
At a third eessio held an 9 Yrll 1946 dlr. 'Omid suggested that in order
to few a strong front against ierpesrialist penetration, it was necessary for
Indian workers living in Abadan to become organized.
in a report of a !re-etins (Of tL Conference); the date of which is
speaker mentioned that Mr. O mid had been engaged In certain poa.r,. acaaL
es in orraer hater and was preparing cadres, and that since none, warp
needled the Counci..l bhcwld lout, the Khorramshahr Party some money.
e nse account of the United Council of ,A a t Workers and Toilers
thows that fifty riale had been spent an a rubber stamp for the Kharramasa
doh Party meeting in Khorramshahr. Furthermore ?O rials from the Abadan
United Council's coffers were spent on equipment, for the Leh football tuan.
a report of a ,,;eeting hold on 11 YV 1946 it was noted that "debe we
abject of arra mshshr was reamed after a re ae3a and it was agreed
since the party had greown and the number of union posters had increased
Abadan workers or aanisa.tion shd-. ld loon t :es Khorramshahr groups up tc
10#000 risla for their expenses." The expense account of the United Coi..>!cil
of Votkeers d Toilers of ! baden, dhows that frequently sums of money were
ed over to Mr. t4aradi for Khorramshahr organizations.
The United council of .Abadan Workers and Toilers is a tool of the Irian
doh Party a is joined to it like a Siamese twin.
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Tudih Party -- All lhorramahahr lovers of freedom? labor ap
as are infer d' that on 21 June 19) 6 a general meeting d a r undid
brati+en will be hold to weleome the beloved leader Hoseayn Tarbiat.
cial inaugural ce ; ten .the Tadeh Party club and the united y=orker s e
house. IU party eco rasdea and other freedom lovers, wor se
vited to attend.
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P." par *e t*hat sh P!nz Propaganda C ammitt
United Council of lbaed*u rker't, and Toilers Created to ri3jt,
the A; ? Is there an lrareian Govaec'nrient agency or representation w ich
controls the operation of t A=?
Ot oe to all. Workers
Compata and its Affiliates
ted ,avid, of Aba
For some time not the AIOC has been acting corgi to the Labor Lax
and has taken measurer to execute its vile plans, namely diisbandin or di--missing
old workers, who have spent years working for the shareaholders, and particularly
active members of workers, unions, The United Council of Abadan Workers has
ae preeeed its opposition and revulsion to this form of violation ocr the law
by the AZOC to the co rpetent aaathori.tiee, nern ely the Chief of the llhuzestnrL
laspection Organization. The latter has announced that the lovers a -~t ui11
ester implement the Labor Law. An regards workers who have been diassed
or who have been threatened with r rraisssl by the AIM,$ since 18 a, 1946,
the day the Labor Law was approved, the Qoverrsment authorities have prouised
that t} :. r cases will be reviewed b the Factory Council.
Hence it is obvious that the A1Ce: disseed workers Contrary to Law
the iveertriont will cempeli the co e any to reinstate the afeeret ntionsa
in their jobs and to psy then their wages in full for the period during wt ich
they rested unaeployed,
therefore the United ~;ouncil of .badan Workers instructs all of ita talons
to send to the Council im ediatsl,y i list of names of the workers who were
sseedd ftm their Jobs beginning, 18 1946 in order that their eases a
investigated by the Fwtcr7 Council. Otber workers who were dismissed
work without any plausible emouas may refer to t n~v Abadan United Count
and register their names so that their cases may be reviewed. Until the time ci
the investigation, the unions are eep+ially charged with the duty of subnittlrig
nines of active workers of organizations and of writing up their private activities
against thy; Ce apeny and the C s s personneel. The United Council of J adaan
Workers has decided (a) to suNort ill Ihuaestan and Iranian laborers, (b) to
t the AIOC frcm participating in political activities s and in activities
it workers' organizations and unions and (c) to limit the 11
Al acttvitils.
Long live the power of the Unten of Iranian works. The United Cournojj
of Abadan oars and Toilers.
ghuzeataan in the clutches of Imperialism.
Central Council of 'Herrera and Toilers of Abadan, which It
ppro 1 Fbrlfe ease 1000af3? C -I DF8f 4 A h P ,
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several years of self sacrifice and bravery in its undergro.ar;d
str is now overtly onductin; its activities against the plunderers who
have kept the people of Iran and especially thusaestan under the pressure and
colonial subjugation, anaouaances the tollowin..; to the oppressed peasanto, w0x'_kee
town and freed e a ileving intellegentssiai.
peerialiate, in an effort to protect their interests and to
continue thea.r marauding activities,, have been perpetrating heinous crises
during the past years, and our ruling class has been a plaything in their hands.
people, after a series of sacrifices broke the chain of slavery a,"'i,
Flu Bering &rpjrI of a foreign remaent, selected their own
ad turned against the nations enemies.
rr. the eneries of the Iranian people and the plunderers of Khusesr
fearing these basic activities and the actions of the Laborers are taste.
to break up the national foundations of Iran.
File organizations and unions came into being. They deluded th
ing the glorious name of the Tedeh Party and the United Council or
are and Toilers by ascribing real leadership to themselves. They thre2tere'.
the people with weapons but the Khuzeetan inhabitants who have lived all Vi air
lives under ovoression, were not duped, and Instead of approving their "A
they turned toward the ite d Council of Workers and Toilers. The
worksrip Toilers, peasants, craftsmen, and the intelligentsia have realized
that these hirelings w to today dupe the people yesterday aided the
predatory age ies. Now that the brats beggars of Kkmse#taa have proclaim*'
these Plunderers are undertaking vile measures in order to execs to
of their overlords, Thsetefore we declare that no grours %arty,
ion, which ogees into beirg through such persons to achieve the
ul airs in the na a of the people, in connected w# th the
Abadan Workers and toilers or the Tudeh Party,
ong live the Union of 'emirs and Peasants. Long live the Union
d .tntelli.,e ntsei a.. . R .... .. ? ~ ..:. ? . s f i . A . . ...
The United Council of Abadan *orkers and Toilers, which "rated under
the supervision of the Iranian Tudeh !`arty decided to rescue Khuzesstan from
the clutches of imperialists and to call Abadan Me filty center of imperi .ia
The Abadan toted Council of Workers also issued a manifesto for the
soldiers atald begin.
An abstract of tt.e meeting of 2 July IP4 6 shows that it was
agreed to call a general strike. but the minutes of preceding meetings
state the reason for the strike.
A special reet3 ; took place on 2 July 1946 which last until 1120 a.r~?.,
the next aatorni . "..ll -embers of the btecutive }hard (of the United Council
of Abadan) ware present. Mr. gatac . reported that there was a plane goin. -
to Tehran from .shwas and suggested that dir. Vafa'i-?ash take that pl. a rI
Thursday, His proposel was rejecter: because if * r. Vaafa+i.-Zadeeh had gone to
Tehran on ' hursdaay, he could hat ha ?e returned the next day. it was agre-d
that. Mr. 1afari- adeh should go to 11ahran and that his delaying his departure
even for one or two days would not scatter. But it was unaninously a; e that
the starting of the general strike tree on Saturday 14 July. it was also voted
that regardless of whether Mr. Vsfali-Zadeh were successful in his mission
he should try his best, to bring along five or six members of the United Central
Council. Torbiat proposed that the Executive Committee draw up plans and submit
theca to the Labor Union but his proiuaal was rejected. It was voted and ?-mac -
aaously agreesd that the: plans for t '-.e general strike should be drawn up by the
Labor Union itself.
Mr. 3afaavi asu ;et ted that in cue ea, thing required a weer of the
- utlve Committee to be aabsent, a member of the ecutive Board of the '.bolted
Cecil should act for, hiss, but without the power to sign any official per -ere
or documents. This proposal was apW-roved by the Council.*
voted that. three people be nominated for merberahip on the Ark-cutive
C ittee. The United *oancil nomirated the follpwingt Messrs. Torbiate faavi,r
and Vaafa a ~-Zaadeh. !fir. Moradf suggested that if the t eprea entatives of the= Aa lo-
Iraaniaua : Company wished to discuss matters with the Executive Ccwnitteep two
members of the Exeecutive Board of the United Council of Abadan should participate
in the discussion. The United Council unen1 *ouslr approved the above ,pry: o .sal
and plans ', absence, he said the Oil Ca arty turned a deaf ear to
the workers' requeats and his frierdse becaare the vie s s of the viii. Company's
stooges. Two mo-bars o* the Labor Union were i prisoned v-1 thou ~ ansj leal
procedure. This caused the workers to go on striker. "I saei4t," 1 , Naaaj#cc1 said,
'to Agejari and oothed thins ov?r and ended the strikes On ,W rat a, the
l e tivo Bo-xr, of the United Council of Abadan convened, and after long
da lii erationa der ided it could find no way to solve the workers, problems., so
finally it resorted to the general strike. On the same d-17 the Cowacil ai
notice of its action to all members and aya icaateae, i s making it clear to
the 011 Company that the tGounail means business* #
ow narq strikers were there?" asked Dr. Radmanesh* After a lcir ii
he was told by Mrs Netegi that he mould be given a list of all departne.n
sections where the workers went on strike.
'ajafi again talked about his efforts to prevent the strik
further detail shout the traadt en and the maltreat nt of grverna e. t
in regard to the Aa air Union, `. Najafi said,
"The Ashair Unioi care into existence with the support of the Oil G ny
The conflict and strife which occurred two nights ago were planned by V x 011
Gonpei and Mr. ?!esba:h Fate , the "'o apaanyts stooge."
He also escplainet the Arab attitude and said that on the evening of Lite
day when the workers .re an strike, the Arabs attacked them; t kw laborers aad
to defend themselves '137 counter-attacking.
Dr. Jocadat discussed the reasons for the imprisonment of 2obdsh and -lorosU
at Aga Jeri.
esh inquired about tie. Arab attack which Safa
Dr. Jowdat inquired into the Mine-dagr dalasgr which the Oil Company hal
requested. He then brrauaght uj; the strike question and activities of the .la..
company, Dr. Jowdaat also explained the new agree nt betvean the Council and
the Company which was to b?e drawn aj)*
ash diseo%ssed the political and economic aaspectc of ? ie str f e.
described the feudal red ire in Ihusestaan, and agreed to send s*s
lee threw engineers, As:asaaai, Neevar, and Ali Asghaaar
On 20 January i947, Tad-Alaah tae imi, representative of the (Khuzest
United Council in .Abyss, wrote a lei ,,ter to the 1til.itaary Governor of Ab. d
in which he stated certain facts about the strike. In the letter he said.
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"To de aonitrate bi .:owc-r and influences Mr. Najafi issued the oz r
for is general strikes At this time, he had plans to destroy she ,airae
(Tribal Union) and }e,. .'si;.s end had seat missions s.hrougho at Khuzistan. )r
Na jafi is responsible far he conflict of l Jul' 19I 6."
The case of the martyrs and fiun4s to be collected to a?. pport their fa
is dealt with ".1ndeer a, separate chapter.
A letter was :neni. to the Military Governor of Abadan in which the illic
activities and exploitaticess of the former men bars of the 3e:*ztS ve e3oard r=3
described:
"To the kind attention of his eioeUency the Military Goya
"ice patriotic Iranian who loves his fallow man muss fight against
looters and the swindlers who took advantage of the Workers O rganitati
Khuziaaban. The workers shcJ.d be united for the preservatior of their ri
and stand firm against the eexploiter$* Most workers of Abadan. are aware
they have bee-1 victimized by the former Labor board hoar by Mr. Mali
Rashest Ka jafi.
"Receipts signed by the former lxeautivo Board and other evidence is in
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the possession of certain indiv dualb. This evidence, proves their :mist'
and victimization of the workers. St t e fort atel y', the possessors Of 8p
evidence do not wish to present it tt the authorities, Tho a conoera d sh
know that the prreaeent3tion of tits evidence and t .e receipts wall. confirm the
ancroachn ents and exploitaations of ?T.. Mabdi Haasheemi Najafi, the former ch:.af
Executive Hoard. An those w: o possess sued evidenc* a d receil is e.ign d
Executive Board,# and wt.o refuse to present thew v_lJ.. bee cons . Bred
orkers as being co urtners tith the :swindlers and thee eeacploit 's. 'he
of thuzistan now tell know tka- the aim of tree former Labor Board teas
g but to better the living st ndard of the workers. Therefore, the
workers c of afford to ignore the tvil acts of those in chaurge or tee re
Labor 19oard.
"After his return from Tehran, Pahdi Haeehe Naafi pr+ osed & genor
(th ughout Khuzistan Province). The executive Board unan: u ly voted for
nor paid a attention to tr.c ' elf ` i. conditions of the c oui txq. fheair
activities were moray directed at, profit and at ,oitin the kerss. 'heY
slogan for their activities wcar +Ttas etriks is lneevitable aced to t be bre-ufltt
about asap as possible."
"`here were three men at the heet d of the Workers, Organizatie of thur1s tae
ahdi fashe i Wa jaf i, Iioseeyn Torbiat, and a Ali a ( d. Aside fr e Al i r -i de s
honesty or education, be strongly o -posed the geeneeral strike. Just before the
geenera. strike was ordered, the United Con it o i I4ajafi ordered
the strike w
whil
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the workers to go on strike. Was co fideet that
ea r of the~ .,r e, r
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s?) would destroy
the roving rieettngs (demonstration
solai 'Abbas afaaviG, I: alai, Msbnw
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"A' PP e to anr~ inf'l ie hr'ed* of thou
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exuti vruacs
b ' 4^ it slogan was, 'Death to t,-',e Arabs and des
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against To e ks. Aarhair Union. a yees, t lesee riera played a great role in the rioting
murder on 1't July 194(W*
> -VO .cation no. 41.90, dated 8 January 1947.s
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again say that the r responsible for ".L the .... d.__ , -
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was Mahdi hashea>ei Najaf.,,, an
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v was raised by .?ollectingt
The United Goianci;l srted a 04r,"paign to raise funds. n enomcua
or the membership in the Cnited Council.
i~nas for aid of the Aga Jan. Strikers. -.,
ids to sup,, rt the ads' # aaeai,I iaea8.
the dues that were CO L.lected by the "unit ed Cour
addition to these, dittos and province of 1 as era n, Go rgan, lsf.ha
A e3rpaei an,
Organisations, which wore in the haft Of a few men. Theaeaa men split the Un
h fo ea managed to coraue=J.
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C" Mills treasury a a azacng theaeslvas, - - - - -- -.. ~ ~~ # ?Q ~~m-,~ ~iz~>r ~ :~ t,h~ bare
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wy~!.e Y ajasr evi dom. Lives
the hungry families o1' the nartyrs of the 1L duly 1946 conflicts L great
?afaaev3 aa- =c th,>
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of the United ("ouncil' a tare
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was deposited J the bank by Pr. fmzan n
of the Uiitf~d Count l a s treasury is with Itrs,
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. that 300000 r
a3. gaveh, Receipts for :urchasing a 1-A0 Pact xd, a radio,, a bicycle, etc., a ._
the 'sited Council t s Ttoney for the --Inited Council,, indicate that r ', R an Kav*h
bought then in his mane and then aVropriated them. (Raamsaan Kaveh ' as ir= of `
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cil
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of the financial affairs or the Untie
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the fa~sailies of the martyrs of the 23rd of
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appeal to the authorities to :yet free those innocent ser who have t -sell
banished to l4 anderan and to investi?ate the former ftecativ* Board of the
o tha people will car these exploiters a: swindlers.
With great respec
Yad?Allah }J;
Member and Rwpresentative of
the United Coanc
1husistan }'rov ni
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FINANCIAL A Al W4 AID TO THE MARTYRS' FAXILIV:
evidence at haa-nds the financial at fairs of the United aoun
not at all clear, It is Impossible for one to diaeoi r from. the three accr1nt
books of the United Council (1. The expenditures of the United Counc:i L; 2.
book of the United Council; 3. The journal of the t1r,
or the expenditures of thin organization, In 19b5a membership saes
ted, but they did not have a neat book in which to record the
income or e:spendit e. in rc%ard to this, Mr. Abbas 'Ali Najafi in his letter
admitsz
men the manners of the 1roviacial Organizatic i of i0uzietan decid
take over he finewit affairs of this Council, Mr. M ad HCasan Zamani, cb an
from Bank Melii, was a*Wd for advice. Mr. Tama
laws of accounting, the organizations its give, etc.: eho
accounti book. The managers were 49posed to his counsel. '.vidcntlr
to leave behind any i,hLng that would reveal their fraia and deae Lion.
amani refused to be a par r to t,eir schemes exec thus their first plot was
The failure of this project oered the way for
d to take advantage of the United Council e s finances for the aid of the
art re' families. With the facts arm evidence now in hand it is ea
how the swindlers aid exploiteera acted. For examples
the 26th or Tir (17 jay 1946) the Ezecutivc Board of the United 0ouncil
held another meeting at 2 P.M. which lasted until. It. P.M. The foll.c ng we
presents Matagi, Rajafi, Torbiata Safavi# Furaji, Mosley., Vafa'i- adeh, Moredi
and B eh,, the head of pers. for the United Council proposed that contribations
be taken for the purpose of allbW the survivors of the mare in the cause of
freedom. also suggested that receipt books be printed and distributed
various trade unions under the supervision of a sa use =;, and that worker a donate
one day of their wagesa, It was voted that the e'te ers of the uni
150 riala, or vials, depending their income, is to s5rk
income is from 1#000 tc 3,000 vials pegr 100 rials. Those who get from
51,000 per' 150 vials, and thoao receiving 5,00 and over would p
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regard to the Clsb personnel, it was decided that they siould
and have receipt boos printed and as id school ? irl s all over the c
contributions. school girls wore a iswers or their breasts and asked
contribsitiens from the public. The f -.rd raising comittee meters o
Reij h, ''Teshgiaaf, Diba and .Pan:"aJi. It w:as decided that the cc n- itt:t Should
report of their aaaa?paign on tie following Thursday,
The funds were deposited in the anti t gar k of Abadan ;a der the na vi
Safau and Vaf a f i-Zadeh. A L .tale later : his sure of money was tranafcvred
"mane Abadan to Tehran w td them: was do.positad in fir. 5stavis s account. {Chen .o.
623353 dated 16 October 1946, 70?000 riaal.a; Check No. 623356 dated 15 )ctob,
:'0, rials.)
In the expenditure booli6 o
spent for those fariliev whose
are the expe: aditurea t
1. Receipt etc>. 330, dated '1 July 19h6, showin 226 rials eaten
cigarettes and aaa x:hes for the Patients.
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Receipt a. 331, dated Pi July 1946, showing 60 riarl as scent for
for the patients.
Receipt No. 333, dated 21 Juy 19I6, show
lea of Lhcae prison*
xpenaes of qtr, Natagi.
Spent
Receipt No. 339, dated "1 July 19h6, showing 21,000 riala
5. Receipt Not. 34O, dated 21 July 19 :6, Showing
Pirous Ram for his medical experwes.
6. Receipt co. 241, dated ~'l July 191&6, showin
family of AhiRaad zakh i, rho was t ospitalized.
7.
Receipt Nc. 347, dated 't`1 July l916, ,.ibo
of those who were wow d.
8. Receipt 'c. 11, dated 23 July 19460 sshsawiin;
lea o those sho were wound.
riate give.
Yes, Lhe United Council claimed that the tartyra, through she
had watered the trt ass of freedom.
Funds were raised to aid the -ervivars, but a h.
proof that their claim is untrue.
A e t,tee was appointed by the Union of Worms of the oil -(nl,. ~ tt
investigate the financial affairs t1 the forager United Council of Aba,an. T
Bowing cted as investigators; 4b*as, All Na, afi, Uormoz abaani, doh a
di, and Je hangir.
Questions were addressed to Fr. La tan Kaaveb, responsible leafs of the ~ i.rjance
ittee of the United. Coumcil.
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Answer 01 have always bte t op.;used to organizing a treasury, a:w
why I kept aloof for e. ;ht -months. I have urged by friends to take Over -., jeen treava%7, but I refx.:sed. I war, not responsible for the treaa3A until 1 y !a xe
the official banner of the T, sited Cad encil of Abadan was raised. I ~ x ew u a .
iaa
about the financial affairs. In the beginning there were otr a:;; unoil3, ?C
which had its own t er ry. :'or= thi-- reason I don't rat knything about tree treammy.
As I said, I was against organizing .a try ury and have not ten aaa tart in it,
nor was 1 a re ber of :he trees ury. Fefore taking on the responsibility , aA
period of three months, I requested bat he past accounts of 'be lreasu be: re cti
I et..arted with a new treasury . ,armed mate it clear to then that I, was not in woor
responsible for the fo=er treasury. !Making tear position very clear, .F ace~er d the
treasurer's posittion, iaaving nothing to do with the old accounts.
Question 2: in teem early days r t he tint,e d roue., Performancee w: re given
and tickets were sold: give a acco-;u;t of this.
Answers In the early days of tie tanited Council concerts w re given and : .
1,000 toman were coll*3ted f ror the sale of tickets. This sun er=rs not tur ed into
Treasury. I do not quite recall whether this money was to be used for the
benefit of a library or was to be given to the theater project of Mr. r imxh tvah,
Having no experience in that line I aid not intre in the matter.
Question 3: flues were colleted from t-e workers to aid the --trverc,
That money wz & to t under a separate account; what about t Fat
at enormous sum of money was raised by the finance co_wil teo,
wer 3 sent the striker$ of Aga Jana, and more than
were given Lo the represent- tiveaa of tr! Council for travelling, expenses. Tic ;sa
of Caney that was raised in Abadan for the same purpose was more than the one
used for various expenditures.
eaestion 1: in yo r orgy tsa ion you had a safe in which money was for the use of the organization itself; vhat have you to Say about t=hat?
. ti ers Money was collected from people for that reason and receipt were
given to them. I do not rimer how ?h money was collected; I can oaf refer
to the books. The books were there in the office when I was arrested; nab I mica
not, ,.now what has become of them.
Question : 950x,300 rials were drawn from the An o-:imnia~n oil C=Fany
n ,.t of the nicipality for the purpose of building a dam In th
Answer: The money received in the account of the municipality from the treasury
of the Oil Co'mpeny was the responsibility of r. foals ; he deposited the !?c nay in
the United Council 9 a oafs. This more? r was used in building the Khorramsh hr 0 an.
He had nothing to do with the expenditure of the money, tfoaleeh had to sow that the
workers and the builders of the dam got their pay.
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that aboj
M ed'*FoP . se ' hd"O?`: etA)- kb -894Y OrO%h
a money?
Answer-t I do not rss errber exactly how rumh money as rz-ised for Via
they had cont`idence It and .1 was made firancier
not snow anything abo+. t bookkeep
and that after ta' ir:g out the. costs and travelling
('xIC I i .. I r BAU-1y
scion 7s The letter Board c=f Tehran gave perfer ar =Y4a
pay tie rest of the money to the .birden Qrganization. What abou
amt They t 4. a us 5)O TaftWs and a receipt was issued
Question t3: After the crisis of the 23rd of Tir (1h July
amount of money was rr.i d to aid We ,~artyrsl families. 9,000
was deposited in the Fa . al sank tt Abadan in the names of Messrs. A
2adeh. and Gholam 'Abbas favi 5a . Oive us your account of this and e1
Answer: I had gone to Tehran to, buy a car.. Hash Hajafi arrived i : *Renr i
a fez days later, whex e he t old a that juat before he had left Tehran, 1.000 T
had been raised to help the .rtyrae families.- I think the snr cO d
than I.,000 Tomes because 7,0(X) T macs of it was sent to aid the sa
It was at this time that Mash Hashem :Najafi was arrested.
composed of Iesasrs. I)vshti-mac, Tozi:>iat, and ast'ayi went to Tehran a,
of all these matters. xbseeouently =ettsrs. i and Vafaei-Zadeh d ere
arrested.
tyroI fa liea came to lis for help; them was no mc;.-nem,
Since then, the i artyrse families Iu v~ been hel iad by the reserve
ni .ed Counc U.
In regard to the 7,,0 00 Te nana, I corn
told me that the 70,400 Tc ans had been given to 'ir.
The remaining o raised to aid the martyrs' families was 21a5ria,
which r. Safavi had fivan to r ee; bit I did not record it in the book. A feu
before I was released from prix, .. gave a receipt to 'Ir. afavi for L' t'-;
Question 9x Beginning 2 errrrdia 1325 (14 April. 2
kept in a separate a:c scant; please r p1atn.
'PMO
incomes as dues.
9J6, the members used to pay one per ceps
is recorded in the book; cheek the membership bock
10 At-ter the crisis of .: 23rd of 'fir, (14 J'I -try 1l .?
ad Athletic Cllib rRfrd a portion of the proceeds was t
:Les; what do y )u know about this
I do not knm U: yt,. sin about the 1-ul.ad Cl .:b show; on that o?:.ah nt of s- of i, the a
h
a
ence at
Provincee has evid h escape
assrs. Ab! Allah Vafa' i-7ad sh, !anuthehr ` osleh, G'holaahi React rad.i,
of other me nbera of the F,xecutive #eas x , we were as ko. to be res-)onsihle fe=r tt-e
affairs of the ansistsn Org?anizatior.
r i e ")r?ganf SAIAoxb it was discovered that
i
;
on e ta
"n W-W
r aeu?~,
had absconded with the L rganisation's tress %u7. According to the Checks K.
allecte~i to aa'd t.*;e Vi
6 which was ea
dated 15 October 1946, the (300x000 e-91oand
of those killed in the 23rd Tir oriaf.s (14 July 1946) was transferred , nih tn,
se
t
d tn
ca
this gum was rut in t eir own rsow aced. *
= h t 'ha irk a o
es .!umber of help e198s 04;1aar W.L ~.JiV14V
the Unit 'd Council of Khusistan, had also a crest ,art in (mis) a-apra i+ati? d .
Council's fends. Lettrare written in regard to the fraud were disc.-o- erasd on
veh or. 28 love-Aber 1946, F=.ahar F. a w ; arrested by the k ilitary ':e aor c " : "aad-s ,.
not been '+ Area
s~5.d
Our consci enOe pricks as as behol i the pathetic condition o?
orphans. '''e beef ore e.sk u? a 'leap. of the f or er Council t" send back th
money so that we can help these hel}loess orphans a n' also ]Minti t' e
good nave.
j-t ' families W1
,
t
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yi
"'Thee !`or! r '.writ it claims that
, ~)o true v do t 5, celplrsr sa tlie?s
i4" +, -1
l
ttele-; .~.- ':'id the
prison have regularly "'an >es
: Tice and explain their grievances? W e
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they were inprisonedin auras, OUT, no s:o
iz .. _....a..- f flagn4T i ms or the -!r snrerEt 6
elp ~~'3.a8 Y8$ETX't. rgaeasaz to l.rs*v ,:,ear.i ~sy a.. ,....._-._ _ _.
he Bail aper N- a ,cs that
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ask that such infornat_On.
y be enli ghte;r.~ed about it.
The Executive hoard oft a ,uit= s '> .e
of 0-orkers and Toi .sre of
t an;i etaoai United Councils and t}ate
ti , a i
as
( I.c.entlyt ? x '
A-KOAA 1 c Wild rot do luel3 to help t-~ - yr ~t lki
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called it "The T ird United Council. The Third United Council, repudi -
tin
'Pu*ta 010
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,
,
rea
Councils, sent a letter "sue the Chie
-aiird. Council's lett' r w the C-rntr'L. lTnjtet. C
Chief Director o`' t}e -nvraal ?nits-.d Cc inch:
i-yw answer o~ +11e d ted
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to the rmeer C`ounci1 s des,iane and grievanse. The United Central Cmurtcfl ? id
pay the least attenti n to t'rir? 'oreer Council'a letters, hose empty rr s-.
groundless claims were recently .Fade kn o the }-orke:rz.
''The fire. C i- nell of 1husiatsn Province had come into existence
rules and laws of democracy,, and without evon the consent of the fl iitr*d r-
Council. The Second Council came into existence to reform the First Cour:ci
aeec utive card. That also went out of existence. As can be 84a -roi
of its last session,+sst as soon as the crisis of Azerbai jars hroteee rut
d*
hen iristi ation o," t e First Co?rne l?s leaders, a F!reat nu >er
reply
not
have last their husba.ids in the 23ri l`ir (14 July) crisis. Also a rrea, na ber were
soned. T3 ouaands o ' ria? s wera collected as dues and contrihi t ons "rom ol,
to 'f-el? the tsmilies oll* the artyrs and of those iaenri:setnesr-f, 1 t
ti e, we don -now what bas happened to that enormous sum of iv nt .
a of the martyrs and those in prison are left without sup?.or art.: iew exist
pathetic c onditi gin:. 'Neither the United Central Ccunc i.l no-- the fxeative
Board pays any attention to them. "I'erefore, this Coiencil, ~movm. Av +.
Council, repudiates t',ae ?er-ibera or t,e teutive Board of the First Counc
Second Council unless they cone '.nta the Third Council and becor e me-ah
IS Dece Lor 1948, this Third Council is officially formed and shall be
United Council of the Workers and T3ilera of Abadan.:'
'At the ft rat on?ortunity,his Council shall investigate the
and those whose husbands are im- prisoned, T7-is council does not, ??r ro an' i4 , and
under the prevailing -tension, dues asmnot be oolleote d. To investi *ate the former
Councils and their f 1 ancial affairs, the 'f" ird Council needs fi.xasicial lo,
reforms, we a,ak the United ;eyetral Comrncil to send io
Board of the United Council of 1? tusiat Province now in Tei ran.
Abadan for . an inv etti ration of the ?ina-cial affairs. Any failu
?United Central Co poll to cooreate with the Third Council es
as an act against the workers and t -Oz Council shall coin againa?
Central Council to the authorities in Tehran. This Council will also
grieve foes to intern.a;ienal br:dies,
"The Third unc it proposes that one qualified person be sent ..frown tie United
ral Ceunc'i as its ropresentatire a,id that he also represent those rr*.
d positions here in Thuaistan who are now, connected with the United O*vxtraj
The person =rent by the United Central Council should be )roperlr qualified
ifully to his duties, at-terxise the Third Council will dismises Mn. ` ctt
to hear from you iz iiately.
The Uouncil for United ,'ate-ire
and Toilers of A:!.dan"
In a letter written by (one if the members of the old United Council a' uzis
Province) Mr. -enati to his friestds, 'Abbas 'All P1ajati and 'fr. Sha'bani, Via-, a
or the mone,r is inthee hands of a do :tor, and the rest is with Mahdi Hashem Najaf i.
Strange as it may seem, Mr. Metiati says that those who had transferred the money to
Tehran claim that the money is not in Tehran but in Abadan.
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.s the letters
rda, ?: a'beni and 'Abbas
"Greetings; I hope you are 11. If you iah to know about
I a well, except t{Fa:t year absence nakeae me heavy-hearted*
after two rays ir etin ay friend Iarbalii. We tt = . r_
in T r n
moatin at hi
Jeo angl.er,
friendly rie.es
discovered that 25 o
the account of the Cwadi
tive to the I5tz I.eislaturee.
List of the terns Po r which
" edi,
;mere present: The nephm or
lLi'e friends. lfter a. long diseu
t a queati.on was as d about tom% .'ie k, I
in the a;cowrnt of. the Doctor, and the
i l jaei, a. Tudeh Party candidate "or ropreve r.ta
A little hes been spent from the tca v rd ISM _va
the moneT was Spent.
The Doctor -~im tr-..e same ni-ht tra (erred the 25 (sic) the a^vr t of the
Candidate.
*ftem the f waily f Tehra i asked for no nay, they were told that tho zwu--= was
it Abadan. T ho money was not paid to t ear b use there .as no permission to 'pay.
tau i bt ask the details o t nE, eeti 'r?s laxtialli_ rte,, r. .er.
"1 was wry sick and as Tetra: a was quite cold I NO to leave. I hale ve-_ t-i11
keep iit raaed of weekly oosrarr+s ee.. , . , is with us.
"Addy e s '=layer Past', am Tel*grtph Office.
(sie> convinced t}s-Lt, the United Central Council link; only
accomplished one thins: - treachery. 1'he solid fomdation of minirsters an
union leaders u. der the United Ce:at.;?ai Council was false. In. eve.--Y inatf: Lie,
they have taken s tans against the luws of the country to the detriment of
the workers.
This group had onl;,r one outstaciding characteristic, and that was feax?lessnesae
fearlessness in murdering aria nluandorin,;; fearlessness in disru ~tlnf, tale is
security; fearlessnea:, in ieak:inag an_t using a unition; feu essness in aoOF)--1 )i=sh-
their political a:J. s; finally, -'earlessness in preserving inorimir;ati?IiT
The inister of La:-or has he.rt ated the fruit of this last ms
fora} of fearlessness. Reeleyin, upo14 unimpeachable docunectation, he has
con-)used this book de?roted to a description of the United Central Council
unlawful activities.
no doubt t;ai: one fundamental factor caused the weakexnin
the T ntte -Center Couicil's foundation and its subsequent collapse. This
factor was public opinion regarding the unethical actions and witnessed
treacheries of the workers and the country.
These documents and records, *rtveiling the list of abuses perpetrs l
by the United Central Council directors, are not published for the purpose
of strengthening the already abject pudic opinion of the United Central
Council. People, especially the workers, already consider the sited Cartral
Council condemned by its own acousatione.
The ``inister of Labor unveils the truth by publishing this book whir.
always be a lantern of light in the worker. s' path. He shows that in ret-l :.
the United Central Council did nothing except take advantage and profit
the ocoasiont demanded hearing, threatened the country's safoty, weave at d the
productive power, ruined the factories, executed inauspicious political lass,
and created disorder and insecurity; althou!.-h the United Contra . Council fo tiers
and directors promised to sategu =rd the welfare of the workers.
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The 1.hdeh Party of Iran ant, the United Central Council
hat was the Purpose in ilryanizin -anions?
The Workers *ere Forced to Join the Union
4ea the United. Central Coif) cil solely Interested in its Pinancial
Affairs?
What Kind of People were 'he fibers of the Financial Gceemittee?
The Union had Become the *eiopoly of a Special (coup
7. The Attitude of the tudeh :" +rty of Iran toward Reli-ion, The
Workers were Cisrrusted wit L the Insolent Attitude toward the
Religious Leaders
The Workers avant Their Los: Salary
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TH! DJD;A PAR`'! 0V ?RAN AM fa?a iwinf a C i .L C Uh J.
A reason need not be brought for h to prove the rela_ionsieip of the
United Central Council xaith tae Thdeii Party of Iran.
In a part of this boos:. under the title AQ'iy was This Group Needed? two
those of the Tudeh Part of Irar were parallea and ai.xaeu v
of a single plan.
rile united central council considered the 2udeh Party of Iran its supt. ->rterx
reciprocally, the T:.de h Party of Iran enjoyed the strong support of the Ifni ted
Council.
Reza Rusts, in one of nie *pooches, refers to the United Council as 4,?1et
f As
' ss a
e
?
based on the Tsdeh Party of Iran and the Democratic Party o
The following excer.." t is t i .en Iron newspa -ar Zafar, Third Year, Nunbt
Sunday 3 November 19481
*'Oocnrades, {Wort-erg;, oava no feed +4e tare founded on a force of 400,0 )0
of Azesbsi s
t
P
i
y
ar
c
united erorc?raa, the Tany way
from our original purpose of holding a mirror to the activities of the ;Fnited
Central Council. But eventually, we mould have digressed frog= our stated
policy and purpose. Also, in the case of the Tudeh Party of Iran, if we have
sometimes mentioned it by name, we did not mean to describe its activities.
It has been necessary to mention the party name when cot wntin , on and
describing documen`.s which refer to the subject exposed to ariaument. ri, `.~aaall ,
from the point of view of the workers who used to join the unio .s, the mined
Central Council and the l=non wers one and the same.
Abd-al-Hanid Soheyli at the investigation which was conducted
January 1947 by Captain Darvish, intraduces himself as follows s
I, Abd-al-Hassid, as the son of And-al-G 'ar. My family name is Sohe:li.
I am the holder of identification card 392, a native of !hal.ihal, and at
present I work in a jute mill. I am a Moslem and a subject of the Irarii
government, and I have it wife and children. I am literate and my position
the party was that of second. secretary of the Sawa City Council, and the
first secretary of the a :rK:ers i nion in the jute mill. "r
From this, it can a seen that And-al-Ha:i. Soheyli considers bode tile:
first secretaryship of the jute mill and the soGond secretaryship of the
City Council of Shaaahi a party occupation.
information about the a ?t anizaa?,ions w ;.ich they were forced to enter. Bo4la
Minasien, a tobacco factory = erchan t, expresses himself as follows; al; th
Investigation hold on 13 July 1946 to the office of the Military district
governor of Telnrani "I did not know anything about the party, They used t-)
promise all kinds of thine-a, that the workers' situation would be imooroved,
that they would ive us oil, tea, and a house. I re. istered with the part". and
attends
and nonsense."
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held on 3fl May 191i6 in t be office o'? t 7e military district governor of Tehr a i
#
d
to
follows% "I entered the ;arty because I was arrala. MY ct races use
w h y don't you Join? If y o u do -not come. in we will fine: you' .
4 and so
,
saw that they were about to fire ?gee se I took a sheet of paper and signed P.D na7ee;
but I really don't know shat I signed.'"
expressed 1 i aeif in this manner. "I n
san ohrat 5e rlati
H
.
a
in this, I don't even know what I as doing. They have written to aye ared raga spoken
to , but really cans It mak : head or ,ail of their affairs. Who ever gives e
bread? I as his servant."
In a letter written in his own handwritings Ntah ad Born nand, the secretary
of the Council of Mazanderan Province and the first secretary of the Wcrkerf' Union
confesses
"As a result oi' he quarrels a--d arguments which had mcured in most areas
y
eh.. e trere threatening eaah other with these arms. And this thr-gat ng
for wort rs we ae radually cabtaining band weapons. They had rVachee the
caused a split between t= , Third year, .nber b,635, ati ay, 8 August l9b5s
'"Our strong and he4athy workers, holding the tri-colored flag firmly In t4tir
hands, were moving in the front line as if to announce that today the awaken
uniform working class of Iran. is hold:".n ti-3e flag of consituticnal revolut.ic,n a;-,d
is the champion o L' the movement for freedom.
"Moving in the first row were the Tudeh Party representatives, and scar.., of th
Party and Union members. A band followed then:, forged from veer hers o the 'Udeh
Music Society. They were playin the music o?" he Tudeh Party. The fol.,
stirring motto, 'The Twieh Party of Van is the greatest support .r f Iranian
freede ,* written on a w ite cloth pictured aai Iran which has beccrzc independent,
alt vated and free through strength of thought and strength of ar*_ o all tress
scientists and fighting workers."
spite all these evidences, the United Central Council still Clair
nected with ay party.
The newspaper Zafaw,, Third Year,. Number 11l3, Monday, 2 December 19h6, st .tes:
"The United Central. Council was not and is not connected to any party _ e .trier
before nor after the coriing of Louis 1034111 ant. It is universal under the +orld
banner. In accordance with the statute upon which it is .founded,, it will f - Ae,t only
when democracy is challenged; such as the fight waged by the workers of the world
against Fascist Spain. The United Central Council looks at all parties witr the
same eye, and fights only to safeguard the workers r economy and health. In m U
instances, the United Central Council members aren't members of any other p-arty*
in some worcilni, areas, such as $buzeatan, not 1 worcer in 100,000 is a part,! lumber.
Altogether approxi nat;14' 30 pp-rcent o the members of the United Central ;Yo:' ' oil
Unions, ' r F -1 1d'4 244vft@T
: $ -OiE3 F$ 9 i "
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? t Ord
confessed theirs}reakeble tie with the Tudeh Parer. The nespa.:or Zafar,
Year, Number 407, on !toxndsy 25 Nove* er 19116, printed the following -
"The greatest throat to Iranian freedom is he creation of unions a: s ajncticates
which are not connected with the United Central Council. In the pest 5 ;y =,rs, the
United Central Council advanced in development parallel with spreading, word freedon.
"As a result of a hard fight t1t_- steel-like organization of is oosstt ,a 'Arfa
was defeated. The adventurer Said-Zia was Imprisoned and the tottering ca?;t. e of
Nati nal Will (Eradeh ?!elli) (the narie of a party) collapsed and sow of t'te harmful
insects"t were repelled. The present government, an obstacle to imperialistic o-Vansicn,
became active through our historic se .crificea. Vie worked extremely card ; , s ,rr
the government and their reform pla so that at last a coalition govern or- a t
formed and Iranian membership in the reace Conference was accepted. The
activities of the rUnited Central. Council will live for thousands of yea-r
satisfied workers and the establishment of a free Iran are consider
national honor. As a ;Result of the J ited Centr-1 Council's strug
close and unbreakable cooperation with the Tudeh Party of Iran, the whole
understands that Asia, considered a cemetery, exhibits traces of hif; .
of the East have been awakened and are breaking their chains of slavery."
About two months ago Zafar, in onnection with the Tudeh Party's 6th gi=n:: l versary,
praised this Party and 3iscuseed the strong relationship between it
Central Council.. The newel>aper Z --, Third Year, Number 368, Wec
1916 writes;
,#The Tudeh. Party of Iran, a party whic!i sprang from the Iranian wor i ra a.zd
laborers and establish3d its political life for their advantage, has never been
negligent in its great duty. The Iranian workers will never forget tho Tc ieri
Pares sacrifices in strengthening the workers organization. It is a party w iich
comprehended the reality of greatness and the pow?r of the worker, it
this reason that - he enemies of de-ecracy tried several tines to create a
between the Tudeh Party and the Workerst organization# the sole asylum of true
Iranian democracy. They were unaware of the fact that the Tudeh Party of frann,
relying on the strong arm of the ire'iian workers and laborers will be vietori.ous.
the rotten roots of Imperialism. will be demolished forever, and th.erc will a
rid erected in o_hich each person receives the fruits of lire a worth rig to
The purpose in quoting the above spescbed and documents is to antics:
critics who might consider the weak point of this book, the mentioning cf
Twleh Partyt ss name. For those also who emphatically state that re activities
of the Tudeb Party are not related to the United Central Council.
WHAT WAS ME P[ PO:S E lit? ORGANIZING 1O1'NS?
From the evidence hand, it teems the object of organizing unzan.s, in the
opinion of the United Central Cou-:cil, was eut: exploitation of the wo ecsrs under
the guise of protecting them from exploitation and. political graft. The olitical
bosses of the United Central Council could theoretically devote their till to
solving problems relates to work ant the worker.
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workers and thc.ir needs and to bring then comfort in their work, in reality such
a relief fund without reasons, could not see any results from the I.ctivitieu of
the United Central Council.
The publications of the United Ceatral euncil and the Tudeh
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contain a range of materials W.'rich was coma -rehended. only with great difficulty by
the workers who were not familiar with even the slightest political problem : f the
and newspapers. if there: were a speeches or propaganda, it included point.:3 gal--ich
worker had to know his Persian ABC's before he could pay z .eed to such politi :a.l
problems? Wouldn't it have been better to devote tine- to educatin ,. the works;
and raising their standard of living instead of giving than empty
propaganda She
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es the iss{e>x very well o 14f hi
...n page os books
`he newspaper War wench should protect the welfare of tie working c2=.ss,
whites should lead the workers every day, w?hch should give the workers introductory
social lessons, and which should be a school for workers and laborers, eith*- devotes
its headline to denouncing Franco or fills the entire paper with congratulation
not saying that Franco Is a nice person. on the co trarv _ in -4-4--
Franco is the most disgraceful ruler of this era. He must be overthrown and people
duty of the United Central Council. Ttke the worker who spends all his time /`reap
morning until night at the factory, who cannot read and who is not act uainte with
those who are well informed: How would he know who Franco is.,
To start wltl,e
worker doesn't know the meaning: and purpose of the government. Perhaps he still
rolled by a person called the Shah. He doesn't even know the government of hi. own
If he knew histhih
( govern n, wc actually rules his life, he vx- ad
for religious leaders such as taM Zaman and i*am 3atfar Sadeq at eL ct ion
cal party function. If the Tudeh Party of Iran accomp2is)%edTthisTf
ti
unc
, or debates about Franco in its 6air?eo, there is no harm in that. yet, how can
this possibly concern the unions?
"I have not yet seen simple anal profitable debates for the workers in the
newspaper Z or any other newspaper. In not one instance has this seer a , ri l i-fied
words such as reaction, wfascist'? i imp':rialisme, $ exploitation, etc. They have
brought these words to the workers without making then understand their meaning.
Me newspaper which is obviously the organ of the United Central Counci)
writes in its 327th Issues
"The imperialistic dragon has opened its mouth. The background for tie :.lot
the British plan .for the South is being laid down by the subversive activities Of
the imperialistic agents, the reactionaries, and the treacherous. officials.
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orderer, and butcher,
"in Number 213, Se c and Year, _Friday 26 A.;_=ril 1946 it attacks the Security
Council and writes the followiagt
'hat is going on in the Security Council? England and America inters, ; to
Pere in lra ian affairE. !ran is ependent and does not need a guardi a. In
the Iranian case, althc . h it was at nterna3 affairs the Secu=rity Council neu rthelese
suddenly decides to interfere and stetee that it is carefully guarding the peace and
security of the world. The case of Iran is very inpcrtant, the rights of :'i ill nations
ust be protected.'
"In Munber 364, Third Year, Friday 27 September 1946j, i
of bland and praises the Azerbai jatr movement.
attacks the over wt
In Nw ber 359, ThIrd Years Sot '.ay 22 September 19 s it attacks the merican
foreign policy.
Oln ?#ursber 224, Second Year, Thursday, 1 April 1944, an article peal?s under
the title of 'A glance at the English and Russian Crganizatiisn's which goes
to states
i ed
' igland, who calls herself the Mother of Democracy and who recently i
also to introduce herself as the stern Defender of Peace &.,d independence;, in. reality,
due to the reasons which we will mention, is neither democratic nor can six.- be a
protector of independence, This country owns vast colonies and dominates . trade
routes. Most of th,. colonies' markets and underground resources belong to -.oo,apani ea,,
trusts and cartels, under control of tapitaliste. These capitalists are ob _i.2
intervene and supervise in British Government affairs for profit protLctieet. Tin
profit s ak.i g motive is probably not the only cause for British imperialistic -policy.
To maintain the aristocracy and to seppaort their looting forces, the Bove * _ t is
obliged to erVlov a reactionary policy. It is from t: is point of view that the
Workers' Party, in spite o#' the fact that when it became active it had the pubic
support, could not carry out the corrective plans uftich it was propagating at, electron
time. These plans witch consisted of nationalizatican of industry and banks. w3 re
net with strong capitalistic opposition. In domestic government couplets t ' crau.y
cannot exist without the existence of economic de,ocracy, since the o plr rs can
control the workers' lives V rough economic threat. An example of this for- of
capit istic influence over the relish workers' lives is the action taken tcriardga
the dock-workers' strike: Soldi rs -were brought in to replace the strikers-, tug
subjecting the work ors to undae pressure.
'We will now ccnpare this nglion over n of 's h Soviet Democracy: i'i isarily,
the race s:.periority which exists in gland and its colonies does not exult it
the Soviet Union. The Soviet union 3s farmed of several nations . nd equally rec ;-
nizes all their rights. In addition to the right of autonomous government in internal
and external affairs, it gives them equal rights to participate in the general affairs
of the Soviet Union. Bence, the Uni i of Soviet Socialists Republics has Len
established on the principles of brotherhood and the equality of nations. its sAc+ple
do not enjoy simply a superfic-wal de*ocracy, but a true de ocracy based on strong
foundation. The masses directly participate in and strengthen the adsrt nists:atire
affairs of the country. Industries aid banks, in fact all the branches of dying, are
nationalized. The country's nctmte is used for better education and social r:3fcr?m..
Whereas, in -England siost of this inco- a piles up in capit4ists' packets. 1
nationalised industry In the Soviet Q zion, production eq' h consumption. = ins there
is no pe a 'W hi g. ' G - 'P ! F land cesa sequexatly
has no re tan to acquire cola es.:
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suffice. This lack of attention to our own government policies creates obst- c es.
Apparently, the directors and managers of the United Central Council dic not
know that unions must deal with the eccaomic struggle while political stru.e is
a party duty. The Union Organizations function for the purpose of improving living
conditions and educating the workers. Perhaps this lack of recognition exL ins
why the workersa con;regation and the tnion organizations had political objectives..
Was it not a mistake to oblige barefoot workers to walk the streets uttering
phrases such as 'long live, down withs etc.,' about some unknown pereonalitits
instead of providing shoes for Vnem? With little investigation, it bees )..arena
that the United Central Council directors did not know the purpouc for
organizing unions or intention-11-t- deviated from these objectives,
THE A)RK RS WERE FO Riga TO JOIN
The vast masses were composed of parsons who had joined the unions under- the
duress of pressure a d th:ceat. Nost of them, e pecia ly those Mao usre not c c lived
by United Central Council propaganda ant; who did not attach value to the empt
promises of the Etecutive Board, conaid red union ebersship a form of aalavc ref and
compulsory obedience. The United Central Council, in order to increase its r e bership
and thus display an illusory power, a spioyed unlawful gteans to force the pwc t rs to
join the unions.
Document 23 of the military Governor
From, The Tobacco Factory Date: 19 December 19136.
The investigation file of Bog;aus !inasian indicates the following is zrticulars
he is 40 years old, is an Armenian, read Ides at 3 district Chahar-Rah3-Sep ahsaiar
the how of Mr. Armonak a telegraph off-ice employee, and in a carpenter in a tobacco
factory.
He states, e"I do not know what: a part. means. One day Shah-,:.sad
came to the tobacco factory acid told us,, 'those who do not become lion members will
be destroyed = shot., Adme I saw that they were putting pressure on us, I joined
tftW~
Kos 'Ali the son of Musa Sh? rat Sarkhani Ru.shan, native of $
Resident of Workers' District 12, Goverment Housing, Lilt years old, ce lent
worker in char;oe of the heating process in cement productions agates:
am a member of the Cement 1? orkcrs+ Union. I was
they would have fired me.v
her 35 -. 19 December 1916
Gholam iossyn, the scn of : aakr-Allah Shohrat Shagagi, O years old, ar>d a
cement factory worker, gives this answeiM,
"Until lash year I was no a member of any party. However, the day came wthen,
10 years of service at the cement fa,ctorys 1 was beaten and about to be fired
was forced to enter the Tudeh Partt-. a:
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Rostant, the son of fahmud Shohrazt Rhoda' 1, age 36 ears, in response
the question, 'Are you a member of the United Central Council? N, answered, "Yes,
and I an paying 10 rials per month. The reason I entered was because of fear.
My co-workers asked me,, fWhy don't y vu join? if you do not enter, we will, fire
You* # Since I saw they were about to fire me, I took a piece o paper and. signed.
I don't even know what I signed. I to not want the card they gave me. I would
not keep on now if I ire sure that no one would molest or bother me."
The Union of Shkoda Workers; Circular 1,370
23c?er
ece?:tly, in refering to the ibership cards o the Union ! &ibe.: s, i , has
become apparent that most of the m ers did not pay their membership fees
regularly axed some havt fail,d to pad- dues for 7 months. Since such negligent
policy is contrary to the course of the Workers' Organization, we are oblt-ed
to direct the board of agents of eve47 Union that it is their responsibility to
check all membership books as soon as they receive this circular. !ll back' psTments
must be collected so that this deficiency will not appear when he `-nited Central
Council agents make their toir of im;Lction.
The. United Central Co ci3, the
Union of Workers and Laborers of
(Signature and seal)
If a worker was ott of a job for a while and was not able to pay the rembbersh1p
fee he had violated, the proper eoursa ? of the ^Yorkt B' Organization. If he was not
in a position to pay the :^ bership fee, they would inform hir that he must remit
the back payment by ail- means he wished but it had to be paid in one sum. The
ayment of unpaid me:> bershIp fees way the greatest hardship the workers era ou;:ntered.
The sum of several months' me !bereh:4 fee was large. The worker had a. greet zany
difficulties in his life, and he had beconxe a Union member for the pu.r,,.ose of
reducing these difficulties. Now he had to face a new problem.
The documents below show that the United Central Council considered its;:* n
financial situation before consideri! g the workers' plight in solving finar cll
problems.
United Central Council, the
Unions of Workers and Laborers of Ir to
Mr. eoian
Date 25 fecembea:, 19h5
lumber t?, 531
Irin accordance with the decision of the Provincial Council and with t1 fe
confirmation of the United Central Council., you have been chosen as a Unit' d Council
investigator. You must thoroughly it vestirate the "anions subject to the United
Council, with special reference to their financial condition, and report tie results.'
The United Central. Council
(Signed by) Reza RustFa
(The Seal of tae United entrt ouncil,
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The investigator of the United ~,en-tr, :~c as a uty, i
accordance with the above doc~.ent, to investigate aid report the i3nions+
financial condition.
The United Council of than District of hahi.,
Union of Workers of Behs}hahr:
li ince the United Central Council Treaaurey is in ii* ediete need of help front
the worker, it asks you to send money to headquarters through Bank `telli ox thrVgh
Comrade Hashemzardeh."
(,signed) The United Central Council
A co,Iy has been sent for prompt action to the union of workers of 3hahl and
immediate execution of the above direa wive is expected,
No. 607 The united Provincial
Council of Nazanderan
28 August 1946
A copy of the above is being; sent to the Preserve FactotyUnion. Pea to
cognizance of the above ti .rective and forward it promptly.
No. 234
"The basis or his mez bersfip on the financial corn ?ittee is obvious. xe Pinan+ 2
Committee of the Party was formed from special dark elements and their follo :rs.
Under no condition do they allow an urtrusted hand to reach this sensitive vein.
Kebari is a]s one of the honorable elements."
course-of his description tnt writer is one of the evil members of she Tudea
and the United Central Council, and a member of the Rusta gangs," writes:
26 January 194
The united District Council
of S ahi (The Seal of the
District of Sh.ahi, the Union
of Workers and Laborers of Iran
1RAT KIND OF P aSONS F N THE FINANCIAL COT 'ITTEE?
A responsible member of the :Party in his book,, U!akipA the TruthVolume 1.
THE t!NI0t' HAD BECOME THE 0$CFOLY OF A 'SPIXIAL GROUP
Afternoon, ld January 19417
Intenogator, Captain. Dais vish
Name of Informant, 'Abd.al Hoseyn (sic) oheyli
tions Introduce yourself.
Angers t.Abd-alHani, the son of Akbd'.al-Ghafar, family name, Soheyli, t to holder
of identification card Number 392, native of Khalkhal, now working in jute rril.l;
Moslem,. Iranian. I rave a wife and ctliildren. I am educated and my Party position
has been Second Secretary of the Couno-il of the District of Shahi, and First', ccretary
of the Union of Workers of t e jute mill.
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Questions During ';h:~ time that you he a P
Workers of the jute mill and in the: District Council of 8hahi, how iy times have
you collected f.nds designated as 'additional aid for the Khuzestan workers?' Do
you know anything out the way t is money was spent? Flease describe everythixg
in detail.
Answer: Money was collected only once for the workers of the South, for tie fifth
anniversary of the party's founding, and once for the martyrs of the tragic evente
of Shahrivar (August to Septeter). The Financial Committee of the jute mill w .d
collect this money and deliver it tt the United Provincial Council of Mass nderan,
which consisted of Said Raoul Hashe i, Rsmasani, and Hasan Ramazani. Only part of
a day's pay was collected from the corkers, and it was collected for the fifth
anniversary of the party#s founding. Four thousand four hundred tomans, which
belonged to the T deh Party, were collected through the factory treasury and were
delivered by me to Lankerani.
Q=uestion: Did the Financial Ccnnitt.ese report the expenditure of this collected
money to the 'Workers' Council or to the district?
Answer; All the money was spent unc.er the signature of Mr. Borumunnd and to knew
nothing about it. ecially as of late, since the party had become a monopoly,
anyone who objected Viad immediately be threatened. Once when I ob,3ecte, to the
activities of the Provincial Committee and the United Council, t:ie son of Netmati
Abu-al-Fa under Lankarani t s ordure came and hit me so that my teeth bote. A
Co lesion finally axri a cad and settle the matter,
attire of Soheyli)
THE ATTITUDE OF THE i1H PARTY TOWARDS RELIGION
workers were Disgusted by the lasulte to Sacred car jets
The Tudeh Party of Iran and the United Central Council, which drank water
from, the same spring ?md whose plane used to be equally and uniformly acct is'
took a dim view of religion.
Apparently, they understood that the ideas Mich had been given to the working
and farming classes by family and 4:iritual leaders from early childhood obstructed
their accomplishing their inauspicious purposes, which were antagonistic to Godly
principles For this reason they we3re atterspting to undermine the roots of ro ligion.
The following; are excerpts from the calendar distributed by the Tudeh Party
of Iran for the year 19 i-19h7t
(a) On the page for Frida;-T the 19th of June:
"Religious fanaticism and adherence to the doctrines expounded by
religious teachers are the greatest and, most powerful reactionarrr forces
ebetroyying the backwards countries."
(b) On the ;gage for Thursday the I3th. of September:
1$y'ictcrry for Dialectical Materialism, which is victory over superstition
Attempt to destroy the influence of religious leaders by acqlainti!l the
workers with the principles of materialism. Show the workers the uselessness
and har nful. effect of the religious fantasies."
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"If the workar prefers sta -eerstition. to his historic duty, if he
refrains from shedding blood, a*d if he evades revolutionary Struggle
by relying upon Vie idle wards of religious leaders, he must then accept
the fact that unscrupulous factory owner profits from the sure superatiti?n
and will sacrifice the worker and his family for his own gain.
(d) On the page for `l'hureday the 10th of Februarys
"Belief in eternity, belief in a better world, boliof in heaven and
hell, gnosticism and nature, following the clever theory of "all-
knowingne:ass from the superstitious philosophy of pantheism, all of which
are the inventions .of religion, are the most eL"fective weapons of counter-
revolution and"a great h3nderance to organization of the masses."
Some of the workers began to complsin,
cite the following reports
"We the investigation Committee of the Central. Council of Workers report that
on Monday, 23 June: comment was raised among the workers by the fact that the next
day would be a holiday commemorating the birthday of Hazrat Amin. Sakri, an Irmenian,
with utmost stupidity and lack of corn of courtesy for his Moslem comrades, s4reameed,
"A desert dog dies a long time ago and today we must have a holiday for him.', It
is obvious what a frightful effect this rude statement made. Only the principles
of liberal ideology prevented an unfortunate incident. Tosuf, a masons and other
understanding comrades have been very stern in handling this ;natter. All the workers
requested that the above sentiened person be fired from his job and also that his
membership in the union be: revoked. hie expect the committee to take immediate action?"
(Twenty-four signatures and two finger
prints.) 25 June 19145
"immediate action" was taken on 13 July 1915, that is, 18 days later, in the
form of a letter sent an behalf of the Chief l reetigating Committee to the
Investigating Com-ittee of the District of Tebs z. it was given to 'r. Sadegiar
and eventually filed. On the margin they have written, "Due to lack of information
about the case, arram Raehecn has not endorsed the workers' request."
AT THiR LOST 3 LAk!
When the weak foundation of the autonomous government of Azerbaijan coil, .pled,
the chief support of the Tudeh Party of I-., an and the United Council was destroyed;
The Workers, who had entered the unions mostly because t ley feared the terrorist
activities of the Unite #. Central Council, started to complain.
Those who were not free to speak, those w'io had their freedom usurp4d by the
tools of the unions and were unaware of the evil and base intentions of t e bosses
and directors, cried out %ff en the curtain was drawn back and they saw the power
broken. They asked for their lost salary.
The truth became appExent and in its light the malfeasance and treacheries
were revealed.
All the restrictions and limitations had disappeared. And all of a, arndcn
the organization of the United Central Council, which appeared. so vast and invincible
melted like a piece of ice before a fire:.
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The cement factory workers att a to t.,e trade ,anion syndicate of lraL ,
take this means to dear the story ees:s b -t by Radio Moscow. This Cory concerns
the pressure the goverment exerted on the workers in forcing them to enter the
organization of Trade union karkeras, Apparently, the source of these ~ntr.athrul
rumors is the poisonous and evil pr*aaganda disseminated by the foreign-rhi Pg
leaders of the Tud-eh Party of Iran. Those w o f ailed and vanished because of their
betrayal of their fatherland, are ncxi trying to poison the. minds of foreig ere aginst
the Iranian goverment by falsely' stating thLt workers are leaving the United
Co, nci , because of government pressure. But we ass:.. re the world that al-L these
reports are lies. The Iranian over nt is tryin' its best to protect 14.4u- worker,
And we, after having found freedom from the false promises of the Tudeh Party- have
joined the Organization of Trade Tiblon Workers which we established to protect the
workers* rights. We x 7e supporting .he government' a prosecution of tht. se ,olitioal
adventurers who, using Vie workers as a front, were about to acco lish t :Ar
dangerous plans,
485 signatures
The news which has been broadca:,3t by Radio Moscow, concernin, pressure put on
the workers by the Iranian government to force then to join t-e Workeral T ada
Union, has been a ?rea', surprise to workers all, over the country. We, the tobacco
factory workers, consider it our dui! to deny such a statement, and to point out
that the only pressure we have witne~3ssd is that previously applied by the leaders
of th - abhored Tudeh Party and the United Council. Workers. These leaders isod to
force us to joih their union and then they would take away our rights. Now that
news o'' the disgraceful activities of this Tudeh Party and the United Council of
Workers has spread around and their activities have been curtailed, we have bbe
freed from their pressure. We have entered tha trade unions established by our
own friends with complete freedom. in these trade unions our freedcr. has -aeon
protected and safeguarded.
We are very sorry that a group of adventurers among the workers engalod in
treacherous activities and wanted to net the country afire. The steps which the
gove .'nment has taken to punish this Troup are very appropriate. The goverl aan r 1
action in this case should not be ao sidered severe to the workers because tr3isse
groups in reality, were nothing more than groups of foreign adventurers.
Finally, we announce to the whets world that the Iranian workers are onpletely
free and by their own will have joined the Trade Union of Workers. %e request that
the funds whit i the UmLted Central Gouncil received from us be collected frc it
and that our representatives be accredited to all formaal meetings on union natters*
Long live the Trade Union of Workers of Iran,
925 3inatures
with greatest regret we have heard that Radio Moscow has announced the-. Iranian
workers have been forced to leave tie United Central Council and join the Rewly,
established Workers# Union. We, the Shams Brewery workers, declare erphatic .ly
that noA 'ro% l P8rWM%l o 9 F- A'-gto 3-1 OC ' "o 3' `-2 Wo r Iran a
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forced us to find ,a remedy and we wil.lirt ly and freely joined the Trade
Union of Workers *1 Iran. The United Council accomplished nothin but
betrayal and the illegal extortion of funds. We request that :- vveernmeFzt
authorities investigate the fund3 which the United Central Council rec-ai,r d
from ue Also
, we reecuest that the ,government halt the influence of these
betrayers who, because we have now completely freed ourselves fr - U it
tyrannies, have incited Radio Moscow against the trade Union of Workers of
Iran, the supporter of the nation and our only refuge. We, the ham's
Brewery workers deny the statements of Radio 1 oscow,
Lon; live the '.trade Union of 'Workers of Iran.
The Imperial Hint Factory w+e-rkers employ this means to deny the news sent
by Radio IN vu ii, about pressure pit on workers to force theer? to join Thu Trade
Union of W'ot i e. Apparently the source of these unformed rumors is the
poisonous and evil propa, ands of the foreign-worship} ing leaders of this 'Tucieh
Party of Iran. Those who failed a_d have been banished because they hstra 'ed
their fatherland are now trying to poison the minds of foreig.ne= a towar ns the
Iranian governrient, and are atte:epting to make the?? think t_-at. wort,)re are
leaving the United Council because of overmient pressure. We assure
world that all t ese reports are lies. The ,overn ent of Iran is tryi its
beat to protect ti worker. And we, after being freed from t:e promises of
the false Tudeh Party, with complete faith joined The Union of Workers, Trade
Unions, which was established ft,- the protection of the workers I rights. We
are supporting the goverment 's prosecution of these political adventurers who,
using; the workers as a front, w er=- about to accomplish their daa.gero s plans.
90 asi.>.natureea
The Undersigned., who entered the unions attached to the United Central
Council because of pressure and threat, submit their resignations. Pr viously
we had seen. +"it to assist the above mentioned unions and had paid. the ,e.sbership
dues eery month to the union treasury.
Todas;r there is not one penny in the treasury. The money has gone
the pockets of a group of immigrants., people without a country.
We have registered our names with the new Trade Union of Flour Mill. W? kere.
172 signatures.
Other manifestos had been issued by following factoriess the Lux ',eatheer
Factory, the Glycerin Plant, the Joint-:"bock StockinL company, the Refractories
Plant, the Fereshteh ' atch Factory, the Copper Plant, the Joint stock cotton
Spinning and Weaving Company of ' Ohran, the Majidieh Brewery, the Cdc is .
Plant, the !ihan ?' -tch Factory, thf mid ? yet l Factory , Factory 2~anb r ,
the Syndicate of Government Drivers and the Bicycle Factory Workers. In all
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Council and declared that they were forced to join unions associated, wth
Central Council. They all expreuaesd heir hatread for the United central Co;
and demanded the saey lost from their salaries.
Telegrams reached the a,thoritiet from the workers in the provinces. 111 these
telegrams contained complaints about the leaders of the a ions and tree agents of
the United Central Council.
A cable from Isfahan dated 24 Decervo r 1946 states:
"'Your excellency Mr. Qavam-al-Soltaneh, Prime I inister of
are honored to bring to your attention copies of publications issued by
following o -.izations: the Central Council of Trade Union Workers of = ran;
a copy of the organ of he Ministry of Justice and the newspapers Farman, Itelal t,
fir,, Mehri Iran, Democrat Iran, M e h r a , , Tehran Nossavar, Setarch At e .
on Monday 23 December 196, a meeting was held with the presence of the follow
peoples the Governor of Isfahan, the goverment Workers, representatives, the national
fo ndations, the city notables and the press. In this meeting the Frovincii3. Council
of Trade Union Workers of Iran gave their opinion on the tyrannical activities; of
the Tudeh Party and the United Council.. The union said that. in view of the fart
that the Tudeh Party and the, U nited Council have been the cause of the workers $
betrayal of their fatherland, and also have taken the workers, salaries to i1rovide
luxury for the Central Council leaders, they were asking his excellency to ekpl pint
d send a special investigating board to Isfahan to attend the workers cc .eiats
and punish thcue still in lefahan who have deprived the workers of their rights.
excellency has done and is doing for the people of . 8 ahan. The union is ready to
perform any sacrificeato aid you in your works of sa ng- Iran f r r foreign elements.
Signed: Rahi t Ansari, Saduqi Esksndari, and Rafahi, representatives
ahan Guilds; Jabrian and 3oltsni Workers' re=,rasentativea of the Isfahan Risbaf
d Barhanian and Abd-al-Tahsb Kh(v)ansari, representatives o' the Zayendeh
Rud Factory in Isfahan; Saed 'Asia: Motadayyen, workers' representative of he Isfahan
wool Industry Mill; Mohammad 'Ali HarEndi-2adesh, Hasan Azemun, and F ohammad Ndbavi,
workers t representative of the Ssfahat Vatan F-:ctory; Mohammad Fakhri, workers'
representative of the Isfahan Pashmbaf? (Wool- eavinc) Mils; Oholam 'All Sadw, i and
Jaefar Ahsani, representatives o`' the Shahreze Factory; Tad-allab Xabi-Zade-and
Ahd-Allah Rasuli reser:tatives of the Nur Factory; gineer Sated Nia, ru-pr enta-
tive of the Flour Mill, and Mcha mad Muni, representative o:' the Rahimzadeh Factory.
CHAP' II
THE LISRUPTICZ 02" PUBLIC PWCE AND L }URITY
For what purpose Was the United C(:ntral Council Needed?
2. Did They Have the Av thority to Mete Out Capital Punishment?
3. How Did They Treat The People?
Did they Execute ingtviduals?
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R 4JBA'i' PURPOSE WAS '''4 'I LTID G NML COUNCIL :t 9 ?
For the purpose of choosing a local inhabitant to keep part;,-- discipline please
have the secretariat of the Central Co*iittee select one of the members in tha
area for th&: Committee on Discipline. This individual must have the foll.owth;
quali.fi.cations, (1) a strong physique (2) bravery (3) coldbl dedness. This peraar
should be introduced in writing; to the o ttee by I June 1945.
The ConmiLtee on
The Signature of Dr. Radmarceeh
The Seaal of :-he Tucteh Part,
the Committee on. Disci :,line
For the purpose of choosing local rssiden 4s to keep party diaipline# please
have the secretariat of to Central Committee Introduce five people from that union
to the Committee on Discripline. These individuals should have the foliowin,
qualificaiionst (1) strong phCreique (2) bravery (3) coldbloodndness. :'heue persons
should be introduced in writing to tlv.. Committee by 1 June 1915.
The Cc ' naittee on Discipline
3i{,nature of Dr. Radmaneeh
The Seal of the Tuden k'arty,
the Committee on i)iacj4,iiae
e Union of Womers
and Laborers of to il~.ted
Central Council
These two circulars show that the Tudeh Party and the United Centrai. ;o lcil
participated in the same activities, that. they were connected with each Other, and
that they worked for the sane purpose.. In these two circulars the Committee on
Discipline has asked for a strong, brave and coldblooded person.
Whty would they require stron ,, brave and coldblooded per eons? For what type
of work must one be starong, brave and coldblooded?
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6. Agha Benlc Guran
7. Esi at1l. Teraoi
8. ,Abd-alolk Pur
.brahim Hasher
Bineer 1tokni
ohram Heahern
Sadeqian
9. Vahab
10. Pasha-Pur
ad-Allah Hoseyn Bayegi
Ebrahir: Haashem
Agha Bala Sabuni
Emil Terabi
Qadir
Ali Lotfi
Hsdayat Not,rdem
Bayrarn Naj Oali-Zat eh
All Basstn-Raz i loye4 of the Disciplinary
Board o? the United Council
Vali -Moham;nad
Tunes Bahmani (weapons)
1. The people Arno enter the brganiza ion should not be given cards.
2. No written records are to be keptj Necessary instruc"j ions
orally.
All printed nateriai and files pert: inin:-? to personnel she ld be kept in
in a safe.
).. since Mozaffari has been in the organized guard for the past four monttss,
he should remain thery until we a 3 a literate person among: our comrades to replace
him.
5. constitution should be drafted by eleven
be put into effect.
6.
epic and
Id accordingly
Is Reza Ebralaimzade, ask my heroic comrades to expand this organization
honorable duty, since it is the basic support of the Aberal workers and
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After the formations of the above-mentioned organized guard, the
activities of the Tudeh Party of Iran and the United Central. Council incr?aaeed.
Threat,, torture, and sometimes murder began to occur. Ebrahimzadeh b
the, following; directivesa
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+,I have spoken to you and comrades Kebari and Moharram about the bearer of
this ].et :.er. It was agreed that I shou:i.d write a memorandum to you and have J-W
bearer deliver it so that you may ;:et to now this person and return the hale which
he has given us in the past few years,
?Please show the memorandum to Bng,iineer Mekinejad and tell him about the above
mentioned individual. Meanwhile, ploa4e attend to five persot s who have betrayed
us and have them fired from the railroad."
Signed by comrade Reza hrahimzadeh
Date: 21 February 1947
(This letter was written on official ;evernment paper)
The second secretary of the United Central. Council writes on the official
government railroad statio riery: "I have given you the names of five betrayers...
Please terminate their employment at the railroad."
pother record written on ordinary paper states the following:
,(Comrade Sadegian, in regard to the people who have been insulting the
at the Nuri Cafe, the Central. Co rsittee has reviewed the case and has decid
a group from the council be sent and will a*t according to instructions."
ed by A,sazi
Of co tree it is obvio;{s what
13 August 1947?
3 meant by "instructions".
DID THEY HAYS THE AUTHORITY TO METE OUT CAPITAL PaISHMEWr?
Asghar Zebar Ada ti, in as:cordu ce with the Order No: 12=55, dated 10 Jac- 1945
of the United Central Council, written at the request. of the or,_;anization of the
z Kuh District had gone to check over the books of their unions and to report
on their financial situation. At the same time he had been directed, under order
Number 155, dated 5 July 194 of the Tvdeh Party of Iran, the Committee of Na zasder;an
Province, to check and report on conditions for establishing local par cown-ittees
in Firuz, Koh? and Doab. After completing his work he was arrested and thrown into
jail by the Mazanderan Council.
In the letter which he wrote to the United Central. Council on 5 Fe ruary 1946
tates that he was afraid to leave tis house, but he was re;y to stand
and be punished.
5 'ebruaWry 1946
d Central. Council
"I, Asghar ebar Ademi, after having; been imprisoned, punished and finally
released by the Mazandaren Provincial Council have come to Tehran. I was held
because thIAP Y n ~.a%%M OWW :e& - '~9fiM78 irZd the i aza~idar?
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provincial 1o'uncil to imprison me.
"Although I know that I am not on ;ood terms with the Central OovernxLent and
that. they hive come for me several times, I ask the united Central Council to form
a board and try me. If I an eondeied then they can ive the order for e;YF execution
and can turn me over to the Mazanderan Provincial Council to be shot.
#Mr. Ru.sta I am :;ending you Villa letter and l will not come out of mr house
until a board is formed and my position is cleared."
Zebar Adami writes a letters as if he were a subject of the independent country
of the United Central Council when he says that if he is eonemneda to give the
order.for his execution and reVirn him to the Masanderan Provincial Council to be
shot.
Did the United Council have a prison? Did it have a court? Did it >ry people
and punish them? jsbar A di, in a letter he wrote to Mr. Deh;an, the editor
the newspaper Tehran 14oseavar, states: ~ his letter was published in .: s ;
in the weekly Min- s sea ar) t
"pn 19 January 19I6 several a tints of the Disciplinary ; oaeiittee and erziy
arrested me on Ferdo*L Street. Using force they threw me into the nited Central
Council prison. After beeatin ; me# they put me in a car With three guards, drove,
to the station, and sent me to Shahi. In 3hahi, Akbar Shahabi imprisoned me in a
cellar. Then, in the afternoon of the sae day, the investig tion by 'ahimzadsh
began. Threatening rue with a weapon, he forced re to sign a prepared paper. After
I signed the ?: aper he ordered his assistants to t.:-arow re into prison. 1 prison,
if I
d
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t:rahimzadeh, while d Links fired several a sate into the ceiling and tol
three days imprisonment in a damp 0e11ar, they released me and told me ' c ;o and
find a job for myself. I asked their permission to -0 to Tehran. They answered
that I had been banished to Shehi. After seven days of wandering in the street
and not finding work, I fled to Tehran.
"TAhy did they not kill me in Shahs? Because Mr. Key Maram had forgotten to
execution order with hin from Tehran and the Shahi Provincial Council
m
brin
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was not ready to execute me without written orders. But his orders permitted th.,
rison no in the Hotel Shehi cellar, which had been taken over by the Tudeh
to i
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party. In this cellar there: were several dead bodies which 1 could not reco ails."
There is a photostat ir the book under which is written:
"This letter beers the signatt re of Reza Rasta; it is a tr Ee copy or
Zebar Adami.e a statements."
HOW DID TES TREAT
"X
The free government of the.ted Central Council dominated the Ill
property of its own members, and ptrobably the life and property of individr ale
not even related to this government were in danger. On some occasions t:ae workers
used to organize demonstrations in, order to create fear among the people. And of
course, in all these activities, the primary purpose was to fill their pockets..
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Public Prosecutor, Military 3overnor if Masanderan
"On the 29th of Moharram 1324, I, Shirkhan Alvandi, a merchant from Shy was
seated in my own se,op. Suddenly Yusof Lankareni,, ohamad Bor?mand, 'brahir L' eli,
and twenty other peraon.i carrying small arms came into my shop and, without c ..estionir
me, dragged me out of my shop and tool-, rr hie. On the way they insulted inc. When
we reached home they put me in a rocm and three armed riaii guarded mo. The ::-oat
started to search my house; they opened every closet, suitcase, etc. Then they said
they wanted to take me to the Tu csh Party Club. mother, with a holy boC (the fora
in. her hands, started crying and beg :d them to let me go. But they did not listen,
and instead. insulted my family, Anyw~ey, they brought me to the club and threatened
me and wanted to throw me in the cellar. I started to cry and asked for pardon from
LarAcarani and Bor1.mEmd. Finally ?Ti'. Lankarani told me to r,ive him 23,E torana.
I told them that I did not have that sum on me and, in the middle of the ni:-ht, I
did not know where to -;vt it. They told ree that if I did not .pay them they would
kill me that same night. Finally I was forced to give them IOTJ for 1, 2 0 tcmcar s.
They released me and I vent home. When I got home my wife told me that when they
were searching the house and the et:it:ceses, they had taken a zold necklace an(
gold watch, In the morning , when 1 m me to ray shop, I saw that sever~61 disc
agents of the Tudeh Party were waiting for me. They took me to the Cl ~b and ~Ir-
Larikarani, after receiving ].,25{3 toraarie fron rye, returned my IOU. I told Mr. Lenkar
and Borumand that I would lib to have the necklace and the geld watch. He :an red
ems that you want yourself killf;d. If you tell arrone about this incident I
will have you killed,' That is why, I had not reported t is incident up to nov.
Since you are investigating the .files of these people please also see to the above -
mentioned problem."
Note appears at the foot of the letter)
"The validity of Saki Alvanid's signature is established by testima
in additions this copy of the letter is a trw copy of the on final.'
signature of Captain Darvish,
In place of the Judge of the
Pilitary Tribunal
4 January 1947
Number i03, 30I
The Office of the Shahi Chief of Police:
"The file Number 2214, 4 January 1947 has been received from the local police
office. It states that at 9 o'clock on the 12th of the current month, Moharmad Kazem,
the son of Lotfallah, e- ploys e of The Shahi Registration Office, submitted i ~ petition
saying that on the first day of the month of Farvar?din 1,325 (21. March 1946), ffeydar
and Qahr an suddenly entered his houE~e, and after insulting him took about 5,5010
cigarettes. They also took him to the club and after detaining him for awhile, freed
him. His complaint has been investigated ao.d after an explanation by the Shahi
officials, steps were taken to arrest th:, accused persons. Qahrarnarn has been arreatec
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and a cigarette vender, has been collet and questioned and denies that he went to
the house in Shahi. ?I used to buy vif.ar in Shahi. I was selling cigarettes
when they came and took me to the club, They asked uho sold zee the cigareettc:s, and
introduced me to Mohammad Kazerc. Qahraman a- d Heydar had gone to the house of
Mohammad Kazem. I had ncthing to do with it., These statements prove that the two
man had gone to Mohammad Kazem.+s house and had taken cigarettes from him. Under
whose order was this dons? This inforr ation should be obtained from Qaehrr an who
is under custody of the tistr?ict Oovervor-s Office. We now submit the two files,
the Office of the Military District Governor take action. in arresting
Signed by Charavi
11 May 1946
Number 792,206
"Hassan 'Edalat, police officer number 33, city guard, Shirgah Factory agent,
reports in a letter ated .31 March 1946 that when he was on his post Mr. Ali I?ust-Hap
the factory head, inforaei him of a quarrel occuring at the home of Khalil Azar, the
leader of the Tudeh ?arty in Sh rgah. is a result of this fight Akbar Jeddi, drive
of truck number 1112, was wounded. He wag taken to the Shahi hospital.. At the
hospital Akbasr Jedc'i was questioned) Akbar Jeddi; 45, years old; the diver c X truck
number 1112 for the factories of 3hirgth, Amol, and Tabria, is the tesiLlent of Tehran
with his wife and children. He stated that on the above mentioned date he ww.s at
the "at ion, along with Mr. farab, Amiri, and Khalil Azar. Mr. Khalil Azar invited
them to his house for a drink. While they were there Khalil Azar sent se a ,e for
Mr. Fadal,, a worker in th3 Sair ah factory and the Shirgah workers' represen .atiw.
Since Mr. Jeddi was not on good terms 11th Mr. Fadai he decided to ieavebdor Mr.
Yadai+s arrival. But before he could leave Mr. yadai arrived and immediately began
to insult him. The Mr. F'adai,, with the help of the other three began to beat him.
Finally he escaped from, tie house but they followed him and shot him in the leg.
Investi_.ation indicates 'Liat Mr. Jeddiconsiders Mr. Fadal q ty, and w:uapects the
others since ?..hey invited him to Khalil r s house. The Shahi hospital was crowded
so they have taken him to Tehran. Butt since the incident took place in Shirg,
file Number 208,138 dated 15 May is beib submitted to the office of the militaryF
Governor in order that they may review the incident.
A. copy is being sent to infor'i the Office of he District Governor of Shahi.
Signed by the Chief of Police
A copy of the 31 March 19146 report of Mr. Hasan }Edalat, police officer, Rank
1, Number 33, security guard follows:
The honorable management of Shirgah faetcry.
At six-thirty in the evening on 31 March 1946 while , Haman 'Walats Police
officer Number 33 of the s ha ii police, was on duty Mr. Ali Dust-.Haq informed ?.:ae of
a quarrel aatt..~~1 r. Khalil Azar's house. Due to this quarrel Mr. Akbar Jeddi, the
driver of Approve uft or ReTeatew~Os0t/~W& tlAS-NEV840ta415 0&Md0A041~ rug l`
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driven by Mr. Teymur. He was acpanied by Mr. Khalil Azar, Mohammad =iaa su,.
st-Haag, ,1izadeh, and several others. The wounded Mr. Akbar Jeddi was in ti-u
back of the truck which was being driven towards Shahi. Since it is one of my
duties, I an reporting this incident to the Shahi Police Office."
Signed by Hawn ' E.dalat,
Police Officer Number 33,
t of the Shirgah Factories.
At the questioning of Mohammad Bored on 22 November 1946 one of the m
names that he mentioned was that of Mr. Amin Bahramo he said that after Moha __;,d
Ruhi, Amir Baghram had become very actitvre anti was one of those disturbing the people.
He said that when he was in prison he heard that Mr. Amir Bahram had been shootin
people in the Sari streets.
"At nine o'clock in the morning on 13 January 1946 Amir Babram, elaborating,
on his previous statement that he would show us that body of Sur Moharmnad, ccr-.fessed
the following:
ti, Amir Bahram, along with Hoseyn 'Ali Golahan and Bbgrahtnn Sahali, on 10 April
194 in the evening, took Mohammad Nurn to Sari in the Tudeh Party Ambulance. From
Sari, under the pretence that we wanted to go for a ride, we drove approximat:ly
two miles and then stopped, saying that somethir_ was wrong with the engine. We
got out of the car, walked a short distance, and sat near a hole wlich was dug in
the ground. While Nur Nob:ammaad was sitting there with Boseyn 'Ali, he was shot in
the back by S)rahim Saheli. and then thrown into the holed
In accordance with the orders directing us to find the body, the fol.l.ow
persons were sent to the scene of the orimez (1) Lieutenant Rasuf (2) Mr. Sbadraae:d
(3) Mohammad 4haraavi, the chief of police (4) Qlfat-Pur, a police employee (511 Hoseyn
Parvardin, the court representative. These people started for Sar in a car N'haber
.... driven by Panjali. one of the pa ;sengers Hoseyn Oehgan was the brother of
the deceased. The passengers consisted of citizens of Shahi who had come here for
the same purpose. The above-mentioned people and the bus passengers drove to the
place where Nur Mohammad was buried, as Amir Bah-rem indicated, Zol.f 111i dr?,,. d
into the hole where the murdered man wee buried. The depth of the hole was ten
meters, Z .f 'Ali, after reaching the bottom, shouted that he found the clothes
and shoes of the murdered man. Fir-ally the man's bones were removed from the grave,
When the bones were pulled out the murde~red man's brother was present. The bones
were put in a sack and were taken to Sheahi.
"A Doctor Zamani was called upon tc examine the body, but since he came from
Sari and had no jurisdiction in Shahi he was unwilling to examine the body. however,
the following people prevailed upon the doctor and he exmnined the body Mr. Shadmarie
Lieutenant Rarufj,-chief of police, Ghare fi,-the court representative, .Alefpoc ,--
a police employee, Adair Babram, Ahinaad Hhha ?aadi, Dehgan,-the driver of the cart
Yazdantn, Barari, Naa,afi, Ahm?ad Safavi, Said Hashemi, and Ahmad riarjasteh, -pcc .ice
officer number 15.
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bones remained, it is very difficult to discern how and by what means he had been
killed.
"The murdered man's body was taken to the Office of the Military Governor the
following day, In the presence of the Director of Health, ,thief of Police Vhosrow,
and X r* Shadmand, the body was once more examined. They concurred with the above
doctor that, sincethe peraan had been deel for a long time, it was difficult to
Indicate the means by which he was killed. Pictures were taken, of the body, and
the body was returned to the family for burial purposes.
Signed by: Savad Kuhi,
the Military Prosecutor
of the Military Governor's Office.
Dr. Basiri, Director of Health
Oharavi, Chief of Police
Safi' )Jiri, Police Officer No,* 3,
iashsekhi the representative of
the civilian Governor
Gholam Hassan Kheyrkhavah, Police Officer
How Did the Collection of Money Take Place?
Money Was Taken From The Workers by Force.
They, Bought Ammunition with the Workers' Money.
What did "special expenses" mean?
5.
the Club of Sattar Khan the Lawful Property of Reza Rus'.
All Heads and Chairmen of the unions became Property Owners with the Jorkera'
Money.
HOW DID THIS COLLECTION OF MONEY TAKE PLACE?
from tw
was collected in a very strange manner. Dr. !azdi would sit in his house
ve till one o'clock and receive the fund$ . Dr. fazdi's house w is located
d Avenue and Bagh Sepahaalar Street.
We include a circular below.
Date 25 December 1945
fiber 1530
United Central. Council
The Union of Workers and Laborers
of Iran
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:ordance with the decision taken by the United Central Council and the
District Council of Tehran, all the existing funds in the union treasury of this
union and also all the future funds received from membership or other purpose,
should be acknowledged by the formal receipt of the United Council.. At the et'd
of each week the money should be deliveered to Dr. ilortema Yasdi, treasurer of
United Central Council. Upon delivery it separate formal receipt should be receive
The central treasury of the Council is open every day from twelve until one o'clock
for receiving funds. It -.s located at Dr. Tasdi's house at Shahabad Avenue and
Bagh Sepahsalar Street. Union messengers can deliver the funds and receive a receipt.
Each union should introduce its cashier or taut-collector to the District Council
or to the United Central Council.
The United Central Council
and the District Council
of Tehran
File Number 25,9,28,,350
Seal and Signature o.
The United Central Council,
the Union of Workers and j,aborera
of Iran
Particulars: Uholeaa Hoseyn,, the son of Shakrallah, family name 3hagagi; 40
years old, cement fa:story worker,, native of Tehran, married and has children,
resident of sub-district 2, Number !O Amin-al-Dowleh Avenue,, Sar ChasI ieh greet
and ,arashbashi Street,, So. 40 in Yaedan Qoli Raisi house, Iranian sub,ject?
Questions at was the Executive Board doing?
Answer, wept for being atone-of-bitches and for standing near the softer to force
money 'rom urn, it did nwAbint. We had no choice but to obey them,
Number 25#9,,29,212
Fa.rticularaa Yadoaliah,, the eon of Khalil., family name darfini;1 3 years olld#
native of Ardebil., resident of Tehran, cement factory worker.
Questions You are a menber of what party?
Answer: A r of the Youth Organization. I don+t know...,They received five
krane from me and gave me a sheet of paper. If I said anything,, anyti
they would my waj,;ss.
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pretext of protecting them frpm exploitation, was doing that very self saw thing.
They say that the Executive Board, wide from being eons-of-bitches did nc:ting
but stand near the coffer and take their money. They said that they used t take
our hard-earned money by ale Mel :ns and they could not help but obey th-~em. They
said their tongues were tied and thi,t if they disclosed anything in secret they
would be punished.
THEY BOUGHT AWUBLT1ON WI
The excerpts from an interrogation, given below, illustrates the fact
,some of the collected money was used to buy atnition,
wary 1914?
interrogation of i"usof' Lankarani
Question: Did you send any of the coney which yo;; cd3.lected to Tehran for the
purpose of buying ,ammunition?
Answers I sent about thirty thousand tomans to Assad-Allah Bahar, who -corks
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at the Tudeh Club in Tebaran, to buy ammunition. He provided ua
three rifIve and some cartridges. The rest o l" the money was e;;>aut
for other pmrposes.
Question: What kind c,f mmunition rtes sent to you?
Answer: Different kinds.
Interrogation of Lankaarani and Ruhi
22 December 1916
.iestions: With what care were the incomes and expenses recorded in the books
Answer: It was being recorded in the books from the time that I had been
responsible, and a few months prior to that,
ions Was the above.-mentioned book half-sheet and printed or was it mot printed?
Answers it was half-sheet and pr ante *
Questions Did the at e-mentioned book have numbers or note
Answers gee, it was like the inaome and expense books of businesses.
Question: The aunition which was bought, was it included in this book as a
part of than expense?
Answer: NO.
Questions What was the reason for not recording it in thu book?
Answers Under 'qtr. 'tabari's instructions, this part was not being registered
in the book.
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ended ., where was a purchase o r%R
Answert It was not recorded in emir book,
ti on..: If it was niccessary to find out how much and to whom you have ;. -aid
ammunition that book would you refer to?
There, was no book for this p:urpose. For example, if we gave five thousand
tomans to someone for the purpose of buying ammunition we keep
memoranda:=, which would soon be destroyed.
Did you have a book to show how many rounds you had bought?
yen, we had one and 'olfagar Moh adi, had it He is now in prison.
When he was goin ; to 2irtb, according; to his investigation statamant
he burned t: .em.
Questions: How much had you sent to Asead-Allah Bahar in Tehran?
Answer: For the puzDose of providing ammunition and other necessities,
Mans. Thie money was liven him in person When he came to S"=
10, tomane were given to Moham^tad Ruhi; 5,000 of which was r-
'Asgar Ashraq, who was going to Tehran but w o was in hshi at
THAT DID SPECIAL EXPENSES MEAN?
From the questioning of. hammed Borumand, the first ,secretary of tom: Union
of Workers of Shahi and the secretary of the Mazanderan Provincial Council, we have
obtained an example of how the fundt were spent.
Here is an excerpt from the interrogation of Moh .ad Boruand, dated 20
January 1917. The examiner is Captain Dervish.
Questicme The documents at hand and information we have received indicates that
you have spent a sum of 102p 4O3 riale and 50 dinars for s :ecia~_ expenses.
Faplain yourself; what is meant by especial expenses" and what was its
purpose?
Answer, In the year 1945-1946 the responsible heads of the M'azanderan F.nd Go an
Workers' 'Union were usually Mr. brahim ,lizadeh, Ali Akbar Shuhabi and
Rama Ebrahin$adeh. They used to bank, under their own accounts, mom
ccilected from the unions. i never they needed mane the. we u d take
anise and spend it. Their accountant was Mr. RamamanPur w io used to work
in the fruit canning factory in Shahi. They used to give a grt,-at deal
of money tc Mr. brahima doh.
Question: Please explain why individuals on t. iLs list are indicated only by initial
Answers In number 9s the letter Y. M represents Harutin Sarukhanian. He was
registered simply as M because Marutin received his salary fro the Tudet
Party and he didn't want this know. Regard the letter N, that signified
Second Liar-tenant Nik Fetrat, Chief of the Sh 3. Railroad 'rho : ad
connections with Akbar 1,ehabi. n
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on 25 December 191`, the Director General of the Tobacco Monotptaiy of Iran
wrote a letter to the Ministry of Laor and Propa;anda. A copy of this letter
is published here.
25 December l9i6
Number 394206
To the Ministry of Labour and Prcpag dac
The workers in the tobacco pipe-polishing division, the division for
preparating the cigarette mixture, and the division for separating tobacco leaves,
by means of three petitions inclosed herein, claim that Mr, arif--Purs Ah n
Sharif -daari, Yusof Khazari, and Musa ?iaata i, all workers in the auxiliary factories
of this institution, by threat and p ?esaure, forced them to give up a daffy s 3 x. r.
Please submit the petitions to revie r and report the results to this institution.
The Da rector-Qener
Tobacco Monopoly o
To the Honorable Office of the Guippl-Director of the Tobacco Monopoly of Iran
Inclosure Number 1
Mixture Division
With due respect the undereigno i, workers in the division for preparing the
cigarette mixture, report that Mr.narifi, has taken a day r a pair fr :t Ao
on the evening of 12 November 1946 at three-thirty, )fr. Nahmud Nazarian, tch chief
repa: sn,, came into the: engine root, rnd asked him whether he had key 'Number 22.
He replied that whatever he had -ooese-used had already been jven"to you peo,14
Bashi
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and 'Mires Rostar i. They removed all the couplings from the passenger train and hid
them in different places. Mr. Ali Hoieyn Zanjani was with them too.
11. 'Ali Hoseyn Zanjani upheld the statements of 'Ashur Tavaci and added that
he had been called in by +'Ali, a guard,, and on the evening of 12 November 191;6, obey
the orders of Mr. Sorkhabi and Maeerisn, opened the couplin . At this time there
was a worker present by the name of Peetroe who also helped in hiding the rmoved
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p
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in Baku, was inveestigatei. He confessed that at four-thirt
in the
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12 November 1946 Sorkhab:i sent him to the roundhouse where he met fir. Naaarian and
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when he came he and Bash irand r Ashur wire ordered to open the coupli
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was busy opening couplin:Ts too* nahra-ianian had a letup in his hand and was - lpirag
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urrbdx d1a exec a c. 3.e repa3 a s, ter being cue3tion 1
several times, finally c c feeaed the?.t on the evening of 12 November 1946, about three-
thirty or four of clock., ,Mr. Sorkhabi came to the roundhouse and stated th; t the house
needed repair. In hie, presence Naztrian removed the trdn hooks (couplint_s?) with
the help of All Zanjeri and Petros Cashramani.
1h Mohammad Ziar:i, the delive2y agent of the train sheda, stated at the time
of the investigation that on the awning of 12 November 1946, when he was busy
checking the passenger trains he sae 'Ali Zanjani with a. hammer remavLng he train
hooks, 'when asked whet he was doi r4g, Zan jeni: answered, # Since we are striking
tomorrow, Sorkhabi and. Sehat Bakhsh have ordered me to do this.'
The minutes have been confirmed. Those taken on 17 November 1946, c-ncern
the opening of hooks, chains and brtkea of the passenger train on the right of 11
november 1946 by the above-mentioner. names. Those taken on 18 November 19115 concern
details reported by the police station of Bandar Shah. Sorkhabi, SehSt Baksh, and
Nazarian are considered guilty and u.re subject to punishment.
Mr. Javad Serkhabi and 2eynalebedin Sehit Bakhah offered the followi; testimony
on their behalf: After the strike Committee had net they returned home. Not until
they heard the danger whistle on the morning of 12 November '19116 did they come out
of the house and start striking. Ctthy ' rn . they had only instructed the l orkcre to
strike in accordaice with the instructions of the United Central Council, and that
they knew nothing about the above- rationed destruction or the uer?sons concerned.
Mr. Sorkhabi claimed that after receiving telegrapher instructions from t-e chief
of the northern zone, he started relairing the passenger train. Most of the workers,,
however, as the minutes indicate, testified that Mr. Sorkha bi gave them absolutely
no help. Instead the workers' testimony revealed that Mr. Sorkhabi had instructed
them to destroy of the passenger tre.in. In addition, as revealed in note Number 2
of i. November 1946, ?Mr. Sorkhabi arid Alvandi had refused to adhere to the telegraphed
instructions sent them on 12 WoveWbf r l91-6 had even prevented Hr. Habib-Allah Sobhani
from posting them on the walls.
1. In regard to tf',e opening of the pump of locomotive number 57,2483, and
stealing and hiding the necessary ecuipments of the locomotive number 42?168 on
21/8/25,, after a few questioning periods, Mostaafa Laleh-Nia, Hoseyn -Ili Sa+di, Taqi
Mokarrami, Tahya Kolagar, workers of the Bandar Shah depot, made the following
statements: Mr. Moatafa Laleb-Nia, has confessed that on the night of 12 November
146 he opened the pump of locomotive number 46p2483 as instructed by Mot ..dayy-an.
He and 1trahim Ravana unscrewed the eccentric of locomotive Number 42-168 and ex-
tinguished its fire. Laleh Nia kept the pump in his pocket. However, on 16 November
he put the instrument back in its place. In view of the above confession? Laleh--ilia
is considered guilty and subject to punishment.
Gholam All Said Moqaddam, workers of the B radar Shah water tank, Burin the a
had hued 'with Mr. Estepan Alvandi 17ho was in charge of the water at Bandar Shah.
Alvaradi had ordered the workers to empty the water tans
but since the
had di
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obeyed his instructions, he had emptied the tank himself. Also, since the non striking
workers had refused to aid him in his sabotage attempts, he had refused to supply
water to the hydraulic gernatta's. As a consequence from eight-thirty till ten-fifty
on 12 November 1916 the electric current of the factories was cut off. The following
people who did not participate In the strike, confirmed the above statement at the
time of the investigations Saed Mahmtad Shakers, saiari1 Yazdan Zale, Ghola, Ali
Ahmadizadeh, Gholam kioseyn Tayaran, Mbhemmad Hoseyn Morshedtalab, Abd-Allah ia.zhabi,
Mohammad Rasul Shahi, e'ALi FAmaeili, -Ati Aaghar Nac~aib All ar ?p1~aq ash, Eaka~ndar
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=Y so Mr. Shir Ali 'ac suid, Gholae: Hoseyn Jeha ;ir, and All Mugs fctaray e ; plCiyeas
at the water tank, had estated that Mr. Alvandi had ordered then to empty tr- tar.~c
water into a well. But since there wLa no war to direct the rout of the wa~,er uowarris
the well, eccording to the statements made by Ghola m Hoseyn Jehangir and Sharif
Nagsudi, Mrs Alvandi ordered them to open the drain valve and shut off the occetot:ive.
Therefore, Mr. Alvandi is also considi red guilty and subject to punishment.
According to the miiinutas, on the day of the strike` the oil conpartnertw of the
engine in the roundhouses had broker: aid caused further disorder. Mr. Dar 'thzade h
had banked and fired another jootestivrs. Since Mr. Nahmood Basarian, in chs` F.e Cr
engines in the repair shop was judged guilty of the above act and is eub jec uu
punishment. n
At six o'clock on the morning of 12 November 1916 to adeh and Anzacs; tors,
the station assistant, had taken over the communication system. They had a.;poiznted
Fuladi, a worker and diesciplinary age-it of the Workers Par't',, and another p arson
with the same title to guard the telephone system. The sane day Mr. Hoseyn Janoarar
was supposed to take over the station, but Mr. Yazdizadeh and Anzanpur had felt he
opposed them and had dismissed him. They instructed Mohatta ad Alt Fatahi, the tt:.:ket
agent, tc.n guard the stations From thu beginning till the end of the strike they had
permitted no one to interfere in the communications, and on the evening of 13
November 19L6 when Mr. Hahrudi was oparting the selector from Sari, Anzanpur, a. sting
on the order;l , Taazdi*adeh pulled down the selector level, cutting off c -Ttunication
with Babol. Sari attempted to reach the Shahi police to find out why tsesy votiidnst
get mesa ;ea through to the station. When Lieutenant H.atuf and Lieutenant 'ir ansar,
chief of the Shali police station arrived at the Station to investigate, ,t'. Yazd-
zadeh and Mr. Aus pur had pushed up the selector lever and were; pretendinE that
contact had been establ:i.shed. Tazdisadeb started insulting the Sari commur. cation$
staff and prevented the agents, who were unar17 ed, from entering the radio rocar+t.
Since Mr. Yassdisadeh had no right to interefere with the comuni.cations, ard since
he had caused disorder In the entire communications system between Sari an+_ other
stations he is considered guilty.
Documents revealed that Mr. Heydar Gudarzi, chief of the Pol-i-Sefid titration;
M'r. :Mahaud, a locomotive engineer; Mr. Shirzsd, water purification agent; z.nct Mr.
Mohammadpoor, alon with Mr. Lankarani, leader of the Tudeh Party of -ihahl$ and
a few unidentified people had come to Pol-i-Sefid from Shahi and. had disrt tcd the
communication system. According to the statertents made by Najarzadeh, theses people
were trying to prevent the chief of that section by disruptfsg comtrtunicatiors with
Firuz Matt and Varsak, from coming to Sari. Be etat ed that -:hey had tried to _=et
hold of the chief at previous stations but had been unsuccessful. They were
unsuccessful in capturing him at the Pol-i-Sefid station. Having failed, they
returned to Shahi and ordered Mr* i s a rzattdeh toe all the strike. On 12 November 1946
the guard rooms and - c communications section were captured by Mr. Shirsad,
Sattar Daliri, Nasimi, and Bakhshi, tell of whom are members of the workers union.
The communication system was taken over by force _d no one was able to obtain help.
The workers were assembled in the w smrse party club. Mr. Gtzlarzi inforneo them
that a train from Bandar Shah would stop at Behahahr or if it did not, the.,' would
stop it. Mr. Yaadizadsh had been ordered to open the rails, but he informed M.
Qudaarzi it was a difficult job. Mr. Qudarrsi instructed Bahrain Javanbakht, a w(*ery
to remove the rails; The worker refused, but he was threatee ed and lball arreed
to do so providing the rails were not in is section for which he was responsible.
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 ,AR*(. a?le .Fi.?belasV 0~1 1~` ~'$ Q$1V ?99 a 3V ..., Pirjan .tetra+ ,
and Seed Tula Divnard (Deynvard?) ee:tered the storehouse to get the sieuesa4Y tools
to remove the rails. The wor..'cera at, first refused to do the job but Javat.bakht
reminded them of the threats of Mr. Gudarzi. The workers started to walk towt.rd;s
the rails, met the watchman and as Wd him for the key toclpen the rails. E'ht watchman
refused and reminded them the disaster it would cause. Gholam Latifi, or of the
workers, reported this to Javanbakht. Javanbakht and Quds rzi instructed to
return and .,,et the key by force or face death for his failure. Latifi -a'- the key
and with the other fie, opened all the screws of one rail and scattered Uiewi about.
Javanbakht then put an explosive nesxr the rail. The watchman, Hager Yukh .r--b~::ehi,
reported the six workers' intentionu to Najarzadeh, chief of district 2. , ajarzadeeh,
through Yaqub Azari chief of the telephone offiroe, tried to report the i tcident to
succeeded in sending n, message by ovher means. Also, it Was e ?,orted the Union
gents of Pol-!i-Ecfid, had removed the switch, taken away the sensitive i lb-1-u nte,
emptied the water tame and extinguii3hed the fire in the locomotive.
it the Varasak a t tior the ;:rasa things happened, mare or lcsa. Ho JAU , who
claimed to be the leader of the Var3sak Union, along with EEarahim Azari, 'Aa?.aak,
Baravath $Ali Taheri and Victor .lvaiov, apecif.s t, and several oth rs, at a. x o= clock
in the morning of 12 Nov ember 1446, had taken over the cult unications syea ie n of
Varasak station by armed force. After a meeting, they decided to rerrove - ynt.i of the
rails. However, they later changed their minds.
At a1z o'clock In the morning of 12 November 19t6, Ahmad Shams, the ie jot. chief,
Reza Jowei, the assistant and fholsm Dub (barb?), engineer and others seized the
communications system of the Firuz Cuh station. At one-thirty P.M. on 21 ov er
ISM. whore the train arrived from Tehran, there was no locomotive for U train,
so i was halted ther3. Although Ahmad Shams was ordered by t -. chief of tat
northern section to cane to Pol-i-$efid station with that train., he disobeyed. Shame
and Reza Jowei had not intentions other than causinn donfusion.at the ste tior.
According to report Ntmiber 1.5,8,29+12193, OO3 submitted by Sergeant Gheal;-t d.eza Naji,
he was prevented from entering the communications room by the above-ment`.or,ad people
with threats a::d insults.
Theo people are considered gtei lty for their parts playact in the ra:,.iro4ac
sabotage plot.
1. Karim Tarv'erdi, the superior of he Bandar Shah train.
2. Hassan Rezven, the train nirector of Bandar Sh
3. Javad Sorkhebi, the chief of the Bandar Shan roundhouse.
Mostafa Laieh-Nia, shop repairman
Yazdi-Zadeh, the aseistanis of S tion- 4 at Shahi.
Mabmudi, thc. engineer of P 1..imSafid St tion.
7. Nasimi, employee at tot-i-Safid
Pir jan, a Pol-i-Safid worker
'All Akbar, a. pol-i.-Safid worker
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3.2. Abrahim Notads yryan, the engi-aeer at the Bandar Shah revolving ( sic i
13. 7,eynalabedin Shat Bakhsh, chief repairman
14- I4ahmud Nazarien, a motorist in the Bandar Shah shop
15. Heydar G~udarzi, the chief of the P?3-i-Safid Depot
,d Musa, a 1 01-i-Saf id worker
17. 5hirz.ad, a poi.-i-Saf id worktr
18. Golam, a pol-i.-afid worker
19. 13ahr i Javan-isaicht, head worker at col-i-Safid
20. Ramazan, a poi-i-Safid worker
21. it Aga Mesav! , head worker at the Varasak Station
22. i3aravat 'Alt, a Varaaak iti,ierant (sic) worker
Hagan Hoseynpar, the leader of the Varasak ''ufeh
21i. Malaki Nomak, the accountant of section 3 of Varasak
25. Victor Ivanov, building specialist in Varasak
2f". Ahmad Shams,, the chief of the Firus Kuh depot
27. (3halan Dub, a Firuz Kuh repairman
28. Reza Jowl i, the assistant rianager oV the F'iruz Kuh depot
29. b rahtm Azari., resident of Varasak, owner of a coffee house.
ts of` +.I-,-- police and military age :its was comp :te
ff
or
On y thraug the e
destruction of the railroad system prevented. All test iQny, evidence an . il i es
ersons be fires i for
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ty p
have been submitted. it is reoo we ided that these gu
their part in the con:s4 iracy.
Finally, darage incurred in th3 northern zone whic= has been repurtk z -Ij file
number 18909, 29/8/26, has been on$-I ,hated at 846,9674j,40 rials."
-lived by% Lt. Gcl. Vaidat
'he Chief of f-Alice of the tt?te-
1 Railway Northern Division 1
DID T.i 3VERN T FAGTORli
AMU) CKr4TR4L
l Council ruled over the nationU government ?5_actoi iea.
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The United Cen
used the factory buildin es as Tudet, i'arty clubs and as residences for it rem.ers
t~? o% ro erty and sed ove rrjaaeni~ s 1ationery
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:caber 39039,55
Important and Urgent
Your .Honor, Mr. Prince Minister,
Cordially submitted to you i.: a summary of the report by the agents L ant.
investigate the f inan csial affairs of the factories in the northern sectior.
The activities and the abuses of he Tudeh Party leaders include the folio
1. The Tudeh Per building's t Chalus and also the homes of the, Tuck
leaders were all paid out of the Budget for Factories.
Profiting from the use of factory property, and also the use for to taelves
of most of these properties.
Taking the sum of 159, 4,85 rials from the treasury of the silk Lac
and using it for their ? own advancement.
4. Taking 13 meters of material from the silk factory workers.
5. Using the factory press for party publications.
6.
Using the Repair Division of the factories for repairing ar aunition.
7. Receiving suns from the factories un ;_er the title of overtime w
Actually no overtime work was done.
Employing a group of adventurers to carry out party objectives. ?se
people were paid from the factory budget, and this expenditure a opted
to about 6,2 0,000 rials.
9. Seizing one-half of t aatoant waic' should have been delivered tc tae
chief treasurer.
10. Firing; and banising workers under different pretenses.
11. Using the transportation system of the factories for party activities.
12. v s g the product of tae factories, so th ' L some of the silk rrc-duaed
could not be used.
13. Irn tructing the payment of aiditional wages to the workers.
The Financial situation of thi-ned by Mohammad Borumand
'What attitude would the United Central Council exhibit towards a unite=
jailed for committing a crime?
4r''ould they discontinue the rrembf~rship of a worker if he was not fit t ; Work
if he was known to be of undosirel le character?
With the power that the United Central Council exercised, would it pu"l
on the factory director for thedss*sal of the worker?
The first part of this section we have already shoe, with doc rents,
.e=xecutive Board had forced the facto:-fir director to fire 2 workers.
But it seems, the United Canto. Council had reversed its methods in
of Moh nmad Mokarrami, cement factor:? a rker. who was imprisoned in the local ja
for 12 days. In this case, besides astiug not to dismiss the. work: r, it dim nded
the factory pay him for the time he ?pent in jail.
23/7/25
The Executive Board of the Tehran Cement Factory
ItI cordially brim, to your attention the fact that Is Mohammad All MoicarTami,
have been in the Police Office Prison for the past 12 darts, purin, this pcrd
my prison expense amounted to 36 Means, I bqMrmed 12 tonans to pay for Enna l
necessities and I had the extra expanse of 3i tomens for carriage fare and tips,
This money was advanced to me by Mr. Mohammad Hoseyn Moham-adi and Hoseyn iaqubi.
The total sum of this debt is 86 tcxvans. Since I have no funds to repay to oSe
people,, I ask the honorable auto corities to pay this sum from the union co fora to
the above-mentioned people. Your cooperation would be greatly appreciate.
"incerely,
hare; ad All M? carrami (Signf tu.?e )
The cecutive Board, of course do not touch the treasury money. The coffer
money was needed for of i r vitv.1 purposes. The easiest way to solve the ;,roialt
was to ask the factory to pay the sum out of the government coffers for t-e ti -e
Kar*ri was not in the factory.
vritten under Mohand All Karamts letter is Kiari's instructions:
This letter should be sent to the Executive Board of the Cement Faccc of so
that they nay take the proper steps, "
'ebari (signature) 24 Octet?:r 1946
The Executive Board in turn ex1ressed its opinion in another note as zol.lowss
C v d I e FP~91~1~`: 1, 3 ~~ 5R`~l OfiO?.i migun:, erstarbi
he has been in Prison. For that period his wages have not been p d. Please take
stops to see that his wages are paid. - 49
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The workers received money and on orders of the United t;entral Council used
the government factories' equipment to build ammunition which they then would ase
st the g-overnment.
January 1947
er 2078, Confider tial.
His Excellency the 1overnor of Ostan No II
According; to reports of the Shahi. Police, Yusof Lankaraani, one of the leaders
of the Tudeh Party of 3hahi and also s leader of the Feda'rian Bit-Islay of r'Arabj
has been arrested rece:.tly by military agents Fzter fighting with the n-Ali.- r forces.
Under investigation by the Shahi Police Office he confessed to mLng bombs acid grenadel
in Shahi factories under orders from I remati and Sand Mohammed 'Ali Abd-al.-lac. He
stated his belief that if gover sent agents want to disarm you., you must resist.
After the invest gation, the Police Office will give you a full report.
Colonel P,alani
(A copy of the above report is being sent to ,the Ministry of Interior
(;signed) Governor of Ostan No. TI, Sa F id S-
WANTED TO F11- THE C NT FPCT
Document 25 dated 19 December 194 `he ''ildtaryver of Tehran
Sabz 'Ali, the son o1 Musa, family name ""arkhabi, native cat" Nar heh, resident
of Tehran, 12th district cement factory, government house, lid: years old, in ctarge
processing cement, :ode this states entx
$si am a member of the Workers= Ut,ion and a member o th,~ Cement bcrker 'i ion.
I was obliged to enter these unions ur der pensity of being fired. I have n= ver
betrayed my country. Once I participated in a stop-work strike under order., from
Samiti, when he was director. Another time the wu :iire Board told me to stop
corking and I did so. 1. was obliged to. do it. Firdt r-did not dare disobe;: =lncs
second : ire s in charge of t$ae cement factory furnace."
Document 13
gazern, the son of Iaji Aqa, family name ! asira' aai, 35 years old, liter te,
native of Bebol, resident of Tehran, 2'nd district, .3' adi Avenue and -Fariaab tre
testif ids
When I was in the laboratory I beard taey wanted to burn the factory. The;
Board of Directors was composed of He'dar Mohaajer, Hoseyn Shida'1,,, adr Ran~{eh,cur,
,mad zebil and Mohsen Mohseni, all fugitives. They urged me to go along r:i.th therm
but I would not cooperate."
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The following is the statement o ;}holtm kioseyn, the son of uhokr- Ajj&aa agagi,
G years old, cement factory wur ers native of Tehran. He has a wife and c ai.Ldren
and is a resident of the 2nd District, !,min-al-Dowleh Avenue ar?d. ss a.rashbae Street-.
"Till about a year ago :f was not : n-terber of party. a i B me from e cheer an3arrt
when I saw that even after ten years of work, they
factory unless I entertd. the Tudeh Pirty.
On Friday, when the workers were on strike, I was on leave. ut , hti.ara.
that they planned ?i burn the factor r. I have no kinowled e of how ammunition is
used.. I think the Board of tirectvrtt is responsible for what hapened. Ii. =s the
fault of these disreputable people."
1 RG3L Di.. i,ANDIA" AST TiON
-How lid They Treat ,Goverranaent ptoy'eos?
How Did They communicate with Gt>vernf ent Authorities?
3, They were opposed to the Fian4in4: of the `2hah? picture.
Ii.. Thtyeized Weapons; from Uovernmtmt Officials
. The Workers were txrn
6. ?Hen and ,hickene - keen bnd Ink'
7, They Killed t i r ?lice ar~ci Dias ,rnad wards undo:
~,;ex?e They Connected wit-, any Foreign 1-o er?
9. what Iaaa erred at :Jirab?
DILr TiI.) TILIAT r.;JV b
T k?it'.t,C3:?
roteetit;ti
The people who were protected by the Tuden tarty and the United i;.en .rai
Council would not Bab y Vie law. Tt-.ey could freely destroy the freedom o OU140-
e
if law-enforcement elf jeers took steps to remove t._?.: chokin, > hands from th ;ts
of the people, they would be abuse +. Discourtesy toward ,overn ent a, ent,s, in the
opinion of the leaders of the Uniott, was simply norrial action.
Zirab to 5hatti
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Very Urgent
Fromc Commander of the Shahi guard;
;'lTe have been informed that 'Aboaa kfzali, an armed thief, is hiding in a mine
in 2irab. I entered t.ze mine today unarmed, but Amir soleymani, the chajrui:, of
the Mines Committee threatened me and told me if I persisted he wouldt kill ma. 3:
have armed my men and ate are going back to the mine. We hope we will be s:icce asful
in capturing the above-mentioned person.
The unions not only disobeyed Vie law themselves; they even gave asyl ln, to
one who were disturbin . the ? eaan.
istry of Interior
The National Gendar-merie
His excellency, Governor of Sari,
(Copies to Of 'ice of the Guard Regiment and First Sari Battalion)
According to information receiva!d from the local workers, 'Abbas Afzati and
about two hundred armed. den came to the 7crab Mire last night. They start:.-d a
demonstratjo j and some of the Union corkers joined them. As a result of t'U_, f ire,
the people in the area were disturber! and the whole Mazanderan area is in ~ %U-to
of unrest. It is therefore considered necessary to arrest the above-mentioned
person. His presence in this area if' the cause of rent distturbance,
21 October 1916
aptsain Mosadd i
Commat .der, Shah' Guard
"Confidential-Direct
2 May 19th,
Office of the First Company, Second Cardarmerie Rer-im? nt
respectfully answering letter No. 1051 of 29 Anril 19!f6. At the end of
my letter ~'o. 13. of 25 April 1910, 1 stated that the case was under invests ~?xtio
_,
since the letter was se:~t without my opinion at the time, I will s?ive it now I The
second day o the incident I went to the Pol-i-Safid. From the investi,- t i :m
became clear that a person named Haean 9are?# thief, was arrested by a Su-- a.-,
In order to deliver the stolen goods, the Ser%jeant came to Pol-i..Saf d and -r,pi
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the thief with him. At the station, the above-mentioned theif took advut e of the
crowd, pulled out a knife , cut his ov,rn throat slz'r.tly, and started to scr.aari,
"Freedc -lovi.n ueople l They are try ins- to kill melt' From the notes made ;.r the
Sergeant and from try own thorough inv3sti,bation, it is clear that the thief put
the blade to his own throat. The wouided man was immediately taken to the iospital,
but by tpr d_po '? ~/6f! Cam[ t~ OrZ F R0 0i b i- }e f _i rh dh
Party members sn, workers (including Ifelali, Heydar Cudarzi, Wahmudi, Gorban, za
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took his briefcase witli the notes he had prepared, insulted him, beat him: acid threw
chairs and tables on him. The ;3ergeant was wounded, his clothes torn off tim, and
the sum of 1147 to cans was taken from him. After keeping him in the club for 3 hours,
he was released withoix% arty clothes. Reports show that a few days previoua1-,the
same man had beaten the, man in charge; of the telegraph office."
"Commander of the Second Group, First Ce ar*y, Second Gendarmerie Regiment:
First Lieutenant Kazem_.
Circular frcrea the Army Chief of Staff
From the Files d .ted 1;x/1/15,, Chief of Staff.
"On 28 Sept? giber 19147, when ,Seri=eeaht Magaudi of the third police prec eruct was
on duty at the back of the municipal buslding, he was wounded. At this tiT ee. as
First Lieutenant , mir Sole ym.ani, an officer of the Khuzeatan Tenth Uiviaia,,, was
passinsr he saw the incident and came to t:e help of the wounded, However, a few
of the members of the union pursued him and beat him up. A meeting was imrIediate1y
called on behalf of the Governor, the: Police and the Guards. Three persctis, Gholam,
Se yd Bozorg, and fioseyn, were recognineed as the ones who had wounded the Seraeent.
They were taken to the district police and their file was sent to the Military
Governor.
"sit 1 October 1947' according to a vote announce by the Court of Justice of
the Office of the ?fititary Governor ccf Tehran, Hoseyn and Gholah were pronounced
guilty and sentenced to prison for a period of one year. Seyd Bozorg, a nerwspser
seller, since he had not been involvtd in the fight, but had only disobeyed t3
policeman, was given three months' imprisonment.
'Ve request th. it in order to arc vent any future misunderstanding the -il. a
on the -,bove mentioned case be sent to the proper Anr office.
.; or-Genera,]. Razmara, Chief of staff
Following is a copy of the report by First Lienant Naser A.mir oleyr ante
''Tehran Office of the Military Polices
respectfully bring to your attention the fact that at U.-10 on Sattrday
28 September 1947, Is First Lieutenant Muir Soleymani, of the Tenth Khazeeetan. Division
was going past the artillery (grounds?) to the dentist,, when I saw that pec?le had
gathered land that there was a quarrel. I approached the crowd and eat that someone
by the name of Hoseyn Naha' i was beaten=4 Sergeant ?agsudi$ a policeman. He threat
Sergeant Maqsudi to the ground and started kicking him. When I saw this, 1 c which they have gained by hard wort,-u.st
because people like you want thorn to.
thairinan of the Tudeh
-1c11 kers and Farmers of Isfr
;` .ciI *`a.ciakar. n
O PO3S V T1i'.: L ANGI1:Pi G"' SHAH'3 FIC UL:
From File Na 14-4 478p Jhief of Staff
Report o:L Colonel Dadeetan, 12 March 1946
The main Office of the military C ve rnor of !.ailro.ads, Rtaad.s and r orts:
e'I respectfully bring to your attention the fact that on the 20t1a of this month
at 4t GO o'clock when I reached Seamna i, I saw that v they had covered all the walls
of the station with newspapers and pictures. I asked what all ti-is was about and
told them that this a ction was an indication of their disloyalty to th ooantry.
"The Tudeh Party Leaders aroused the people a ainst no and told Die Ui it the
railroad does not need a military governor ai:-.-d that other pictures of the Shah
would be taken downs"
File No. 128, Papers 128, 127, 126, and 125, of 24 December 19116
Office of the Military Governor
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of Tabriz, resident of the Govern ent?-o ned atartmenta at the Rey Cement P'butt.
About r: or 7 months ago, I remember that Heydar Mohajer, Mohr Tirtrwjd,
thmad Sebil and Amir ;Alviadi were in m:T- ,rouse. Suddenly they noticed the i :tun
the Shah which was hanging on the wall. They told me to take down this icture
and throw it away, aid to hang in its place a picture of ..... Mohammad Tirvand
told : 'WIt: eems that you have become a reactionary too.'' I told Myself ~haere
was nothing reactionary about this picture. All of t`iem told me that I had better
take the picture of the wail because it might cause trouble both for ate an' -1
husband. i),,r,s afraid and took the picture and hid it, but now I have brow -ht it
back and i L. is hard: i.n wn my room.
3 January 1946
60. 11818
Ministry of the Interior
Confidential - Urgent
III respectfully bring to your at"ention the report given by First Lieutenant
atuzi, the Commander o.' the Xis sar Police Company. When said officer was ; ng
to Sari from Gor an, teza armed men of the disciplinary service of the Tudeh Party
stopped him in Behehahr and without any reason threatened him. They asked *aim
for his pistol. The, oYicer tried to resist, but t ,ery took the gun away forcibly
telling him that the pistol should be delivered to the Tudeh Party.
,~zadieaneh, Commander o:' the a=ruarmerie
Re iment in Maazanaeran. ;,
" 1 respectfully brin . to your attention that according to the report 0;' he
Shahi police, at 5:30 tni 23 January 1946, Samad, the policeman 2nd-grade No. 7, who
was on duty for the Registration Office, was returning to Shaahij On the roads four
men approached him and one of them, called Mohammad Hasan, took him to tae 12 eh
Party Club. After interrogating him about the mission which he was to ac;c,oitplieh
for the government, they took his weapons: a pistol and six cartridges. T ev told
him that they would return it to him later, but so far they have not donee . #=
Sari-Ea1ani, Chief f Mazandervtn Police
(A copy is being sent to the Governor of Ostan No. II for action.)
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Ministry of the interior,
Confidential, Direct
office of t 0overnor OFf Cstan No. I
escec:ttully invite your atte ttion to report No. $576 of 21 January l
:g h.
two of the policemen of Behehahr went on an allsi ent to the village of C ,4,-,u
Suddenly several menbere of the 'iltdeh Party attacked them and disc ed them. they
have not yet returned the arena; thera`ore we Lak y* ,.r office. to take steps ,?c
recover t* a weapons ar~u return thor to -:as.
the azandaran ;iendarraerie hog-Dien
3aluch
d a true co y .. ?,Unana
!832 - 11 November 19146
Confidential Direct
The !4aza:ndersn Negahban.1 (,,security) Regiment HHeadquarters.
::vie respectfully inf . you that Report No. 11022 of 1 November 146 frcti the
Shaheavar Gendarmerie Company statue that the Tudeh party of thalus drew a caricature
of the director of the silk factory of Chalus and put it on the wall along xith their
weekly news letter. The chief of the local police ordered two policeien tt remove
the pictures and the letter and brim; them to the office. (At this time Tudef
Party ae bere from Chalus had gone tt ' hasavar to deliver a speech.) hea some of
the members returned and learned of the incident, the;. went to t :e local pcli oe'
office and asked for the letter. However,, the C' ief of Police sent, t :wn at a =,
telling -tm that his was h 1s lunch hour and that he could not attend to this af'f'air
and that they should come back at &i CX o'clock. But this group of Tudeh Party
embers wrote a formal letter of con laint to the police offices Of Nowahab . L
second group of nemberiE;, meanwhile, returned to Chal.us &d asked for the ter.-mm letter.
At this time Mr. 2angar:eh of the police office of Nowshahr cane , o the police; office
of Chalus and convincec the leaders of the Tudeh Party that several o l- they should
cane to Nowahahr, where q e said the letter now was. On the way to Nowahshx?, or
office as-c! started questioning the Chief of Police, (r. iot.bare t .nau.ya
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Tudeh me bees begeus beating the Chief of Police, in the course of waic . ite, was
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wounded. They took aw?iy his pistol ,net cartridf.ea. But when Mr. La aneh returned
after having delivered the letter to t e Tudeh Party members, he discoverer t t.e-it
had happened and sent the Chief of Police to the Hospital.
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s!IN1STRY of Interior
(Disciplinary Office)
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Ministry of Interior:
"1 bring to your attention the fact that the police office of Maaaand.e an and
the police office o' Behahahr report that an old ;zgliah Hake rifle has been
recovered from Sadeq Agsyani and has been delivered to the military g.:arris+n.
For the Chief of Police
Col.Heaam Vaziri
7251 25363
2/10/25 copy to Ministry of Lrbor and lnforn Lion.
Actin' Minister of the Interior
;+aridu i
I January 1947
,To. l-5353, 9673
ui nistry of Interior
'Tffice of Justice
of interior:
i?1 bring to your attention the fact that the ? asanderan police o `fig u Ana;
reported thai according to the Behshahr police o.-"Tice, one revolver has been
recovered from a worker named Cholam, and another one from a worker z amed
Mozaffar 'Abbas. These arms have been turned over to the military garrison.
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The directors o.' the United Central Council had special code words wh .ch they
used among themselves. For example, weapons Baer called then and chickens" cr "pen
The followinw letter was kritten by Eskandar Sarabi to L?r. Keshu-v rr.
22 {=pril 1947
"Since, according to the decsion of the United Council I must deLiver all the
equipment to Mr. Sadegina, please give the pen and ink to mt. Sadegina.
Below is a co .,v of the, minutes cf a meeting which was written w .th poi exi
on ordinary paper.
"Minutes of a Special secret Meetings
On Wednesday, the special meetir, was called and ..... was discussed. The
following decision was reached, Aft. r nominations were made, three person. were
selected who said they were ready to deliver t e hen and chickens. some o. he
comrades were of the orinion that tree articles should be transported ei.t- ex by
train or by Council car. Since there was no immediate means of deliv.ry, t was
decided that. the articles will oe delivered when the Council needs them. he
articles are in the cur tody of Vall,, Tavakol, and Bahadori.
(algned) Mt asumi, Bahadori,
and two others."
KILLING POLICE A- '4D D . , AMING GUARDS UNDi.... PtOThC'TICN
Fr?m the study of the reports of the governor and of the police of Mazy icteran
concerning the incidents of 22 Ordibehesh 1325 (12 May 1946) at Chalus, it be-cories
evident that the leaders of the unic>ris and the Party used to ,,et help from a foreign
power in the = ight against their own countrymen.
It is true that t e foreign pow r had no legal right to interfere, an.i thaL
it did refrain from direct interference; but the plans of those who wanted to
create unrest were such that outside help was a necessity.
The report below indicates that provocateurs, in order to profit from time
pressure of a foreign army used to s's1oot soldiers, thus obliging soldiers
of that power to intervene.
1965 - 27 April 19116
"Your Honor, the Governor of Ostan No. II:
"I respectfully bring to your a-:tention the report of the situation at ' halua,
which 1 have personally investigated. Wounded guards, officers, policemen and the
manager of the Hotel Chalus were int+srrogated. The investigation shows to &t Zia$
Almuti, A\ 4 c ftO I I e 9i 'r `J cib ~ -d 1~s ~'? $~ $ Zed bout th
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arrival Aor to}veed Faroiptz yer i c ~waas 9/en o - P83-004 erez or
a1us. ere e is Tali at'rttd
to spread false propag.3nda amors the workers of the silk factory. It shad also
be noted that for quite a while the :;roue of workers had been cr iiag to (Th 31. 13 from
Azerbaijan. Some of these workers had jobs, but others were idle and were co-, .anually
travelling between the cities.
'Part of the above-mentioned company, which had been sent to Chatilue, 'lad draped
about 7 kilo tern from Chains and a part was quartered in the local T,olice office
of Chalus, since most of the local barracks were taken up by eoldie:. (Na
of foreign power is omitted throughost.) The local police office was looaOrd opposite
the hotel where the ~?----- soldiers were billeted.
At s30 on the 22nd of the currant month, a group of workers, after leaving
the factory, rode an a bus and sang 3origss in Turkish. At the same time Zia' Almuti,
the leader of the 3hahsavar Tudeh Party; Mr. Hoshengi, leader of the Nowahahr Tudeh
Party; and Mr. Mirahab, another official of the Nowshahr Party met in the telegram
office building. Mr. ffirshab, who was suspicion o." Major Samandari, spok . 'aarably
to him and insulted him. The workers, who had `been singing and had gone to swahahr,
returned to Chains. At this point a person named 5aberi, who was drunk, tartcd
insulting the policemen and tried to incite the workers against the law-enforcement
officers. Lietenant Zamanian tried to scatter the crowd and the workers, but he
was not successful; instead the workers started attacking the soldiers. Lieutenant
Fuladvand, the commander of the company which had come to Chalus, went to ,he scene
of the disturbance and ordered the fudeh Party members to leave. When the;r $ efused,
he ordered his men to fire a few shots in the air in order to scatter the rowrd.
As soon as the Tudeh members heard t ze shots they started shouting that tt: y did
not need any police in C talus and th.a t the police should _et out of there x 3 "'4.1t away.
Pt this point, Tudeh Party members fired several shots from cehind the police station
in the direction of the quarters of the ------ soldiers. These soldiers it ediately
rushed out of their quarters and begin firing; with automatic rifles. t dispatch
was at once sent to Mowahahr staying that there was shooting in Chalus and the Major
Samandari was to come at once. Major 3amandr1 sent a sergeant and 12 police stn to
Chains, but when they tried to get out of their truck, they were fired upon from all
sides. Several of the policemen were wounded and the crowd fled to the ne ry w 'ode.
According to reports, three policemen were killed, nine were wounded acid cae was
missing. Of the erorkcrs, cne was killed and one was wounded.
Ziat Almuti has taken away 12 rr _fles from the persons wounded or kill :a
addition to that, he has robbed the local police station of six rifles anc sevear&
cartridr7e s .
According to the reports received, Zia' Al uti has returned five of t -le six
rifles and, some of is other stolen articles.
I have ordered that the 15 people who were arrested and released without their
dotes be supplied clothing from the budget of the 15th Regiment. When Mirshab was
e uestioned, it becat e evi i a . ;that Mirshab was well inf'or ed on the whole incident.
He ca',,e and told Colonel I osh , the. Lieutenant Colonel, and myself all t Sze details
o? the incident. It was decided that Mr. Mirshab and the Lieutenant Color al should
come to the capital to give their reDorts in person to the Prime Minister. If there
should be any further developments, I shall communicate with you ix to diate.l y.
Colonel Azadige.nch
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The following is taken from the report of the investigation of Mohts^e4
ilorumand, the First Secret.=;ry of the Wttrkerel Union of Shahi and the Secretary
of the Provincial Council of Mazanderarr, dated 12 December 1946. The materil i is
in oruriand F s handwriting,
"Following are the razes of the people who were connected with the f orei.-n
orities of ....... (Same of them were actually spies-)
1. All Ahangari, ; iecial agent
3.
It. Mohammad R-uhi
These men used to w*mr ??- --- medals. if they wanted to frighten anyox ,
they would daliver that person to the foreign power authorities of -?-.---, labelling
the victim a fascist and an enemy oil the government of ------."
uher part of ,he report, he writes, "I left the hlcrusc and arter 1 reached
the circle, I saw 'Aziz Hashemizecieh standing there as if waiting for eonec io.
that instant a black automobile stoi,,i..al in front of the Sovtrans of ficc ante ``r.
Lankarani opened the door. Safai, Lan'carani, and E8kandari, along with Mr. afal , .ano
had ',one to Tehran, returned and asked me what I was doing there and why I had not
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town as soon as possible. I told him I did not care if they a.rrested me. I cou.td
-prove that I had not molested anyone aaa that .3 was innocent. I left him an:t cn
.my way to the house of igineer Qoharian, 1 met Mohsen Keshavarzi who aal.so infvr:ied?
me that it would be advisable for me to leave town as soon as possible. Hcaever,
I did not pay any attention and went to Engineer Qoharian's house. The nesrzt d. y
when I was lunching, the police and military personnel came and brought me to the
i:alice station.
ttThis is all I know. If you wish, you can ask tale above-mentioned pera,one
and see that whatever I have stated hire is true. If 1 am g .ty, then .1
subject V punishment."
nThe Statement of Hoseyn L'ani;
13/10/25
Tive your full name
yusd; Son of I3osey*n; Lankarani - Native of Resht; 32 years old; S? _o jea t
n.
- How lon.: has it beer since you ler't Resht?
I left Res ht in 1.31': (l934-1930 aand entered the air corps.
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had advertized for volunteers; to I put in an application and was aco?.,teQ#
your guarantor?
They did not want any one as guarantor.
How long were you in the service?
I served until the year 1321. (1942-1943).
Why did you leave the service?
Since I had only enlisted for 7 yearv, my service ended.
After leaving the service, what sort of job did you have?
A - I used to bring coml ar:d wood from M?zanderan to Tehran and soil it.
Q - How long did you do thi; ?
I did this for about 2 years; then, i n the mc.nth of Bahman 1323 (Jan.-Feb.. lye_-45)
I started receiving a salary from the Tudeh Party.
Where did you join the Tudeh PParty?
I Joined the Tudeb Party in Tehran.
:rho were tame ones that recommended you to the Tudeh Tarty?
:p - Those who want to enter the Tuoen Party must know two people who are Tie r-b a=id who
will recommend them to the Party. T> me two people who reeomzaemdec me were A sad-Allah
ar and Dr. Radmanesh.
did you receive?
When 1 first entered the Tudeh Party, I was a member but I had Y q own jog >f;w.,L_.ng
d coal. I had job for aiwut 2 years; but, upon insi3tence of z3an Tabari,
I started receiving parr from the Party. salary was 500 toians per Triv.n
Wher did Ehean Tab'i p.,,ut you to wary??
he made me the Chairman of Financial Affair of the Provincial tan? it?I~ee
and I worked for the Provincial Con ittee.
0 - How many persons comprised the Provincial Committee, and what were their z am.aE e
A - Up until the month of Ordibehesh 132 (April-May 1946), Mr. Tabari was th& c adl rmrman
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=aas been about or 6 moat is since he i f t the Ludeh ?arty.
n %e.
of activities did the peopie 3r age it in til:i.t t:Qs a
vieieai ti,,-.,t each person was ? oing s tetia. z; u:a erer~~..
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executive boas?d. beyd nbrah , hashemsrdeh u +` actin and r;brahfm, w sel _ vsti.rt .1 Z t
~,te-~mbers of tht. cor ittee. They xid not nave any spt eific job.
what was the t ur csse of the executive toz4.rti
A .? Vie purr,ose of the executive board was to carry out the w:u.l of tilt; ,i jor:lty.
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also used to direct the secretariat of the rrovinciaL commi
,'hat types of decisions t. ere i:r de wnici; these _J persons were c urwl .,~,a_L
A. These 3 People were tilt iaiso.n between, Gort.Ttatte: and the v;:>riou&ed near .hir ah and sent w pony to bring us news. We escaped in the
direction of the woods, but lost 4 of our companions. _emyway, Mr. 4fzali I
"aeyeci All Ak>aar said they were ,oiZg to head toward the sea, 1 decided t o o
toward the sea, I decided to go toward Sari. When I got to Sari, I went to
the house of a relative: of mine, called Larijani. Mr, Larijani and his : fe,
who is my cousin, were not at hcne, but the servant let roe in, When he c e?rived
Larigani was very upset by my presence. I be ;gees him to give me some food, at
least, since I had not eaten for dajrs. He fed me although he told me to leave
house as soon as nnossible. I left the place and 10 da;ja later the gcveernment
me arrested me.
you entered Lart,jani's hoouse, what type of weapon did you have?
A I had no weapon in my hand since I left the one I had in Shireah.
What is the name of the place where you stayed in Jhirgah, and where you
left your pistol?
A - I do not know the name of the person at whose place we stayed. It was th }re,
however, that they arrested Isadi and the others.
Q - Who was the original owner of the pistol which you had?
A - The pistol was purcha: ed by Assad-Allah $ahar from Tehran.
'' - Was it bought or was It just tent to you?
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- All the weapons which you mentioned you and the others hid somewhere on yotu,
escape route. Did you get them beck?
A - Yes, the agents gathered them together.
shams did Iraj Eskandari cone to Shahi?
A - Iraj Eskandari came to Shahi with Abd-al-haji Safari.
Q - Did these two people cone there from Tehran?
I - Yes.
Who else came along with Eskandam and L;ati a' i?
dust these two carne.
;! - Did they come to ahf.hi after this mine incident or before?
A - They came to r hahi f6 couple of de;,,rs before the mine incident.
0 - Did Eskandari and Safari come to %.ha mine?
A - No.
Q -_t that time, sere you in Shahi o