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Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–1988

TORTURE

Red Weekly No. 107, 26 June 1975 · pp. 10-11 of the scan · 220 words

The scan: rw-no107-jun-26-1975.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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page 10 of the scan

Sure, the Shah did not try to deny it altohis torturers used all the latest methods and were in every way as sophisticatec as their Western counterparts.

the Shah claimed that Iranian workers have every right to form trade unions and engage in free collective bargaining, but it is against their own interest to go on strike. The Shah has good reason to deny the occurrence of strikes in Iran, since most or the mercasing number or strikes have led to the killing of workers exercising rights which the Shah claims are already legally theirs.

of wisdom for his friends in the West. The problem with Western society, he said, was that workers were foo lazy and wanca too muen monev. ne advisco nE Western allies to do away with all their talk about democracy and adopt a one party system as he and his people' had. No doubt Lord Chalfont, who seems to nave sucn great aamuadon for the shan also agrees with these "wise words of his.

When asked about allegations of tortgether. Instead he boasted of the fact that AS HE as workers Bents are concence there are never any strikes in Iran because As usual, the Shah had some words

page 11 of the scan

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