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Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran
Tortured Confessions Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran
Author: Ervand Abrahamian
The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republica...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520216235
ISBN-10: 0520216237
Publication Date: 6/16/1999
Pages: 279
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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