Table of Contents

A Note on Transliteration
Preface
Human Rights Discourse
Main Sources Used in This Book
UN Reports
Prison Memoirs and Their Significance
The Structure of the Book

Ch. 1. Islamic Cultural Relativism in Human Rights Discourse
Ch. 2. The Shiite Theocracy
Ch. 3. The Right to Life
Ch. 4. The Right to Freedom from Torture
Ch. 5. The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and to Freedom from Arbitrary Arrest
Ch. 6. The Right to a Fair Trial
Ch. 7. The Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought, and Religion
Ch. 8. Renounce Your Conscience or Face Death: The Prison Massacre of 1988
Ch. 9. The Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience, and Religion: Iranian Religious Minorities
Ch. 10. Official Responses to the United Nations: Countering the Charges of Violations in the 1980s
Ch. 11. Change of Tactics After Ayatollah Khomeini's Death
Ch. 12. The Special Representative's Meetings with the Judiciary and Security Officials
Ch. 13. The Right to Freedom of Opinion, Expression, and the Press
Ch. 14. The Most Revealing Cases of Violations of the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Press
Ch. 15. The Rights to Participate in the Political Life of the Country and to Peaceful Assembly and Association
Ch. 16. The Rights of Women
Ch. 17. UN Monitoring, 1984-2000: Mixed Results

Conclusion
Afterword
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

About the Author

Reza Afshari is Professor of History and Human Rights at Pace University.

Reviews

"The most exhaustive treatment of the record of human rights in postrevolutionary Iran... This well-written and copiously researched volume will remain the standard work for years to come."--Choice