WORLD CONFEDERATION OF IRANIAN STUDENTS (NATIONAL UNION) Germany, 7 November 1969
The secret police of Iran, "Savak", commit new murders against the Iranian people every day. During the past year, the police terror has been intensified by the mass murder of Kurdish patriots in the western part of Iran, the arrest of several political groups and the arrangement of secret military trials. Savak has now extended its campaign of terror beyond the borders of Iran, intimidating members of Iranian student organisations around the world. The following is a list of the ways in which this new tactic is employed:
1. The arrest and questioning of students who return home from abroad during the summer vacation, and threatening them in various ways to stop them from engaging in political activities.
2. Oppression of the families of students who are active in the Iranian student movement outside Iran
3. Imprisonment and trial of some students, who have been active in anti-government activities, upon their arrival in Iran.
4. Collaboration by the police of western countries with Savak to oppress Iranian students who are politically active in the country in which they reside
The following are examples of this
a) An order by the Austrian police to close down the Iranian Students Association in Vienna.
b) An order for the deportation of Balan Niroumaa, a secretary of the Confederation, which was reversed
c) An order by the Austrian police for the deportation of Esmail Salem, an active member of the Viennese Students Union,
d) Decision of Austrian police to deport three Iranian students because of their participation on a march against the war in Vietnam
e) Prosecution of several Iranian students who demonstrated against the Shah's visit to Germany in 1957
f) Prosecution of three Iranian students who participated in the protest against the Shah's visit to the U.S. in October 1969
g) Oppression of the members of the Iranian Students Association in the U.S. by immigration authorities
h) Renewal of student visas for three months, instead of the usual six, in Italy
All these actions taken by the police and authorities in other countries have been within the framework of collaboration with the Iranian secret police, Savak. They are aimed at the further oppression of the Iranian people who are fighting against imperialism and feudalism in Iran. The Confederation of Iranian Students asks all progressive forces to join in the campaign to fight the reactionary attacks of the Iranian Government against its movement.