appeals of Parviz Hekmatdjou and Ali Khavari from the death sentence because of their political views were considered by a Teheran court. in hearings that began June 13.
On the second day, according to the Paris daily Le Monde, | the court listened to the military prosecution and to Mr. Bahrevar , the attorney for the main defendant, Hekmatdjou.
The prosecutor demandea that the death sentence be upheld. He also sought to have the eighteen-month sentences passed against five other defendants increased. to seven years.
For the ‘first time, 4b was - ‘learned that part of the "evidence" of espionage alleged by the prosecution was a report sent to leaders of the Tudeh (Communist) party in East Berlin in which violence and the organization of peasant militia were advocated. The defense. noted that the alleged report was not included in the prosecution dossier and | that in any case such a report did not. constitute "espionage.
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