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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Klarsfeld Says Israeli Links
Were Used Against Elghanian
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
French lawyer Serge
Klarsfeld produced
documentary evidence last
week that Iranian Jewish
community leader Habib
Elghanian was executed
May 9 primarily because of
his connections with Israel.
At a dramatic midnight
ress conference at Ben-
urion Airport, Klarsfeld
showed reporters what he
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said was a photocopy of the
charge sheet prepared by
the revolutionary court in
Teheran against Elgha-
nian.
The charges began with
the words: "Habib Elgha-
nian, Jew, Teheran-born,
spy,. rich and Zionist." It
went on to claim that El-
ghanian, a millionaire
industrialist, was a spy in
the service of Israel, ex-
torted money from poor Ira-
nians and gave it to a hostile
country, Israel "which kills
our Arab brethren."
Klarsfeld, who with his
wife Beate has been in-
strumental in tracking
down wanted Nazi war
criminals and combatting
anti-Semitism, visited
Teheran to investigate the
Elghanian execution and
intercede for several Jews
still imprisoned by the new
regime.
He has reported earlier
that he had been assured
by Iran's Foreign Minis-
ter Ibrahim Yazdi that
"there was no reason for
worry in the case of
Iran's Jews" and that
there would be no trials
of Jews or non-Jews sim-
ply because they had
connections with Israel.
Meanwhile, the Kuwait
newspaper, Al Anbaa,
quoted Iranian Foreign
Minister. Ibrahim Yazdi in
an interview as saying that
"if the U.S. continues to
intervene in our internal af-
fairs and refrains from rec-
ognizing our revolution We'
will cut off links with her."
Yazdi also was quoted that
"a rapprochement with the
East bloc is ruled out al-
together."
According to docu-
ments released to the
New York Times by Iran,
the Shah planned to use
Mrs. Javits to countez
criticism of his regime's
human rights violations,
weapons purchases and
rising oil prices.
Mrs. Javits quit the New
York firm of Ruder and
Finn in 1976 after public
criticism of the possible con-
flict of interest between her
representing Iran Air and
her husband's seat in the
Senate.
Ruder and Finn says it
had "a straight-forward,
professional assignment" to
handle Iran Air.
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