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such a task."
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The council's assertions were seen as
striking
for a communal leadership
mplicitly rebutting several
whose
position
under Iran's Islamic
senior government authorities,
regime
is
delicate.
Privately, some
the Central Jewish Committee
working
on
behalf
of the jailed Jews
of Iran has publicly asserted for
a. his ability to hire people smarter than he
have
even
compared
its role to that of
the first time that 13 Iranian Jews cur-
b. having the laser surgery to correct his color blindness
a Judenrat, the Jewish councils utilized
rently
imprisoned
on
suspicion
of
spy-
c. his dashing good looks
by the Nazis in some east European
ing for Israel and the United States are
d. his great sales
ghettos to implement their policies.
innocent.
e. all of the above
But Sam Kermanian, secretary-gen-
Putting its own resources on the
eral
of the Los Angeles-based Iranian
line, the committee, which serves as
American
Jewish Federation, said that
the umbrella group for Iran's 25,000
given
the
community's
circumstances,
prepared
was
Jews, also announced it
"I think this letter was daring on their
to raise money for attorneys to defend
part."
the imprisoned Jews.
Indeed, the letter at one point refers
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The Jewish council's assertions,
to
deep
rifts the case of the 13 Jews has
made in a Rosh HaShana letter to the
September 27th thru October 9th and Take an
provoked
within the community's own
Jewish community, came as conditions
ranks.
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and prospects for the 13 jailed Jews
In some sections, the letter could be
appeared ro take a turn for the worse.
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Iranian judicial official reaffirmed the
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Meanwhile, yet another senior gov-
after a long effort, have been curtailed
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official declared the 13 Jews
for the last two weeks.
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claimed the government possessed
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Kermanian, the Iranian American
since March, have yet to see any attor-
Jewish
Federation leader, condemned
neys. In their statement, the Jewish
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of
those
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vigilantes.
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erupted after the
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vigilantes
crushed
a
peaceful
sit-in by
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the
students,
who
were
protesting
the
it added, "Spying requires instruments
closing
of
a
pro-reform
newspaper.
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which these individuals, whom we well
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