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This Week
Another `Confession'
Iranian trial spurs fears
for future of Jewish community.
MICHAEL J. JORDAN
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
T
New York
he trial of the 13 Iranian
Jews accused of spying for
- Israel moved into its final
stages this week amid fresh
concerns for the future of Iranian
Jewry.
With Monday's "confession" of a
second religious leader, a shadow has
been cast over all Jews there, say
American advocates for the 13.
"Based on the way the trial has
been portrayed, and broadcasting two
of the confessions on television, the
entire community is now suspect,"
said Pooya Dayanim, spokesman for
the Los Angeles-based Council of
Iranian American Jewish
Organizations.
"It also points to the prevailing
antisemitism among the Iranian peo-
ple, that they have been so willing to
buy into this propaganda."
Meanwhile, Dayanim and others
expressed skepticism about an Iranian
judiciary official's assurances Monday
that none of the 13 will face execu-
tion.
It is unclear whether the
announcement suggested that Iran is
bowing to international pressure, or
whether it is the latest in what advo- •
cates say is an unending trail of bro-
ken promises.
"I don't know how much we can
trust these things they say," said Sam
Kermanian, secretary-general of the
Los Angeles-based American Iranian
Jewish Federation.
"At the end of the day, it will
depend on the political climate. The
verdict will not be a judicial decision.
It will be a political decision. We
have to be prepared for the worst-case
scenario at all times."
"Shocked And Scared
3)
Monday's closed-court confession of
Asher Zadmehr, the senior religious
leader-in the southern city of Shiraz,
where the trial is taking place, came
on the heels of a similar confession
last week by Nasser Levi-Haim, 46.
"We'd been told earlier that the reli-
gious leaders would not be dragged
into espionage," said Dayanim, who
added that the latest developments
were prompting concerns about the
community's physical safety.
"The Jewish community is
shocked and scared. Many have
stopped going to work and sending
their children to school, because
they're afraid of being taunted.
"They're calling their children
Israelis or spies."
Eight of nine Jews who have come
before the Revolutionary Court have
confessed" to assorted spying-related
activities.
Their advocates contend the con-
fessions were coerced and scripted
prior to the hearings.
A 10th suspect, Javeed Beit Yakov,
was slated to face the judge on
Wednesday in what was expected to
be the last hearing.
Three Jews out on bail since
February are expected to be freed,
said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive
vice chairman of the Conference of
Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations.
Verdicts and sentences are expect-
ed some time next week, said
Hoenlein, who has led the interna-
tional campaign for their release.
Zadmehr, 49, is said to be a uni-
versity English instructor and the
most learned of the Shiraz Jews, a fer-
vently Orthodox community.
Zadmehr, also the oldest of the 13
Jews on trial, reportedly admitted he
had lived briefly in Israel before the
1979 Islamic Revolution, but
returned home soon after.
He was quoted as admitting that
he collected cultural information
about Iran and analyzed material
brought in by other accused spies.
But Zadmehr also denied he was the
mastermind behind the spying, as some
Iranian media reportedly asserted.
Outside the courtroom, Zadmehr
burst into tears after being embraced
by his distraught wife and two chil-
dren, according to news reports.
"
Islamic Law
Zadmehr's court appearance was fol-
lowed by an announcement by judi-
ciary spokesman Hossein Ali Amiri
that none of the 13 had violated the