The World - News from Nov. 4, 1988

A U.N. report on human rights in Iran says “a renewed wave of executions” occurred at about the time the country’s Islamic fundamentalist government agreed to a cease-fire in its war with Iraq. The report to the General Assembly calls for continued scrutiny of Tehran’s human rights practices, citing executions of political dissidents and other reports of abuses. Most of those executed since midsummer were said to be members of the People’s Moujahedeen, an outlawed opposition group, but the report said about 20 belonged to other opposition groups such as the Tudeh (Communist) party and the People’s Fedayeen.