discovery of illegal weapons and ammunition. The author continued to
submit anonymous information to the operational group which resulted in
further raids. However, due to the influential status of the individuals
involved, the discoveries were covered up and no arrests were made.
Convinced that the allegations were true, the author also sent copies of the
files to the office of Ayatollah Khamenei.
2.5 According to the author, the Sepah-Pasdaran must have become
suspicious of him, because in April/May 1991, shortly after having finished
his military service, the author was arrested and held in one of SepahPasdaran's secret prisons, the so called "No. 59", for six months. According
to one of the medical statements supporting the author's claim, the author
was subjected to torture and ill-treatment. He was handcuffed behind his
knees, and with a stick placed between his upper arms and thighs he was
hung up to rotate, sometimes for hours. The author also claims that he
received beatings with batons on the kneecaps and elbows. Although he was
interrogated about the secret reports, the author denied everything, knowing
that a confession would be the end of him. After six months, in
November/December 1991, the author was transferred to a hospital for
medical treatment and thereafter released on bail.
2.6 The author claims that after his release he was kept under close
surveillance by the Sepah-Pasdaran. He was eventually asked to spy for the
Sepah-Pasdaran on some of the leaders of the State-controlled farmers'
cooperative in which he was active. He was also supposed to go with the
cooperative to international fairs and report on the leaders' behaviour and
contacts abroad and for this purpose the author had a passport issued. The
author tried to keep the Sepah-Pasdaran satisfied by providing some
information, but of limited interest. In August 1995, the Sepah-Pasdaran
arrested him again and he was first brought to the Evin prison. The author
had to leave samples of his handwriting, presumably to compare it with the
writing on one of the envelopes in which he had sent anonymous
information. According to the allegations, the author was again tortured and
kept in solitary confinement for several months.
2.7 In June 1996 the author was brought to trial, convicted and sentenced to
one year's imprisonment and a fine for check fraud, a verdict which the
author presented to the Swedish immigration authorities. According to the
author, the charges were fabricated. He was not represented by a lawyer
during the trial and did not know any of the alleged plaintiffs. After the
verdict, the author was transferred to Qasar prison, where he claims that
conditions improved and although he was subjected to ill-treatment he was
never tortured.