E/CN.4/1991/17 page 27 86- On 14 August 1990 the Government provided additional information according to which, of the list of names submitted to the Government, only one could be identified: that of Bukhari Abdul Rahman, aged 26. The man was at present in police custody for interrogation regarding his supposed involvement in "the recent criminal activities". "The allegation that he was tortured in gaol is clearly unfounded. As to the remaining names on the list, none of them appears to correspond to any known individual". Iran. Islamic Republic of Urgent appeals 87. On 20 July 1990 the Special Rapporteur sent un urgent appeal to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning Mohammad Hossein Bani Assadi, Reza Sadr, Nour Ali Tabandeh, Abol Eazl Mir Shams Shahshahani, Akbar Zarinehbaf, Abdolali Bazargan, Yadollah Roshan-Ardalan, Rahim Abedi, Habidollah Davaran, Amir Tavakol Ebrahimi, Abbas Ghaem Al Sabahi, Mahmoud Naimpoor, Ezatollah Sahabi, Farhad Behbehani, Ali Ardalan, Mohammad Tavassoli Hojati, Hashem Sabbaghian, Khosrow Mansourian, Mahmoud Maleki, Hormoz Momaiezi, Mezameddin Movahed and Hossein Shah Hosseini. The above-mentioned persons, many of whom were ministers or associates of former Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan, were reportedly arrested on or after 12 June 1990, and are believed to be detained incommunicado in Evin prison. It was reported that some of those arrested are elderly or in ill health. One of them, Ali Ardalan, reportedly suffers from cardiac problems. It was further alleged that some of them were beaten while being arrested, and fears have been expressed that they may be subjected to torture or ill-treatment while in detention. Iraq Urgent appeals and Government replies 88. On 11 September 1990 the Special Rapporteur sent un urgent appeal to the Government of Iraq concerning the following persons: Haidar Ashkanani, aged 24, Muhammed Kadhim, aged 26, Ali Kadhim, aged 22, Abd Al-Muhsin Kadhim, aged 18, Jawad Al Qallaf, aged 19 and Muhammad Ibrahim, aged 18. These persons, all of whom Kuwaiti nationals, were reportedly arrested by Iraqi forces on 3 August 1990, after participating in a peaceful demonstration in the Sulaibikhat district of Kuwait city. They are believed to have subsequently been taken to Baghdad and to be currently detained incommunicado and without legal protection, and fears have been expressed that they, as well as other persons detained in similar circumstances may be subjected to torture or ill-treatment while they are interrogated. 89. On 1 November 1990 the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that there was no truth to the allegations contained in the above-mentioned appeal. Israel Urgent appeals 90. On 11 October 1990 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal to the Government of Israel concerning 'Abd Al-Ra'Uf Ghabin, aged 32, who was reportedly arrested on 30 August 1990 in the Beach Refugee Camp in the