E/CN.4/1995/34 page 78 408. Mohammad Khandjari was reportedly arrested on 12 November 1994 at his home in south Tehran and beaten in front of his wife by members of the Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards). He was said to have been arrested in connection with his alleged participation in the riots that occurred in Qazvin on 3 August 1994. He was reportedly being held in Rasht prison (21 November 1994). 409. Retired General Azizollah Amir Rahimi, a 73-year-old former Commander of the Military Police, was reportedly arrested on 31 October 1994, released the following day, and rearrested on 3 November 1994. He was allegedly beaten by members of the secret police and was reported to be held in Evin prison’s hospital. His arrest was said to be due to his open criticism of the Government. Mehrdad Amir Rahimi, his son, who protested the arrest of his father, was reportedly arrested on 8 November 1994 and his whereabouts were unknown (22 November 1994). Information received from the Government on cases included in previous reports 410. On 21 December 1993, the Government transmitted to the Special Rapporteur a reply concerning allegations sent by the Special Rapporteur on 27 October 1992 in the cases of Khalil Akhlaghi, Houshan Sabetzadeh and Ali Ghaffari Hussaini. According to the information, Khalil Akhlaghi, tried in military court No. 1 of Tehran on the charge of espionage, was sentenced in accordance with the criminal law of the army to 15 years’ imprisonment. The sentence was reduced under a National Day amnesty. No mention was made of the allegations of torture in the case. Both Houshan Sabetitzadeh and Ali Ghaffari Hussaini were acquitted of charges against them and the torture allegations in respect of these two persons was denied. 411. On 6 December 1994 the Government transmitted a reply regarding Ali Akbar Ghorbani, a political refugee in France who was allegedly abducted in Turkey, tortured and killed by agents of the Iranian Government in June 1992. The Government stated that because his abduction and alleged torture did not occur in Iranian territory, no reliable information was at its disposal in the case. Iraq Urgent appeals 412. On 1 September 1994 the Special Rapporteur transmitted an urgent appeal to the Government on behalf of Sham’un Bulos and Isma’il Ahmad Sa’id, who were convicted of theft in July 1994. The two men were reportedly sentenced to amputation of the right hand and to having two lines tattooed on the foreheads. The punishment of amputation was said to have been imposed pursuant to decree No. 59 of 4 June 1994. On 18 August 1994, the Revolutionary Command Council reportedly ruled that a tattoo of at least one centimetre long and one millimetre wide would be performed on every person whose hand was amputated for committing a crime.