According to scholar Ervand Abrahamian, although there were several decades of prohibition of torture that spread from Europe to most parts of the world, by the 1980s, the taboo against torture was broken and torture " returned with a vengeance ," propelled in part by television and an opportunity to break political prisoners and broadcast the resulting public recantations of their political beliefs for " ideological warfare, political mobilization, and the need to win ' hearts and minds.

According to Iranian political historian Ervand Abrahamian, after this attack SAVAK interrogators were sent abroad for " scientific training to prevent unwanted deaths from ' brute force.

According to Ervand Abrahamian: " Realizing that the opposition would take the vast majority of the provincial seats, Mosaddegh stopped the voting as soon as 79 deputies – just enough to form a parliamentary quorum — had been elected.

Under the Islamic Republic, the prison population was again expanded significantly, holding 15, 000 inmates according to scholar Ervand Abrahamian.

* Abrahamian, Ervand, Tortured Confessions, University of California Press, 1999

As Ervand Abrahamian pointed out, The White Revolution had been designed to preempt a Red Revolution.

Abrahamian, Ervand ( 1982 ).

Political historian Ervand Abrahamian credits the victory of Abadgaran and other conservatives in the 2004 elections ( as well as the 2003 and 2005 elections ) to the conservatives ' retention of their core base of 25 % of the voting population ; their recruiting of war veteran candidates ; their wooing of independents using the issue of national security ; and most of all " because large numbers of women, college students, and other members of the salaried middle class " who make up the reformists ' base of support " stayed home ".

* Targeting Iran ( 2007 ) ( Interviews with Noam Chomsky, Ervand Abrahamian and Nahid Mozaffari )

The victory of conservatives in the 2005 presidential election and the 2004 Majlis election can be explained " not so much " by an expansion of " their limited core base as by dividing of the reformers and discouraging them from voting ," according to political historian Ervand Abrahamian.

Abrahamian Ervand, A History of Modern Iran, Cambridge University Press, 2008, p. 62.

* Abrahamian Ervand, “ Oriental Despotism: The Case of Qajar Iran ” International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Vol.

" Ervand Abrahamian notes that none of these were in the " crucial tank divisions around Tehran " that could have been used for a coup d ' état and which the Shah had screened carefully.

In a study of torture in Iran published in 1999, Iranian-born political historian Ervand Abrahamian included Iran along with " Stalinist Russia, Maoist China, and early modern Europe " of the Inquisition and witch hunts, as societies that " can be considered to be in a league of their own " in the systematic use of torture.

Political historian Ervand Abrahamian credits the victory of Abadgaran and other conservatives in the 2003, 2004, and 2005 elections to the conservatives ' retention of their core base of 25 % of the voting population, their recruiting of war veteran candidates, their wooing of independents using the issue of national security, and most of all " because large numbers of women, college students, and other members of the salaried middle class " who make up the reformists ' base of support " stayed home ".

According to Ervand Abrahamian, Lajevardi " liked to be addressed as Hajj Aqa, and boasted he was so proud of Evin that he had brought his family to live there.

* Iran Between Two Revolutions ( By Ervand Abrahamian ) ( Princeton University Press: 1982 )

Abrahamian estimates that SAVAK ( and other police and military ) killed 368 guerrillas between 1971 – 1977 and executed something less than 100 political prisoners between 1971 and 1979-the most violent era of the SAVAK's existence.

* 1966 – Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist ( Starship ) ( d. 2012 )

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The city is notable for its worldwide champions in individual sports, such as Robert Emmiyan in long jump, Yurik Vardanian in weightlifting and Ara Abrahamian in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Ara Abrahamian ( born 27 July 1975 in Leninakan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union ) is an Armenian-Swedish wrestler in Greco-Roman wrestling.

During the highly publicised medal ceremony, Abrahamian protested by placing the medal in the center of the mat and walking away.

Abrahamian began his wrestling career at the age of eight in Soviet Armenia.

The genealogy of Aran ( old spelling: Eran, hence: Eranshahik ) is preserved by the historiographer Movses Kaghankatvatsi, who wrote that Aran belonged to the lineage of the ancient patriarchs and kings of Armenia, including Hayk, Aramaneak, Aramayis, Gegham, Aram, Ara the Beautiful, Haykak, Norayr, Hrant, Perch, Skayordi, Paruyr, Hrachea, Ervand ( Orontes ) Sakavakeats, Tigranes et al.

In addition to the main worship of the eagle and the lion, there were other sacred animals: the bull ( Ervand and Ervaz were born to a relationship of a woman and a bull ), deer ( from the Bronze Age, there are numerous pictures, statues and bas-reliefs associated with the cult of the mother goddess and, later, with the Christian Mother of God ), bear, cat and dog ( e. g. Aralez ).

During Islamic rule the pastors took more care, where practice of Christianity was permitted, to address the faithful during the Mass.

In addition to extracts from the Ordinary of the Mass, the text incorporates words from other religious and historical sources, including the Islamic call to prayer, the Bible ( e. g. the Psalms and Revelation ), and the Mahabharata.

The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Rise of an Islamic Mass Movement 1928-1942.

The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: The Rise of an Islamic Mass Movement 1928-1942.

* Whitney, Robert W., State and Revolution in Cuba: Mass Mobilization and Political Change, 1920 – 1940, Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2001.

Intellectual Revolution in Modern China ( Cambridge / Mass.

Mass production of brewed beverages began in the 18th century with the Industrial Revolution.

He was the author of several influential books, particularly Character Analysis ( 1933 ), The Mass Psychology of Fascism ( 1933 ), and The Sexual Revolution ( 1936 ).

According to his estate, these included 12, 189 copies of the Orgone Energy Bulletin, 6, 261 copies of the International Journal of Sex Economy and Orgone Research, 2, 976 copies of Annals of the Orgone Institute, and copies of several of his books, including The Sexual Revolution, Character Analysis and The Mass Psychology of Fascism.

Mass was said, then it is brought to our premises, carried by the penitent ones which had their cap covering the figure, thing which since the Revolution had not taken place.

Mass urbanization coincided with the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and more and more people moved into French cities seeking employment.

After this " Protestant Revolution " in Maryland, Darnall was forced, like many other Catholics, to maintain a secret chapel in his home in order to celebrate the Roman Catholic Mass.

As the effects of the Cultural Revolution faded in the 1980s, the Mass of Paul VI began to be used, and at the beginning of the next decade the CPCA officially permitted the publication even locally of texts, originally prepared in Taiwan, that brought the Mass liturgy into line with that in use in other countries.

Mass production of truly interchangeable parts demanded greater use of machines, improved gauging, quality control, and division of labor ; all characteristics of the Industrial Revolution.

Mass instruction began during the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution, where some citizens were considered equal and large numbers of workers were needed to produce goods in large scale.

The Kickers won their second round game over the Western Mass Pioneers 2 – 1 before being eliminated from the Cup in the third round by MLS side, and defending USOC champion, New England Revolution, 3 – 0.

Whereas the nine 10 / 10 games from the UK edition include: Grand Theft Auto IV, Project Gotham Racing 4, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Mass Effect 2, Halo: Reach, Portal 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Mass Effect 3.

Ka Popoy is also known to be the only Party leader that during the struggles with the CPP that put forward the most comprehensive and in-depth critique against the basic Party documents of CPP-NPA which are now popularly known as Counter-Thesis 1 ( PSR: A Semi-feudal Alibi for Protracted War, PPDR: Class Line vs. Mass Line and PPW: A New-Type Revolution of the Wrong Type ) and Counter-Thesis 2 ( On the Reorientation of the Party Work and the Reorganization of the Party Machinery ).