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for three months. The rent was paid in full. The efforts of the family's lawyer to encourage the investigation and obtain more information were not successful. The
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Chitgar from Iran a couple of years before his murder and established a regular contact with him. In his letters, he wrote about establishing a group of sympathizers of the Labor Party in Iran. Finally, he asked to meet Chitgar in person and set up a meeting in
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