| Tortured Confessions |
| Acknowledgments |
 | Introduction |
| • | Return of Torture |
| • | Public Recantations |
| • | Prison Literature |
| 1 Reza Shah |
| • | Traditional Punishments |
| • | Judicial Reforms |
| • | Communist Prisoners |
| • | Other Political Prisoners |
| • | The Fifty-Three |
| 2 Mohammad Reza Shah |
| • | Interregnum (1941–53) |
| • | Tudeh Dismantled (1953—71) |
| • | SAVAK Versus Guerrillas (1971–77) |
| • | Beginnings of Public Recantations (1971–75) |
| • | Prison Politics (1976–79) |
| 3 The Islamic Republic |
| • | Summary Justice (February 1979-June 1981) |
| • | Reign of Terror (June 1981–July 1988) |
| • | Stage Preparations |
| • | Mojahedin |
| • | The Left |
| • | Liberals |
| • | Royalists |
| • | Ex-Khomeinists |
| • | Prison Life |
| 4 Tudeh Recantations |
| • | May Day 1983 |
| • | Television Confessions (May-September 1983) |
| • | Roundtable Discussion (October 1983) |
| • | Military Trials (December 1983–January 1984) |
| • | Tabari's Recantations |
| 5 Mass Executions of 1988 |
| • | The Inquisition |
| • | The End of Television Recantations |
| Notes |
| • | Introduction |
| • | 1 Reza Shah |
| • | 2 Mohammad Reza Shah |
| • | 3 The Islamic Republic |
| • | 4 Tudeh Recantations |
| • | 5 Mass Executions of 1988 |
| Bibliography |
| • | General Works |
| • | Works on Iranian Prisons |
| • | Texts of Public Recantations |
| • | Books Written in Prison |
| • | Obituaries of Those Killed Under Torture |
| Index |
| • | A |
| • | B |
| • | C |
| • | D |
| • | E |
| • | F |
| • | G |
| • | H |
| • | I |
| • | J |
| • | K |
| • | L |
| • | M |
| • | N |
| • | O |
| • | P |
| • | Q |
| • | R |
| • | S |
| • | T |
| • | U |
| • | W |
| • | Y |
| • | Z |
