its inability to defend the revolu- ralBrown loud dissension has and clear. At the of Presilent Bani Sadr, on the 'day Asnura, a millon people came Ic support him in one of the biggest demonstrations since the a dangerous liberal making noises. about democracy, but at the moment he is a toens for this diesen LON. A week ater at a rally of half a million people addressed Majlis deputy, Salamatian, WCIC chants of Death to Deresit, Bilaikial and Khonians plight of the prisoners held in Iran.
The response of the • ranian leaders Reagan's jibe was swift and to the point, Tranian Speaker. Rafsanjani told lehran *Every day somewhere in the world the blood of mittant people runs from the claws and teeth of the For years you (Americans) have taken resources and sucked our blood. There no history more savage than you, especially the Republican leaders.
can call uncivilised and bar • ad ture spie who place Islamic republican government oro for espionage and who were busy the Is were anxious to resolve the hostage issue but BARBARIANS' was how President elect Ronald Reagan described the IraWestern media was saturated with the that the US government werc continuaty makig ex cuses.
Reagan charging the Iranians with 'barbarism' is the the CIA which organised the Shah to power Iran in 1953. At the time the involvement but the centrai role of the CIA in the cour is now a matter of public show his apprecia tion the Shah denationalised the oil industry in 1954 and handed Amichical and British Petroleum (BP).
1957 the infamous SAVAK ..was searrora York Times in 1979 how the organised massive repression of the Iranian people. 'Amnesty country in the world has a worse. record in human rights than Iran, estimated 100,000 political prisoners were held in the Shah's iais. were built at a faster rate Many rthousands those Werd tortured Thousands more died at the hands of the Shah's which brutally put down all Bezink' and investments abroad The Iranian masses had one simple demand - the stolen billions to the Iranian people se he could trial for his crimes To the Iranians, allowing the Shah the. Unite rater was like offering asylum to Hitler.
The response of US imlegal extradition of the Shah the seizure . of Iranian sending of US war sea: ordering a halt to all im ports from Iran, and depor Iranian students trom the US been enormonsthe monarchy was abolished and a republic set WP: *The SAVAK and secret police were abolished and the Shah's former torturers tried and punished contro over Iran's oil assets was eliminated and oil supplies off to South Africa Galle in. com anes seventy to eighty per cent of industrages for most in*Wages dustria workers were doubled and the working
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holding the American hostages. Throughout Xmas and New Year the
of Iran last September. Since the Iranian revolu- tion began the gains of the