terror, Party and carried "revolutionary guards'.
The main targets for the at tacks are the Islamic Marxist' Mojahadin, the largest wing огдатаной те тас counThe regime is going all out to liquidate the Mojahadin, the main political opposition to its rule.
The intensity of the conflict between the IRP and the Mojahadin reflects the deepening crisis in Iran. Since the overthe Shah, economy has been savagely dislocated revolution has come into conflict with the maior imnerialisi Trade and domestic producuon disrupted.
Lack But the IRP lack any social programme for the organisation of the economy out by its armed thugs and society to replace Shah's capitalist dictatorship. left- Unable meet the elementary needs of the masses, the SO BLE and support for the Mojahadin, according to local observers. is dramatically increasing.
Such is the disorganisation government forces that the repression is freEAC quentiy indiscriminate.
wingers are arrested and shot at TENCOR this "political' repression, the Islamic zcalots are increasing their repression against those been who break the islamic socia code.
In Shiaz last Saturday two people were stoned to after being 'charged" homosexuality and During the same weekend, re- shot dealers in Teheran, more were shot in Kerman.
The number in Iran since 20 June is at least 660, the majority supporters of the the Mojahadin. same period some 2,000 people the 200 last weekend. many of them is unknown.
most increasingly Women Among them women members of the TrotHKE Workers Party), and Zahraie and Monavar Shir Ali.
These two comrades worked at the Ray-O-Vac battery factory in Teheran and were falsely accused of calling a strike and bemembers political group.
In retaliation government's repression, Mojahadin have campaign OI death against leading government officials. Already ekend, ry several provincial and hojatoleslams mullahs) have been killed. Suc and six is the crisis of the regime and its state apparatus of executions its downfall.
During this forces St weekend. The fate of including generals of bchind thc jacking of missile-firing delivery to porters are tWO Aryana Shah's generals (Revolutionary Faranak the Mojahadin, of Maoist continued former for the the outcome.
launched assassination defend mullahs and Iran.
Task our governors that all the political forces which oppose it are preparing to participate in By no means are all these pro the Shah Former were successful hia French built gunboat the Iranians. SupBahram of the - 3 week jacked two Fokker military aircraft in ran and flew them to Oman. It is by no means certain that the outcome of the present conflict will be a left-wing victory. The tactics and policies of including its political alliance president Banisaur, do not promore such Nonetheless, the decisive task of the hour is to democratic We would rights In particular, TCHUCTS SCO messages of protest at the arrest of the HKE members to: Prime Minister Rajai at the Majlis Building, Teheran, Iran.
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