Word: bakhtiar
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TEHERAN, Iran--Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini yesterday rejected a new peace overture from Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar and again demanded Bakhtiar's resignation...
...Bakhtiar said yesterday any new violent disturbances would be "answered with bullets" and threatened to arrest anyone who joined a Khomeini-led opposition government...
...year-old Moslem religious leader of Iran's anti-shah movement went to a ground-floor window of the building and waved to the crowds as they streamed past. Many chanted "Hail Khomeini!" and "Death to Bakhtiar...
Khomeini wants to abolish the monarchy and replace Bakhtiar's government with a religiously oriented Islamic republic under his rule. He said Thursday the present leadership is illegal "and if they continue, they must be put on trial...
...Bakhtiar, who has rejected Khomeini's demands that he resign, said yesterday in a state radio broadcast that he would like to meet with Khomeini to "find a political solution to the present problems of the country...