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TEHRAN--Perhaps as many as 21 people died in street fighting in Iran yesterday, as the government of Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar ran into new problems in its attempts to restore order...
...Because of the chaos, the nation is headed for a new type of dictatorship," Bakhtiar said in a televised address last night...
Political observers said the new government would not receive automatic approval but both houses will probably give Bakhtiar the vote of confidence he needs to begin carrying out a program aimed at pulling Iran from the brink of economic collapse...
Twenty-two of the 268 legislators of the Majlis, the lower house, spoke yesterday, half in favor of Bakhtiar's government and half against. The Majlis, which will not meet today, scheduled a vote of confidence for tomorrow. Debate in the Senate begins today...
...Bakhtiar receives a vote of confidence, it is expected that the way will be clear for Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlevi to leave the country later this week...