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...Banisadr's Flight...
...country's latest Islamic President. But France, the country that provided political asylum for four months to Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and for years to some of his closest aides, two weeks ago gave haven to Raja'i's predecessor, the ousted Abolhassan Banisadr, and to one of the Iranian Islamic regime's most dangerous foes, Massoud Rajavi, head of the leftist guerrilla organization called the Mujahedin. Despite an agreement to refrain from political activity while in France, Banisadr has been issuing combative statements and preparing a government-in-exile...
...Iranian government has insisted that the French return Banisadr and Rajavi, a demand that the French, with their tradition of granting political asylum, will not accept. Last week Banisadr declared that he might go to Sweden or Austria to continue his anti-Khomeini campaign. Swedish officials quickly denied having any contact with the exiled politician. Sweden has nationals of its own in Iran...
...Banisadr thinks that he was able to hide out successfully in Tehran for so long because of the basic disarray of the government, which prevented it from conducting systematic searches. On July 23, Banisadr tells his supporters, there were 120 bombings in Tehran, and he asks, smiling, how anyone could have had time to hunt...
...fairly secure in hiding, and even able to organize active resistance on the spot, what compelled Banisadr to leave Iran? There are several reasons...