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Last week, the militants called on the ministry to turn over Laingen to them for questioning about alleged espionage operations at the embassy. Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh asked Khomeini to make the decision, but the ayatollah so far has been silent on the question...
Another potential outcome is a takeover, swift or gradual, by younger clergymen in alliance with such Western-educated leaders as Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh. A government composed of those forces would be less fanatical than the Ayatullah but still very hard-line anti-U.S. Another possibility, considered by some analysts to be the most likely, would be an eventual confrontation between Khomeini's religious establishment and members of the urban upper and middle classes, who applaud the nationalistic goals of the revolution but chafe under rigid enforcement of Islamic law?and have the brains to mount an effective opposition...
...continues to put the pressure on us," said Ghotbzadeh, "I don't see any usefulness to having this grand jury." In that case, he said, the government would go forward with trials of the hostages, a step that the U.S. has warned might lead to the use of military force. When Ghotbzadeh was asked by reporters to say exactly who was in charge of the hostages, he replied: "The students -it's been pretty obvious." Who then will decide the fate of the hostages? Replied Ghotbzadeh: "The students...
...those statements Ghotbzadeh was promptly summoned to the holy city of Qum for a refresher course on the Ayatullah's policies. Afterward, Khomeini announced that everyone was in accord. Said he of the students' renewed demand that the hostages be tried unless the Shah is sent back to Iran: "The nation agrees with this. The Foreign Minister and the government also agree with this. Why should the nation not support this...
...espionage, and they are spies. We reject all the clamor by various sections abroad that these people should be freed because they are embassy staff and members of a mission." Emboldened by the regime's new expressions of support, the student militants turned their fire on Ghotbzadeh. In Communique 75, they accused him of "talking too much." Said the militants: "The Iranian nation should be ashamed to speak more than necessary to an enemy, particularly a filthy one like America." To hasten his fall from grace, the state-run radio, which until three weeks ago was directed by Ghotbzadeh...