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...there hasn't been much sign of a struggle. The hard-line mouthpiece "Kayhan," edited by one of Ayatollah Khamenei's representatives, has been welcomed the success of Abadgaran, highlighting the Islamic aspect of its campaign. But powerful hard-liners such as Habibollah Asgarowladi and Asadollah Badamchian, who were asked by their own circles not to run lest their negative image taint the entire conservative slate, are expected to wield great influence over the new legislature...
...list of state sponsors of terrorism - a target of renewed U.S. wrath. "If America attacks, we're the ones who'll have to fight," says Ali Hojjati, 20. The day after Khamenei's speech, an old man at a kiosk gazed at a headline in the right-wing paper Kayhan: America is insincere, we won't cooperate. "I remember during the Gulf War, one of the reformists said we should help the Iraqis fight the U.S.," he recalled. "How come every time there's a war outside, Iran has to have a war inside...
...landing in Tehran, Waldheim immediately was subjected to humiliating abuse. Local newspapers published a year-old photograph of him kissing the hand of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi, the Shah's twin sister. Read the caption in the evening daily Kayhan: "Kurt Waldheim in his previous trip to Tehran-he and Ashraf have raised their glasses in a toast to the archtraitor Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, marking his victory in the massacre and torture of the defenseless and innocent Iranian nation," A morning newspaper, the Islamic Republic, published another old photograph of Waldheim shaking hands with the Shah, whose face was blotted...
...Pahlavi regime" from owning or editing newspapers in Iran. It would also make it a crime to "insult" religious leaders or top government officials in print. The proposed measure has been held up because of strident criticism by Iranian journalists. Said an editor of the Persian-language daily Kayhan: "This potato is hotter than anybody thought...
When the afternoon Kayhan published a facsimile of Ayandegan's final front page, the Islamic Workers' Council at the newspaper's print shop staged a three-hour strike that ultimately led to the dismissal of 22 "leftist" journalists from the staff. After other staff members walked out in protest, the workers' council brought out an edition themselves and took copies to Khomeini's headquarters in the city of Qum. Their action was praised by the Ayatullah, who intoned that "the press must print only what the people want." Some Iranian journalists believe that Khomeini...