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Each side continues to claim victories, but neither has the power to win decisively. Preoccupied with its growing domestic difficulties, the government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini has been unable to launch a major offensive, although its forces outnumber the Iraqis, 350,000 to 250,000. On the other hand, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein does not dare press the issue much further; resentment over any major increase in casualties could undermine his position at home...
...anti-Khomeini Iranian students clashed in a 15-minute glass throwing spree at the student union September 12, ending in one stabbing and several beatings...
...police said the violence broke out when pro-Khomeini students tried to force their way into a lecture on Iranian affairs, which was sponsored by the Iranian Student Association (ISA), an anti-Khomeini group...
Several students attending the lecture said the disrupting group was composed mainly of members of the Muslim Student Association (MSA), a pro-Khomeini faction and rival...
Meanwhile, the Mujahedin and other anti-Khomeini forces attacked Islamic guards in Tehran and elsewhere. The guerrillas reportedly dragged five Islamic guards out of a Tehran shop and executed them on a street corner; they were also said to have killed 26 personal envoys of Khomeini in revolutionary courts around the country. In Tabriz, a man exploded a hand grenade strapped to his waist, killing himself, Khomeini Aide Ayatullah Assadollah Madani and at least six others as they participated in noon prayers. At week's end, for the first time since the ouster of President Abolhassan Banisadr, anti-Khomeini...