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...Khomeini's opponents strike, killing his President and Prime Minister...
...Raja'i and Bahonar was purposeful with a vengeance. Only a week earlier ousted President Abolhassan Banisadr, now living in exile in France, had put the pair at the top of a list of five men whose deaths could bring down the regime of the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, the man who led the revolution that toppled Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi just 31 months ago. Raja'i, 47, and Bahonar, also 47, had been in office for 38 days; their deaths came only two months after a massive explosion that killed about 150 people, including the Ayatullah Seyed Mohammed...
...need to worship is the main problem with us Iranians. In 1976, we worshiped the Shah; in 1979, Khomeini. Now we are beginning to revere Banisadr [Aug. 10] and the Mujahedin. Unfortunately, the Mujahedin's alternative to Khomeini's tyrannical chaos is also a mixture of religion and government...
...loss of the gunboat infuriated the followers of the Ayatullah Khomeini (who charged that the CIA was behind the exploit), the deed may well have brought a few quiet smiles to the faces of French officials. They had finally granted delivery of the ships only days before fears arose over the safety of 106 French citizens, whose departure from Iran was delayed by Islamic extremists two weeks ago. As the Iranians had promised, the French nationals were returned home last week just before the strange hijacking. The French government quickly disclaimed any responsibility for the three warships after they were...
...world. The spectrum of the organizations runs from monarchists like the Azadegan group, to centrists who support onetime Iranian Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar (currently in exile in France), to a branch of the Marxist-Leninist Fedayan-e Khalq guerrilla organization. Their common aim: to build international opposition to Khomeini...