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Whether or not Bakhtiar escapes death, others certainly will be subjected to the harsh justice of the revolution. Early last week Iran television presented interviews with some of the more notorious leaders of the Shah's regime. Three nights before he was executed, General Nematollah Nassiri, looking like a frightened rabbit, was interrogated by two local reporters. When he failed to respond fast enough to a question about who had ordered SAVAK to torture its prisoners, a masked militiaman prodded him and whispered, "Say the Shah, say the Shah." Nassiri wore a bandage on his head and talked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Yankee, We've Come to Do You In | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

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