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That she is one of thousands of women who have joined the rebel movement is a measure of the degree to which Tehran has trampled women's rights, says Maryam Rajavi. "The worst and most savage of the regime's repression is directed toward women," she says. "So in our army, women have key roles...
Successors to the leftist People's Mujahedin, which helped overthrow Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the soldiers of the rebel force are bivouacked in five camps in the barren salt desert of Iraq, just out of range of Iranian artillery. Critics call them pawns of the Iraqis, who are said to have given the resisters money and arms in addition to a generous swath of desert land. They also say Rajavi hardly represents a democratic alternative to the current regime...
Rajavi, a former student leader trained as a metallurgical engineer, rules the rebel force together with her husband Massoud, who was head of the People's Mujahedin when the Shah was overthrown and exiled in 1979. Massoud was soon forced to flee the country as the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini began killing and imprisoning Massoud's largely secular followers. Since then Maryam and Massoud have built up not only one of the world's most formidable rebel armies but a sophisticated resistance movement as well, with offices around the world, plus five radio stations and a new satellite-television network that...
...prominence of women is the rebel movement's most striking feature. "When I was in Iran, I was taught that I was nothing," Ebrahami says. "I could have no job. I was no use to society. After learning to fight and working with men as an equal, I feel pride...
...Belgium having publicly called for Mobutu's resignation, Kabila can wait to see what will happen." There have been indications that Kabila is expecting some kind of peace overture, either from Mobutu or from his underlings at the talks currently idling in South Africa. Despite his public posture, the rebel leader may be waiting for an offer. While talks continue, Kabila will use these three days to consolidate militarily. Rebel soldiers are said to be within 160 miles of Kinshasa. But the bulk of Kabila's forces are scattered up and down Zaire's eastern border, and the trip across...