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...crisis would play an enormous role in the 1980 presidential campaign and would jeopardize Carter’s chance at reelection. But even at Harvard, events taking place thousands of miles away sometimes hit particularly close to home.DON’T SAY YOU’RE IRANIAN Shahrokh Rouhani was an Iranian graduate student in the Department of Applied Sciences at the University during the 1979 Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. “The nation in general was completely galvanized against Iranians and the Iranian regime,” Rouhani says.Aga Khan professor of Iranian emeritus Richard...
...expect another attack on the strategic Iraqi city of Basra, located on the Persian Gulf in the heart of Iraq's oil-producing region, within the next few weeks. But for the first time, Iranian mullahs are having difficulty recruiting volunteers to die for their cause. Complains Hojjatoleslam Rouhani, chairman of the defense committee of the Majlis: "Only some valorous and militant youths go to the fronts, and the others loaf around with no sense of responsibility." The mullahs are in the process of enacting draconian legislation against draft dodgers. The new law will demand that all able-bodied...
...Rouhani's uncle was imprisoned by SAVAK, the shah's secret police force for many years because of his activities in the National Front, and agents of the shah harassed other members of his family. Because of Iranian experience with abuse at the hands of American-backed forces, Rouhani says, they see the action against the students as just another in a long line of injustices. Far from causing them to consider releasing the hostages, Carter's hard line will simply strengthen their resolve to persevere until the U.S. apologizes...
...despite the feelings of students like Rouhani and efforts of area universities to rectify the INS policy, Carter has not given any indication that he will back down on his stance. Neither Bok nor Mayer, who say they have spoken with government officials, have received any signals that their efforts are affecting decisions made in Washington, and both offer only guarded optimism for the fate of Iranian students...
Keenan is "perfectly satisfied" with Harvard's involvement in the project, and says today its connection with the Shah's government do not disturb him. But some criticize Harvard's involvement with RKSU. Shahrokh Rouhani an Iranian graduate student in the Division of Applied Sciences, says that while he doesn't disagree with the goal of enlightening a backward environment, a facility like RSKU "would actually have created an island in society." Rouhani argues that while "basic deficiencies" still plague Iran's high school system, a graduate research facility cannot benefit the Iranians...