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...only one hardship that presses in on Iranians. It is an irony of the Ayatullah's revolution that six years after the Shah's ouster, the average Iranian is no better off materially. And it would appear that the country has swapped one set of constraints on personal freedom for another. There is still abundant evidence of overcrowding and wretchedness. Two pounds of meat that cost just over a dollar in 1978 now costs $12 on the open market. Medical services have deteriorated, foreign travel is difficult...
...application of a skillful mix of repression, which is being eased somewhat as the regime gains confidence, and the presenting of Islam as a unifying and controlling element in what remains a loose and still evolving political structure. "People may well be poorer than they were under the Shah," says a Western ambassador in Tehran. "But they feel they have won self-respect. That is very important psychologically. As long as the oil flows, the regime is secure...
...sitting cross-legged in his presence. And while the twelve-man guardian council is constitutionally the state's supreme decision-making body, the Imam is without question the ultimate authority on everything from religious doctrine to the conduct of the war against Iraq. "He is more powerful than the Shah ever was," says an East bloc diplomat. "He sits very close to God in the eyes of most people...
...weaponry and spare parts demonstrate that Iran's condemnation of the U.S. does not prevent it from coveting American technology. These covert attempts to secure what Iran's bellicose anti-Western policies prevent it from obtaining openly suggest one of the Islamic Republic's long-term weaknesses. Unlike the Shah, who tried to open up Iran to the West and turn it into an industrial power, Khomeini has turned the country back on itself. Science and technology are neither condemned nor encouraged. Admissions to the University of Tehran are down--partly the result of political vetting, which weeds out many...
...Americans were in the planning stages of "Operation Anaconda," a mission to attack the enemy in Shah-i-Kot, says Adam, and "they didn't take kindly to our probing of that area - despite the fact it was an excellent ground recon effort.'' The Australians sought involvement in Anaconda but were given a lowly role as a blocking force. That perceived waste of their talent prompted a heated clash with one of the US commanders. A near shouting match erupted between a US special forces Major called Jimmy, who was acting second in command of the American special forces effort...