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...Though the Ayatullah Khomeini's precise role in the embassy affair was not known, it was obvious that the student occupiers looked to him for leadership. Because Khomeini demanded that the British government surrender the Shah's last Prime Minister, Shahpour Bakhtiar, the students on Monday evening briefly occupied the British embassy in Tehran. They left after only six hours, presumably because they had learned what their Imam had not: that Bakhtiar is in exile not in Britain but in France, which also gave asylum to Khomeini before his triumphal return to Iran in February...
Surprise is also difficult because U.S. planes would be detected as they neared Iran. Even though the Iranian air force's capability has deteriorated dramatically in the past year, its radar units might well be able to pick up approaching aircraft. In any event, the Soviets would surely spot the American planes. Observed Zumwalt: "The Russians would alert the Iranians just to cause us trouble." There would also be the possibility, though not great, that U.S. planes could be shot down by Iranian antiaircraft missiles-all of course supplied...
Does this mean that the Shah must remain in the U.S. for treatment? The question is political, not medical. Though doctors say that they would prefer to treat the Shah in New York City, they acknowledge that he could be treated just as well in Mexico, or in France by the physicians who have cared for him in the past...
...students who will talk are divided. One faction, though adamantly opposed to the Shah, is equally dismayed about the course of Khomeini's revolution. Said Djabbari, 22, one of the 900 Iranians at the University of Southern California, explained this: "We wanted a democracy, not a theocracy...
Some students seem to be looking for trouble-and finding it. In the Beverly Hills incident, the Iranians defiantly carried out a protest march, even though the police had received 25 threats from residents to shoot the protesters as soon as they crossed the city line. On the University of Southern Illinois campus in Carbondale, 1,000 students surrounded a small group of Iranians and virtually held them captive until police moved in. But the patience of some police is wearing thin. Assigned to guard a group of Iranian demonstrators outside the hospital where the Shah is staying...