Iranian groups attack Ayatollah Khomeini
THE IRANIAN
STUDENTS
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Amin Siadat, secretary for the Iranian Student Association, explains his group’s view of the Khomeini
regime to a passer-by in the EMIJ
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The Fighting Irish have returned to In
diana. but the effects of the Ducks' Oct 23
standoff with Notre Dame linger in Eugene
In addition to being an economic boon for
the city, the game renewed alumni interest in
the University, says Curt Simic, vice president
for University relations
Even if the alumni's primary interests are
not athletics, sports events give them a chance
to get reacquainted with the University and
each other, says Simic.
"Athletics are a vehicle for people to rail
round the institution," Simic says
The rejuvenated interest is fostering u*
expected benefits for the University — som in
the form of donations For example, one letter
from an alumni who attended the grid contest
contained a check for $1,000
Another fan is Louis Cook, an announcer
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University after seeing the game, says Simic
Cook is interested in conducting seminars with
journalism students
Publicity for the city of Eugene is another
positive result of the game One alumni letter
had a copy of a lengthy New York Times article
enclosed in it
The game “became a focal point for an
economic resurgence,” says the article
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The Ayatollah Khomeini is
more repressive than the Shah
was. according to two Universi
ty Iranian student groups
Khomeini is 50 percent re
sponsible for the Iraq-lran war,
which he prolongs to keep a lid
on internal crisis,’ says
Mohammad, a member of the
Moslem Iranian Student Socie
ty
Iraq was partially forced to
attack Iran because the Aya
tollah said he wanted to export
the Iranian Revolution to sur
rounding countries, says
Mohammad
Mohammad says he cannot
reveal his last name because
Khomeini has secret police
working in the United States just
as the Shah did The Shah's
police reportedly eliminated
Iranian dissenters in the United
States
The Iranian Student Associa
tion agrees with MISS, says
Amin Siadat. a group secretary
Siadat says he reveals his name
because the Iranian regime
already has it
His parents in Iran have had
problems with the regime be
cause he speaks out, Siadat
says
Khomeini's secret police use
the same methods as the Shah s
force but they are more sophis
ticated, Mohammad adds
ISA member have been su
spicious of Khomeini since the
Iranian revolution and numer
ous executions have confirmed
their suspicions, Siadat says
The Ayatollah blames every
thing from food shortages to
unemployment on the war,
Mohammad says. Khomeini
does not want the war to end
because he has less than 10
percent support in the country,
he says
Because of his unpopularity,
Khomeini has executed about
20.000 citizens in the last 16
months and is currently holding
50.000 political prisoners, says
Mohammad Mohammad's
group supports the People's
Mojahedin Organization — a
group working to overthrow the
Ayatollah More than 5,000 poli
tical prisoners, mostly Moja
hedin supporters, have been
killed since March, he adds
Masoud Rajavy, a leader and
representative for the People s
Mojahedin in Paris, calculated
these statistics from sources
inside the prisons and govern
ment. Mohammad says
The People's Mojahedin is
working to overthrow the Aya
tollah by persuasion and any
other means possible, he says
The organization does not get
weapons from outside Iran be
cause there are enough guns
available in the country already.
Mohammad says
The People's Mojahedin has
formed a coalition with all
democratic forces in Iran called
the National Council of Re
sistance, which Rajavy chairs,
he says Few independent
revolutionary groups exist in the
country now, Mohammad adds
Some pro-Khomeini students
were on campus last year, but
most have received jobs with
the regime, both Siadat and
Mohammad say.
The two groups say a
democratic government will be
formed after an overthrow, but
they disagree on the
relationship between church
and state
The ISA supports any group
trying to overthrow the Aya
tollah, but the group does not
agree on integrating church
with state, Siadat says. The
group supports a secular
democracy, he says
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