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Iranians comment on Iran-Contra deal By Sean Nelson Of th* Kmrrald Last week the nation saw a momentous event in history: the testimony of Secretary of State George Schultz, the highest officer responsible for the administration's foreign policy, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Schultz claims President Ronald Reagan knew nothing about the diversion of arms pro fits from the Iranians to the Con tras. "1 know that because I've heard him say it in private as well as in public.” Scbultz said. But the Iranian students at the University have a different perception of the hearings. ”1 think the president knew what was going on and that there is still some kind of rela tions between Iran and the United States government at this moment." Firooz Arash of the Iranian Student Organiza tion said, Arash also is a research associate of the Insitute of Theoretical Science. "If you have a policy-making system, it is illogical to believe that it was made; without the knowledge of the director of the system." Arash said "I think the President didn't know because people around him had the intention of making money by selling U. S. weapons." said Mohssen Golaf shani, an Iranian graduate of the University of Utah Golafshani temporarily is residing in Eugene. “They (the Reagan ad ministration) would do it (sell arms) in the future if they got the chance.” Golafshani said Rear Adm. |ohn Poindexter testified earlier only he and Lt. Col. Oliver North, as well as the late William Casey, then director of the CIA, knew exact ly what was going on. Adm. Poindexter testified that he did this in a "deliberate decision" to protect the presi dent from political embarrass ment. and to release American hostages in Iran. "My primary concern is that it not only helped to get the hostages out. hut it also escalated the Iran-lraq war." Arash said. “Iran sent human waves (suicide troops) into Iran because of implicit support from the United States." he added "Billion-dollar weaponry systems will cause war in dif ferent parts of the world." Golafshani said. "I personally believe that the U.S. has discredited herself among other nations by main taining a neutral stance official ly and at the same time doing business under the table." Colafshani said. "This (the Iran-Contra affair) has given the U.S. an excuse to increase it's military' p re see nee in the (Persian) Gulf area," Arash said "The U.S. stance is that if we don’t sell the Iranians weapons, the Soviet Union will." Golaf shani said, lie is concerned about this kind of black ami white cold-war rhetoric. "Such an increased military presence is not in favor of peace, and increases tension dangerously in the region." Arash said. Waiver Continued from Page 1 Jamie klund. assistant sports information director, couldn't guarantee the waivers would improve the Ducks' perfor mance on the football field, but did say that the State Hoard’s decision would help Oregon athletics. "It’s great not only does the money help out, hut it gives us a vote of confidence that the state is going to help fund school athletics." klund said. According to kIund . $580.(MIO in scholarships was awarded to University student athletes last year, with $210.(MX) issued to non-residents. Although the waivers will not cover every athlete on a scholar ship. they will go a long way in funding athletics, klund added. ASUO President Kasey Brooks, along with other state student body presidents, lob bied the State Board for tuition waivers at Thursday's meeting, and expressed delight with the decision. "It's a good precedent for the Board to set because previously them hasn't been any state aid to school athletics in Oregon. Pressure pul on students to fund school athletics through in cidental fees will lx- eased.” Brooks said. The Stale Hoard also man dated that any slate institution pro|H>sing a change in level of competition or adding or dropp ing a sport must have prior ap proval of the Hoard In addition, the Hoard now will review incollegiate athletic fiscal policies and review the tuition waiver policy on an an nual basis. OSPIRG Continued from Page 1 longer depending on how much research needs to be done, said I'hil Lem man, a spokesperson for the Attorney General's office. Stale System Vice Chancellor William Lemtnan said the ques tion of freezing OSPIRG'i funds is still under discussion. Hut personally he would not like to see all the funds frozen, he said. "I would like to see their funds pro-rated in a way so (OSPIRG) would have money to operate on until a decision is made.” he said. QSPIRG State Chairwoman Maureen Kirk said she was sur prised the l>ourd acted. "Freezing our funds would destroy our program.” she said. OSPIRG has new staff coming on in two weeks, and the group would be unable to pay them kirk doesn't believe the board will freeze the funds because the group has been funded for the last It* years and three At torney Generals opinions have uliowed its funding, she said. University student fames Kendall. who has been pushing against OSPIRG's funding for a year, also was surprised the troard look action. He plans on sending the Attorney General's office all the information he has collected against OSPIKG, hut hopes the group doesn't lose all its funding, he said. "I hope it (OSI’IKG) stops its ivolvoinent in partisain politics and shifts track to the more con sumer orientated issues it used to focus on." he said. Zone Continued from Pdge 1 copies of the ordinance to the heads of state of countries possessing nuclear weapons and to various Oregon officials Since that time, the letters have been mailed and some of the signs have been posted. Keller said. According to Deborah George, a Keep Eugene Nuclear Kree member, the legal issues surrounding the ordinance have been resolved. "It's a political debate right now," George said "I don't believe any side of this issue would disagree with the fact that there was some legal clarification that needed to tx* made. Hut that has now been done. That has been agreed to by all parties involved So that no longer is the issue,” heller said Both George and Keller charg ed that the appointment of cer tain members to the task force was politically motivated "The mayor (Brian Ohio) ap pointed a task force that was ob viously split from the beginn ing. They wore chosen because they were in opposition.” George said. "It’s sort of like appointing prostitutes and drug pushers to a task force to discuss how to clean up downtown." Keller added. "Our fear is dial the City Council will get a recommenda tion from the (ask force saying. "Here is the most watered down version we could come up with and this is what the majority of people on the task force agreed to.’ and the City Council will somehow interpret that to mean that that is what the people of the city of Eugene want.” heller said. The ordinance passed with 5‘> percent of the vote during the November general election, allowing Eugene to become one of 132 nuclear free zones in the United States. 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