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An American Portrait of the Iranian Revolution
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recently, tfie p<i.ce did not arre«. the
pobhc prosec - t m C.c cot prosecute,
and the tecuiar count C.d not .st-
prtton .r.T. - X i ever, » rs r they »ere
rarCsC over -: --.err the fear o f
..otent c-.s.s --a- one findi in he»
fo r k , Baagtok or Be rut lim p ly
Coes not ex-« here Tno.gr no -ex
apparatut existt to compei them to
do .t -re left-» rg -orxsrs ,r. -re
Iranian oil r.d .it-y r.a .t pumped,
re f.re d and exported o il to tre
United States and other ' .st-
p c ria litt' nations fo r the la tt ux
Iran.a.- m otr- _ar and
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<■ ra«s .or t.nued o rr.. o ff tre
ta >c >f the banks—Iran
na rac a flna.ncia. .ysterr. that
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bes- par-., t’ . - . - .-.a. Ye: money
cont.nues •& . r.u .a te . and both
demestt. and foregin tra d e -
etpe. a y the mport of consumer
goods--»!.I: thrives, even though
many contrxts for the T.portat.on
of exotic American Technology
either have beer, .ance ,ed by the
Iranians or gone unfil.ed by L S
corporation! 'Ahi.e ;tt fore.gr.
tec hr. cans pilots and He»ardesses
ali a.e left everyone agrees Iran A ir
has a mvuh oe-ter on-time record for
dome-,tic flights -oday than »hen it
• as - j - tty -e.rr. ,,-a -.. pnnc.ples
before the revolution
A,. >er Iran, the answer to the
question of »ho governs this country
clear To an extent unthinkable
under -.re Sr,ah and S A V A K . the
unknown even today in the con«itu-
tiona, democracies o f the advanced
ndustra.ized natioos, the answer for
the las: six months has been The
people run
Ira n --» is e ly and
foolishly, e fficie n tly and destruc
tively, according to the most enlight
ened and most medieval principles
maginable It has amounted to an
-xercise of direct, mass democracy
hat may » e ll be » ith o u t parallel
nywbere else.
The
p re v a ilin g
a ssu m p tio n
broad, and indeed am ong many
’ oreigners in T ehran, is that Iran
day has fallen under the total con
trol o f a single individual » h o it at
best hopelestly incapable, because o f
h it other-w orldlw evs, o f efficie n tly
running a nation, at » o r« a squint-
eyed fanatic determined not merely
io run Ira n back in to the m id d le
ages, but to »reck the international
economy as »ell
One soon discovert, however, that
these assumptions have little to do
» u h the »ay Iran is being run--or
rather, is ru n n in g its e lf today. In
stead one encounters a situation in
*h>ch the immense m oral authority
o f the Ayatollah is largely unconnec
ted to any adm inistrative apparatus—
tin a d f r r .d a -<e- eg. •-_ be so eras.-.
caBy -extxec that baa • _ « a t the
fita that ia* the gotten eggs
Ia the K o e a ta ia v iia g e o f
to c o c « « *
the « a . tawftak The prtKvem sere.
-on ca..». ■ the: K h oa cta fs tta : a
too progressive
oar» does 21-
ye ar-o tt Sheik Gorbxa Ah Ghaa-
dahan »ex- bet. bottomed trousers
nsstewd o'-engjows rohex be also hai
outraged public decency by gjvtag
tods? a ia the hands neither of
ph: ftcpners nor «..-.gs. bar of tbe
peep*
What are the rexJis o f tha mass
« e r r . « ia p o p u la r soveretgaty?
* -at happens »fees democracy a
pot io tne tax a a cca-ncrv wtach a
n percent Moslem. and at east t»t>
tmrd —te rx e -n »men there a not
the s. g -trst dowbc that a dear, i f
smaller m ajorry beneve that m a i l
offenders should be -h ip p e d and
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Sad *-*> caapooK agaiasz
sermons oa n x s prev-xxxsly forbid-
the Sea.*. The ■ -age has eectreny.
den top.es ai
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zije- toe.! motor bikes. a nooer-.
H appy M a rr ag: " The young
comsuna. tx r .—tne v e xx focus of
m ...x*. xso sat banned » lio ie ia e
irx t.a n • l-agt
e - r a : seems to deforestation o f the surrounding
*■*•« i",en xnentc« except a sA.ra
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5 -: th e v » ria fe n (nevaace *a i act
There a rt aiaay coaster re-«ol.-
that the Shah bro< e » -B trafcjo r.
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“ *J tr-at =e i d act <o far eaoufa.
„teocra: obter»« at he s o u a u ha
npecta-? x ha ar.d reform aader
x o to r bike “ I: » t3 ..to : -oted.? be
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to a 'x ird o f their h o i4 a < i
thro» the Shah
•'W h e n the Shah f e i l , " says
Zahedan close to A fg h a n and
G aod-a: Gfco. -at a 2 I- y e a r - o ii
Paxjsum borders, the oca. chief o f
farmer »so »ean s -e tear.: x**c a
police is sentenced io death fo r
mod tee start.-‘»e formed a comma-
shooting tw o a r.::-S r.i- Ces-.tr.-
tee aad took oser ati the land T h a is
ttra to rs
* res a -obed. bearded
»hat the Istaanc Revotatma means
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am eese o il reserve are a sacred
s»ord aga.nit the infidel. sad tha:
toe essence o f “ freedom” _es sc< in
the rigs: o f the tadrod ca~ but in the
r.^ht of the ata.orr:» zo rr.p«?te its
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a a th o rity tkat seme 35 k ...oa
peep«« obey
or fztzrt a as they
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Some e um pte *. beta im presw e
«*1 X 'P X -'-i of thcs uagsdar. and
large • -»appreciated state o f a i-
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o ve rlo o kin g the
Caspian Sea the » age-« are to
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„ Iran. ..o m .he
ca-.car catcfl to t»eeptng the «reels-
Perhaps the essential re ta il » a t
oe=-..f.ed by an Ira.-..as when he
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. ' - i .'• i - a fte r the
fe»o-..t»on. sai oecctne “ a axirstr?
where e-»«rythiat is poeaible.” Iraa
c o - d becose Isla m ’ s firs t tru ly
democrat-c state; or there cowld be
3 ' * a - l.-ac —„gh: oecooe a Third
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;.it:c e . or
d e g e s e ra te m to a re tro g ra d e th e o -
cracy W th the e a c rfie
people „berated. Iran might become
A ia i tecoed x d iittn a l tuperpo»er.
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r the
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rr.«r- .st s e ‘ rttered a*ay
E-en after tnaay »eeks and many
thousands o f miles, the cooc.ut-.ons
of x- A-er.car. x Iraa stay be irreie-
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Group supports Gates for council
A committee to t-.ect Os.y -Jim "
Gates has peer, filed » t r the City of
P ortland A u d ito r s O ffic e The
Coct.-r.ttee to E.ect Gates .-.as teer,
filed for C ity C c.nc.. Position *»o
1 This pos.tx>c a cur-ert-y -e.d by
an appointee
O .J. Gates. Executive Director of
the C ity-C o u a ty Corr.tr ss.on on
Ag.r.g • nee its inception in ¡96!. has
xso held various positions on «ate,
national a.-.d local commissions
The committee lists Gerald Cald
well. a P ortland banker, as its
treasurer According to committee
Chxrperson, Dr Alfred Sugarman.
an announcement on M r. Gates'
candidacy » ill be made on or about
the first o f the year
W hatever happens poL t.ca Ly,
wealth teem w re to be dcttr.bs.ted
more equitably than n the past B .t
those Iranians »he .mcagcr.e the con-
tradicnoot between the Koran a.-.d
ti-gh teerroogv are an ...t;or. x-e as
naive as those foreign cnt.cs o f the
Shah »ho once .trix.-.e-d an Islamic
tevoiuuoo »as yxasx arxxher »ord for
turban has replaced the peacock
throne and be.ome the ne» sub-
str.ute fo r tea. comprehension o f
Iran But the truth is much more
complex than that an Ayatollah has
ta«eti the place o f the Shahanshah.
In this land o f the thousand-and-
one nights, all the gemes have broken
o -t o f their bottles After 2500 years
o f autocracy, a fte r 50 years o f
'progress always on someone else’ s
terms, 35 m illion Iranians not only
have tasted freedom. They have held
po»er-over the:: o»n street corners
x-.d over their own comparues-m the
pa.ms o f the:: o»r. hands. It sur
passes tne possible tha: anyone or
xnything—no holy man in Qum, no
Pentagon contingency p la n -w ill ever
be able to put the gemes back.
the Amertcx- B..! o f Rights The ten
sions between the minaret a.-.d the
refinery tower » :.. no: disappear
Indeed, »hat the revolution sho»ed
• x tha: their antethots has become
a perm anent, basic dynam ic o f
¡rancan life.
For 30 years, America opted for
equating Iran ».th the Shah For the
a« six months, the easy carxature
o f tne Ayato .x-.'s beard, robes and