Pa-gw 4 F o r ta n d O M a r v w S w r - O f Z2 ' m An American Portrait of the Iranian Revolution P a n II T h a p e o p le g o v e rn in ttve e n d o f th e T h o u s a n d A n d O n a N ig h ts >» 7 D 4 " M ' TTHS AS P *» '~ T b e »«xttty ea- • r. a ge sc d r.gs 2 - j - i 4 -- ■ - { agr h o n e s t ta d 'c rte d "a fe - - frajLox »-¿c ' -«•«•f — -.- ma eeaa- • -a - « s 5»sw .«.hg TS: »omen »ore sore 1i an ntT - i - -*.-<•• »-ex- cnner tne toe- • - a -c »a - * F - - - Tse tapK ¿ x o m a g r-C » » f ' - u ^ - . --- ...- -• * i gf.ng o -oe j -e B-t -ai . ' zoc fx- He» tx t re run a t -cer- ecoacrr. • xccor- ,-i • a » - tae Koraa * -f i : » r - A -a t a- - - a l t 1JOO »eart v 5- ijf jjj ze.-i-tc . »ai - . ’ - end of -re Star -appened i • tie r e.*-• »*«•: Sc -rert- • .—r • of tse-arse ? wj laaphae So uxie of a» A ^ .e tg r i; -ratiage -^ddec -raking mer-ai - otn taet so>md- . opssioa to report r=aci t tm sait? F ra ../ -aehoa tpcae "The real qaemowm •xr re a. c nv. h a s zxr b e ,-ador not ts< Kcrar. nm tae sar. taicra - ;•■ r- . • «- T*e rra 5 ' j e t - '* - ( s--a' '* - i . i - - t ¡ran Fcr tre last tax - - i -a- - o f 35 st .. oc : - ; ‘ = • i- z z = :■ z z~ 't i'. z . ■ ■. i A - * a .’ * 'C Asadar '.e .c : r»-.e - a r tre s- : - 1 -e L r sc States -s >?.-r ' • r .* * '-s-si. A.*<* a ' - - of Tehran M«r,.raa and E tf anas •oday are meaner tnaa bose o f m o« Aaencar. *•. And ».-ro'-gr recently, tfie pc >f the banks—Iran na rac a flna.ncia. .ysterr. that a- 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 - 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 •"-> Sad *-*> caapooK agaiasz sermons oa n x s prev-xxxsly forbid- the Sea.*. The ■ -age has eectreny. den top.es ai H o» To Have A 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 - , »of ett • iro n a e n tx reasons 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. !: : ;: - a r . e i .= S o o e ta .." the y o a s f “ *J tr-at =e i d act ........ estert and promise reconsider . . ......................... -Z ■ ’ Z-Z , . -- . .7 ... \ • r e s rs .> ■•.•csra.... C i- .. , \ f g-stea cy the verdict ■ ;-z ~ ' z r - z z . z . c : ^ . - - c-0-..-.t—s-.x.-y ot » r . . - ............... - • - • - . - i - • icwu . a •* jga ..««.a. •■* .. * .«.< .* x- - . $■ a p o .r c ........................... ■ ' " ' .............................. . - x - , t -ec tha: » : « t should be »eued x td kept x come. tnat the nance's 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 * t i r m.-tcrac. -r acpxrx.cs oi ’• ** L'xt-x- irate has so :-_e m.trx a a th o rity tkat seme 35 k ...oa peep«« obey or fztzrt a as they W Some e um pte *. beta im presw e «*1 X 'P X -'-i of thcs uagsdar. and large • -»appreciated state o f a i- ■*?'■ * ' T 'a s h . o ve rlo o kin g the Caspian Sea the » age-« are to »«*-'•>.» « ‘ io mag ne A -e s -aer - soe ' ‘ a --- ...... 1 „ 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 : - ;: . ' - 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 ' * c -,c r ;.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. . r the - 1 ■; - . t 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- -• x-t -X , rote ccr- i - r r : t r. . po s <: s . e - c ■ z--.- - , z ■■ i-z- :.-.z-: r-sec t-r - -z z - C f -sc cannot be Lrr.i-.ed to Shi’ ite Moslem. - 1Z ; !c now , - e > Omert. the leftists, aoc .* a. :r.< m r . ; rr..ncr:.es tx i . ' r rrt • T . s t . r c . - Q „. :x m y , if xnyone tnes, there fig-. w iB be a 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