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Like so many other vengeful spasms in Iran, Ghotbzadeh's execution was a sign of the profound insecurity that reigns within the Khomeini regime. Islamic Guards are reportedly killing at least 30 people a night now; according to Khomeini's opponents, some 20,000 people have died at...
So hard pressed for space is the government's repressive apparatus that it has turned the U.S. embassy into a detention center and execution site. Says a Western diplomat who lives close to the former embassy compound: "At night, you are shocked out of sleep by rifle shots and...
Republican White is skeptical. "A leopard doesn't change his spots," he says. "The people of Arkansas knew he was using them. He thought he could fool them and spend his time advancing his own career." White's proudest achievements as Governor have been his reorganization of the...
Most important, perhaps, by the very act of delivering the speech, Reagan showed that he now realizes the success of any new Middle East policy requires his personal supervision-and the power of his office behind its execution. Says Joseph Sisco, who was a high State Department official under Nixon...
Dave Roberts, a known criminal and narcotics user, was to testify last October in a trial arising from the theft of $100,000 worth of integrated electronic circuits in Santa Clara, Calif. The defendant was ultimately convicted, but without Roberts' help. One month before the trial, he was murdered...