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In less than three years, Iran's tumultuous revolution has spawned a staggering array of problems: civil violence, war with Iraq, economic ruin, international isolation. Yet, however untidy their methods, the country's ruling clergymen seemed united in their dedication to establish an Islamic republic. Now, apparently, that...
The clerical battle lines have not been clearly drawn. But there have been struggles between the Islamic Guards, the clergy's private army, and the Friday Prayer Leaders, Khomeini's personal representatives throughout Iran. And in recent weeks a number of right-wing clergymen have agitated publicly for...
Khomeini took that step to end a deadlock between the parliament and the "guardian council," a twelve-member constitutional watchdog committee, which for religious reasons had blocked needed reform legislation. Still, his questionable action offended many right-wingers. Said one ayatullah: "It is bad enough that his understanding and application...
In what is evidently a coordinated effort to court the Islamic leadership, Cuba has dispatched Foreign Minister Isidore Malmierca Peoli to Iran eight times since the fall of the ' Shah. In addition, more than two dozen visits have been exchanged between Khomeini aides and high-level Cuban officials. An...
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