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The flames of vengeance once again raged over the Islamic Republic of Iran. The government took the extraordinary step last week of closing its borders for four days as officials marshaled a gigantic man hunt for fugitives accused of involvement in a military plot to overthrow the regime of Ayatullah...
It was not to be. Alerted by some timely tipoffs, Islamic guards killed eight officers who were preparing to join another group and take over Nowjeh Air-base in Hamadan, 175 miles southwest of Tehran. The guards then arrested twelve pilots as they sat in their quarters awaiting the "coast...
What went wrong? Banisadr was apparently both a victim of circumstance and to a large extent responsible for his declining influence. His initial political ascendancy was well planned and executed. During elections to the "Assembly of Experts" that drew up Iran's constitution, he shrewdly managed to become a...
The seeds of Banisadr's conflict with the orthodox mullahs were sown in the Assembly of Experts. Banisadr, as a ranking member, tried to modify the sweeping powers of the faqih, the supreme theologian who heads the government. That drew the ire of orthodox Muslims, who suspected Banisadr of...
Meanwhile Banisadr had acquired some new enemies and problems. In an electrifying television broadcast last week, he told the nation that a military plot to overthrow his government had been foiled on the eve of a coup d'état. Seventeen officers from an armored division had already been...