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A. We definitely do not want to impose Islamic values on the West. Islam will never be imposed?neither on the West, nor on the East, nor on any particular individual or region. Islam is opposed to coercion. Islam stands for freedom in all its dimensions. It is up to...
Q. Are you aware how isolated you have made Iran? Even Islamic nations have condemned the hostage taking. You have pushed the U.S. out of Iran, but who will free you from pressures by the Soviet Union?
A. We have pushed the U.S. out of Iran in order to establish an Islamic government. We have not ousted the U.S. in order to replace it with the Soviet Union. Our people's slogans clearly demonstrate this fact. Throughout their struggle, our people would chant, "An Islamic republic?neither...
Such scenes in Tehran are vivid reminders that two worlds coexist uneasily in Iran today. The first, the political world of the revolution, is currently focused on the U.S. embassy, where the crowds-smaller than they were a few weeks ago-still gather to shout anti-American slogans and epithets...
Despite such official optimism, it is obvious that many Iranians are very nervous about their future. "In the bazaar, nobody will give anybody credit any more," says Siamak Akha-van, a young businessman who runs his family's steel-importing company from the Tehran bazaar. "The system usually operates...