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Only a month ago Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini had lavishly praised Mehdi Bazargan, his choice as the first Prime Minister of postrevolutionary Iran, for his "confidence in the holy writ of Islam" and his "past record in the national and Islamic struggle." By last week, the 78-year-old Shi'...
Last week Islamic Revolutionary Courts, controlled by the Komiteh, tightened their grip on Iran's legal system, for the first time executing persons charged with nonpolitical offenses. In public trials that are expected to replace the widely protested late-night secret tribunals, the courts punished rapists, thieves and adulterers...
No sector of Iran's society is untouched by the Ayatullah's dictates. Mohammed Ali Mohlavi, governor of the central bank, announced that he would look into setting up an Islamic banking structure in which no interest would be charged on loans. Most hotels and restaurants began to...
With the March 30 referendum on the creation of an Islamic republic drawing near, the Ayatullah has rejected the proposed constitution written by a group of lawyers at Bazargan's request. He prefers the strongly Islamic draft constitution put together by a group of his aides. The task of...
Many Iranian women are furious over the Ayatullah's attempt to impose a subservient role on females. Last week, after Khomeini was quoted as proclaiming that "women must not come naked into ministries," thousands of women, many dressed defiantly in tight jeans and skirts, paraded in Tehran in protest...