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Khomeini wants to abolish the monarchy and replace Bakhtiar's government with a religiously oriented Islamic republic under his rule. He said Thursday the present leadership is illegal "and if they continue, they must be put on trial."
Khomeini is expected to name an Islamic revolutionary council upon arrival and to outline his proposals for an Islamic state.
Khomeini will return to continue his efforts to replace the constitutional monarchy headed by Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar with an Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN. Iran--The Iranian government yesterday said Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, the exiled Islamic religious leader, could return to Iran.
Such questioning deserves more rebuttal than the usual cracks about 20/20 hindsight. Journalists aren't expected to anticipate train wrecks or assassinations. But a simple test of their performance is: Are readers or listeners taken by surprise by events that were foreseeable? The Iran coverage meets this test favorably...