Word: mostafa
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Seyyed Mostafa al Moussavi, had six children, the youngest of whom was Ruhollah, which in Farsi means Sign of God. A few months after Ruhollah's birth-for which one plausible date is May 17, 1900-his father was murdered on the road between Khomein and Arak as he set out on a pilgrimage to the Shi'a holy city of Najaf in Iraq. In later years there have been stories circulated that Mostafa's death was somehow caused by Reza Shah, father of the recently exiled Emperor. In fact, Reza was only about 22 years...
...distinguished Islamic teacher from Mashad, Dr. Ali Shariati, died mysteriously in London. His students in Tehran assumed that Shariati had been murdered by SAVAK. Six months later Khomeini's son Mostafa, 49, died suddenly in Najaf a day after he had been visited by two "strangers." Khomeini has never claimed that his son was murdered, but throughout Iran it was widely assumed that SAVAK was responsible. On the occasion of his son's death, the Ayatullah wrote a letter to the Iranian people that is now regarded as the crucial document of the revolution. After denouncing the "absurdities...
Emulating the U.S. President's annual State of the Union report to the American people, the United Nations this week issued its annual "state of the environment" report to the people of the world. Presented this year by Mostafa Kamal Tolba, an Egyptian microbiologist who is executive director of the U.N.'s Environment Program, the 15-page document acknowledges that there are some environmental success stories -in efforts to cut down oil pollution of the seas, clean up rivers, safeguard certain species of wildlife and prevent the misuse of pesticides. But the report focuses on four areas...