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...nominate Ayatullah Khomeini, spiritual leader of the Iranian people, for Man of the Year. He is shaking the Shah, demanding an Islamic government...
ISFAHAN, Iran--Two days of peace between the government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and protesters demanding his ouster ended yesterday as government troops fired on rioting crowds in the provincial city of Isfahan, 300 miles south of Tehran...
Crowds carried placards demanding an end to U.S. support of the shah in his 11-month old struggle to retain control of the country. "Criminal Americans Go Home" and "Iran Will Become Another Vietnam" the placards read...
...Muharram holiday is particularly significant to opponents of the Shah; it symbolizes the Shi'ites' struggle against an evil, corrupt leadership in the earliest years of Islam. The mourning, which culminates on Dec. 11, commemorates the death of the 7th century Imam Husain, a grandson of Muhammad who was beheaded by Sunni Muslims from Damascus intent on maintaining their rule over dissident Persians. Muharram is traditionally observed with huge processions through the streets, at which the faithful whip themselves with chains or draw blood with knives and swords in anguished enactments of Husain's suffering...
Fearing that provocateurs might incite confrontations with the Shah's troops, the government last week banned all public gatherings, except for services In mosques. Violations, warned General Gholam Reza Azhari, Premier of Iran's , military government, would be dealt with "mercilessly...