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There were fears, however, that the relative calm might merely be a brief hiatus before a new round of violence aimed at driving the Shah from his throne. The next crucial test will come during the Islamic month of Muharram. The Shi'ite observance of this month culminates on Dec. 11, with the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Husain, grandson of Muhammad. It is a time when all Shi'ites mourn for their dead, and emotions often reach a feverish pitch...
From his sanctuary in France, Ayatullah Khomeini, the exiled leader of Iran's Shi'ite Muslims, fueled those emotions by calling on his supporters to mount demonstrations "to denounce the crimes of the Shah." General Gholam Reza Azhari, Premier of the new military government, assured Iranians that they would be allowed to observe the holiday as usual so long as the demonstrations did not become political...
...Shah last week repeated his pledge to hold free elections in the near future and announced the release of another 477 political prisoners; in the past three months, 1,903 have been freed. However, two members of the International League for Human Rights, an independent organization affiliated with the United Nations, completed a fact-finding mission to Iran and reported that thousands of political prisoners were still held in Iranian jails...
Approximately 45 masked demonstrators marched down Massachusetts Ave. yesterday to protest "the U.S. backed fascist regime" in Iran and ask for the removal of the Shah...
Citing the Iranian army's suppression of an uprising last September, the demonstrators shouted "Down with the Shah" and carried signs reading "U.S. advisors, C.I.A. agents out of Iran." The protestors wore masks "so we will not be identified by U.S. or Iranian, agents," said one demonstrator, who refused to give his name...