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Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Jan 16, 1980; Section: None; Page: 5
Niçhóh s Cuin mhig .Bruce reports from Tabriz on _ the ke n ton Government's attempt. to quell rebeillon
Executions unlikely to end defiance
oleuhet in Qom and Tabrlc be- bock room on the lop floor,
terra suppoettes of Ayatollah htratsed iddlvtdntlt of Indeter-
5harlatooadari and Ayatollah tomato status sheeted Oh tao
Khomeini, the party hat been onaitsee and by tense foIst she
broken by the consIderable nloglo-ttlephano.
pressures applied is beth Aya- Rang ed against the party
tettah Shaeiutnnadari end the romp and the cammittees were
paety is hark awoy 0mm gels'- abs yarolutiamary gta'ar d a,
framlal 100 with ltse.regtme. scarcely -a picture of C-raaflwe I-
Ayatollah - thariatwadaat 11am efficiency, hut eelstively
whose sides complained last welt—orgeslued, - at least par-
week that he had beam pee- holly traised and- with dear—
vested tress receiving visitors cut objeelieea.
by geeelutinoyry guards, han Behind them was the tall
hers largely - silesi eneept to weight' of official - ste -ct-iso and
appeal for calm oaf to say Ihat support ee a substantial
be s.s longer asppsrle the soctise at ttae ‘ruylsiah-spookieit
Ml'JtP. public. -Under their pateasoge.
Wilhsat guidance. sf0 with lena ot htinssoeds nO Ayotellih
rapidly dwl-ndlisg samlsers of ts'homclni'n followers .aasamhled
altlti.ls, the poety-was otrtpped on the ‘cnnaioias of Tahrlu Usi-
0 f- almost all power eocept un verelly for the laIty which was
influence seilh the crowd, later altoctoed by grneps of
Nor were the - commitlecs Shgriatmadaef suppartees, lead '
capable of pyocid lag onueh dir- iog to last week's violence nod
echos ha the oppoailion. A rioting. - .
back street eamholtle revealed Two. daya latee, a cruwd per- PhofoyropoPen of..hpufolloh SIe.emeadaooudura usood she dohrsu
lsnphaeord operat:os. Gunmen hops 50.010 strong euoembled 0! the Muotiset People's Rrpabticnoee Party's socked
muved up through the muddy for Friday- proyom hefero heodquorlnu to Tabmie
ooeeehs in the gen'oeot direction marchiec asdee the revoiu-
of cheating, otapping scco- tivuary guards' protection fats son elderly Tsh-rini, voicing e once. Many woopoec are still in
sions-liy 10 Crc — at targets of the cen lre of the city witheut Err uently heard coivvicl-iea. private hastdu, hot Goveromenc
which osly they were aware — eneoi oterimg coca vocat sppt- TIre bitterness of sorb ueoti' officials believe they wilt ha
to the epplautu of lard aperlo- sition. nsomt is only increased us lraa able to eonloin future dislur-
turs. tf pro-Khomeini forces have epprsartes aosiveesarteo baoees. White the opposition
to the nurrsw atrectu na one nucceoded io nholleel,er the major chests in the revatalies groupu luck orenotsailee they
had mach idea of whore the opposition ii Is ' o victory of agaisst the Shah, eventS such muy be eirht. mat the togacy
fecut tine was, oreasisaLl o and power over no the riots of P'ebruuey 1, oF Ike regim&u lolerseollun its
The eveae at the local rem- muddle urd west tendotship, tote, Ic Tubria — one of the Aaerbeijau is a smoatderieg me-
- t Is ad unriern was shvi' not a viclory of ideotoer. ruetiest and largest showu of seolmest shut may erupt at
iv chaotic Ores a of curi500 “ e hi - - c t ,e detente nealeul the shah. any time. “The Gueeenmeal
o toioters utoed round the doer ot Is i Soaecns here behovc that hss woe the baette,” nays ese
of a hale-built house thot rid or dictatorship. hut'we Oat 4 0 1ev sorb as lb cse ore pelen- Tahriai obanrver. ‘But ant lhe
veered the committee. In a sea have usnthnr,” muttered hal flashpoistu for farther viol- war.
shot, Peputy Governor 7dishs- remaining committees had sub-
poael-. concedes: “there Ia 00 asnitted to Government plans
seed for avery' long trial. 0 tee eedaurevodercd shoir ooup000.
weston to suggeot that the Time may bear nat the eleim,
teen were- thieseo.uad ra aisls hOtin uoy eyetnt, It covers anti
wits prison e°tgordp, - a small part of the mao.
0cc of-'tttni'erceptiems-'*as The iohabitoals of the Aeor-
soppuspd.-le.iheve'heen an air baijom province, gabled hy
force- isasalne - (-so arc-a-nt Ayatollah Shoriatmif art. hod
officer) Who hod nlapptldd tho dresSy ehaiteeged Iran's new
par5y -eeI4tc'sdpapoes.- ' ceostitatinro snot jrmd
Whoteecr the recaret of these justification it - procifes far
asses—ft C some ways Irrelevant Ayutnlluh Khe:eeioi's te facto
siere *oaey-.Tabrieis consider power, But there. iu .a vaknle
sheen eeaeueite nnoemhard of the raege of less precisely octitvt'
party—the erteeatieeg -were cvi- lated grievances rurging from
denhiypael- of a eeleulated hid dia.sotiafoclior with centrally-
to stemp,00t Sources of u hit' appointed afficiats to resent-
i cr resistance to the Content mont at the crass propaganda
GoveraslsOehh which three days put out toy effieial raedla..—
earlior had erupted lain bloody Aaerbaijan rnotnim all the
eunfroetat lnna between neat ingredienis for whol should he
followers of eyatetlaho Mba- Ihe aamt damgeeohes pmviacial
mcmi and Shoeiatsnudari. oppnsttioo yet oecnnetorcd by
According to Mr Nishaptuel the revolutiooeey retinae. One
the paligy may have p hd sif f thnoe Ia the ‘Iaetislr-npealc-
In a chy of rooghty one rcd' flog popuhatsun of come tO mtl-
lion people; Tabric so us at are loon people, ahsul a quarter of
time sold ho have no less that 47 tron 5 cohol popatatonO-
revolutloniay commitceen spec' s some juslare lasat sC-
aling as geeemnt puriacee super clots stress that the disluc-
visors sf local affairs Among heocco - have - uo far been
them were sereral em -Stsariat- confined te Tabr ln, hat the
madari committees that me' moatampiususly low turoanol fur
s ondedool to the orders of
leer flishapdorl asid it had dsriiy wilh be regime. to
bren a tong-standing otsjeriise practice the threat may not he
to amalgamate these m b a £0 greut.
singly operotine after veiling At its best, the MPRP soon
ohe nemloern ha l t loc orhroon weak Is Irems of orgamsatsen
hod feundered as the resin- and never eflectivc Is pressing
torea of the re-Stseniatmodari Its deooueda for poore teeat
cnmmitleea, Within 24 hours of contest of pmevtrsciot goaeev-
the ececutleos, he claims, tire moot. bince Dccc m b e
eceeetlos& hy' flemnp
pquad ie the vsarlWwedtero' flip
of Tahrle hove heoisgbt home
On ion eitlaens the harsh realt
tim of defying s i recelatihepet
regime. Moot Toheinia,. to judge
from the turooot do? oppost-
han ratliso is sloe city lest
eooonih, had already loot hheie
love for the present direritee
of the revolution, - -
For them, lhe executions
wilt simply Ioccohse another
Item in their titony of one
vavees. Whoa: has new to be
acer in whether everrotions mlii
hreah cc shiifce the oppnsitien.
The It tacgelu of revnlu'
tinnory justice were uuppoetert
of Ihe Muslim People's Repub-
lican Party gMPRP), the main
schictc of Tahriui nppoeitiera
awnsg napporters of leant
second steal Important r
mon. Ayatollah ltoccm Sharias-
an 000ri. They seere seie.ed a ltec
o nigh l attack, lastigf ceverol
hours, hr hoe regime's revolu-
st050ry guaedv 00 the heed'
cusrlers cc iltc otreody ballot'
oruered party headnuartem.
In svhne was largely.a shone
of clresglb alonilar ha Ihose
preciously laid en - for the
kesefia of Kurdislo and Arab
mionrities, i re toten to
1 1 w cily pcisos and nummartts'
ohnt. -
Lomt serials insist tloere
was a anal, hot ahoy olsa
nocilty euncede thah the point
is namewhat ocudemic.. When
faced oilh a ehorfe such as
suhveesive sets wish cons.”
lire chprgo foe ssloich they were
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