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Iranian Minister Quits, Assails Disunity
Iran Ian Minister Q tilts, As sails flisnnity fleuter n:HRAN. Oct. 29 — The Iranian government today accepted the resig- nation of 1-jealti , Minister ECazeni Sam! after he published a scathing at- tack on alleged disorganization and factionalism within the government. “Eight months after the victory of the revolution, people see that their desires and ideals are not realized,” Sam! wrote. “No real change has taken place - - - Exploitation still ex- ists; people ask what is wrong” The bitter indictment of the situa- tion within the government of Mehdi Bazargan was contained in a resigna- tion letter Sarni wrote to the prime nUn- ister two week-s ago. It was released to the press last night along with a similar letter to revolutionary leader Ayatol- lah Ruhollah Ichorneini. Sanfl. a member of the radical Is- larrtic iViovement of the iVIoslem Peo- pie of Iran, told Ayatollah IChomeini the Cabinet was divided among power-seeking factions, lacked united policies to tackle the country's prob- lems and lacked coordination among the ministries. He said misguided government poli- cies had helped provoke the Icurdish crisis, and he accused the authorities of unwarranted attacks on progressive groups. Publication of Sami's letters appar- ently was prompted by his anger at being mentioned in connection with allegations of high-level corruption in the Commerce 1/'Iinistry. Commerce Minister Reza Sadr last week accused Sami of having recont- mended a former agent of the shah's SAVAIC secret police for the post of deputy minister. The accused deputy minister went into hiding after making counteralle- gations that Sadr was himself in- volved in irregularities in foOd import deals. Prime Minister Bazargan has ordered a high-level inquiry into the scandal. ‘ [ ‘he government faces further prob- lems on two more fronts—renewed student unrest and more gains by the Kurdish rebels on the eve of peace ite- gotiations. fleftist students today staged dem- onstrations in Tebran to express their backing for the Kurds and to protest a ban On political discussion in class. One person was stabbed in scuffles between rival demonstrators. Thousands of students are also oc- cupying some of Tehran's most luxuri- ous hotels to protest Tack of accommo- dation in residence halls. They are refusing official appeals to leave. In Kurdistan, ICurdish rebels ap- peared to be tightening their hold on towns in the region. A Revolutionary Guard spokesman in the town of WIn- habad said. “The [ ICurdish rebel] democrats are in control and are run- ning law and order in the town.” Armed forces chief of staff Maj. Gem flossein Shaker told a Tehran newspaper that there was no military solution to the crisis in ICurdistan. He said the government aimed to solve the crisis through political means. A four-man ministerial team is due in the region on Thursday.