National Front, which grouped
liberal Opposition under the
Shah, to advising its supporters
is vote for as taleissic Itepub-
liv, but its isembera privately
suggest that the word Isis .
inie” wili enly be seminal.
The Left-wing groups hove
mainly supported the raferen-
dsoin, But their motive Is sus-
pect. The old Communist
Fatly, the ‘L'udeh, baa said it
will vote for an Islamic Repub-
lic heeL conscious that it is
only barely tolerated, as des-
perate not io put a faot wrong.
The. Moslem Left, the Mujehi-
desa, have alao supported the
referendum, but they - have
suede it clear that their con-
ception at an Islamic Republic
is different from. that of other
greupe.
Liberals fear that the rater-
endam will be coed by Maslim
fundainestattats ma a mandate
to impose a ayatem that Law
people realty wont
Meanwhile . fraIl in preparing
far Now Boa the ancient
spring festival that same
erctreme Mesitsun at first sug-
gested should . be banned
because it in mat on the lola .
mis roiigioes calendar. Nearly
all offices and ohopo wtll be
dead far lire days—shorter
thou the normal 13 days—
white Iranjorto ebaerve the old
cuatooa—
Forelgsecs have been
ordered to leave by the Minia-
try of Labour. There are still
cove nt hsssdred thousand for-
eign workera In the country,
secluding Futistanis, lndssno,
Afghsna, Filipinos, and South
Keresna,' and a row thauoaod
remaining Europeans and
Americasa. Work permits for
these iereignors ars to be ter-
minated during the next cieht
weeks, except where that' are
vital Is the coustry.
Heater; qdçls': A leading
Iranian political samsnentaior
M esterdsy that human
rights vto lotiona In Iran stare
last mentha, revolutiess . ruuld
only be cempsred to the atroci-
ties in Cambodia under the Peal
Pot regime.
Mr Fsriborx Atapour, whose
79-yesr-eld father was arrested
by revolutionary militiamen
last week, wrote in the
English-language Tohrsn Jour.
cal shot ihere were mare than
20,600 political prisoners In
Iran. “The gonditlona under
h our political prisoners
are being held in Iran tsday
are worse than tts were
before the revolution,” Mr Ale-
pour anid. He added that Qear
priann. Tehran held 7000 who
were deprived of sleeping faci-
lities, euffieiont food, medical
care, or proper ssnitation.
Mewever, an iranian lawyer
sod bunion rigtlivist, Mr
Abdel-ICerim Lnhij'i, visited
Qsar gaol test werk sod inier-
viewed the former prssnier Mr
Amir Abbey l'toveydo, sod
ether imprisoned efilsials of
the seppled monarchy.
Ifs ‘jaid there were alsouf
930 political prisoners there,
end he was fairly satisfied
about prison conditions, includ-
ing feed, barItone snd medical
rare ,
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; tri': 4 ssrkossIA ¶ TlFäñteaving ‘86 dead'
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From Martin Woellarsti ‘ . Alt approach roads to the
in Tehran town have heen eooled”rff an tI
Goveronscnt statements have
Heavy fighting continued in spoken of “revolutionary mili-
the Eurdish previariot cspiiei Its” being dispatched to ihe
of SesY5Im yestes'day, after a town, bat late yesterday Lhure
shaky reevefire. lmpoaed en wore no indicetions thet they
Mat lday, ,b,soke down,' hod arrived,
MacdiSh rgprooentsflves tutu- The disaster in Sonsndaj
pis i!!sfl front the inwu appearS to -. be the roeutt of
heid up the rerdivci oh thet 5'C Government efforts to dodge
portbes could .hssr :‘tho ranch- the Kurda “ demande for
ane'gnn lire . from heitcepter . eutono ‘buildieg tsp their
gunahips: - preferred moderate leader,
Reports sytd that the' tswlf e- Mat hisodeb. The Kurde, ‘how-
hospitnis were fullof wounded, ever, prefer thsir imsman,
and a group of Kurda wits Sheikh Eeeedtn Hussein, who
ossgsd a protest atPrintc woo picked ohortly after the
Miniaser'o sflude in .Tehron, Revolution by a conference of
claimed that 80 people had Kurdish clerics, poliutgions, and
died. The trouble in tbs town Msden.
began en Sunday, whee Iturds The Kserdieh group which
salted the Arnsy gorrisns proteatelee Prime Minis-
so give thom ammunition ussd toe's office in Tehrort yesterday
weapons. . also asserted that the Govern-
They lure apparently' pro- inent hod pi Cked unrepresents-
tossing thut wespone and live Kurds snd lacol Persions
ammunition hod been' given so in ae g up rev'oiotiossory
selective tsawnofelk end to Cal- committees in Kurdistan and
lowers of Ahmsd Moftiuodeh, a asked that a Go. - _ ......t dole-
Kurdinh leader barked by the gstion be soot to reclify the
Government. The situ- situation.
sties avorsesseri after the refu- Meanwhile, the incressieg
sal, sod she Nerds toek river number ef protests about the
the radio un. uiiee form of she national refernn-
station, sad gendarmerie head' dsmm to be hold here at the
qusrlero, and besieged the gor- end of the month, suggests
rison. that many peepte could boycott
Despite sppeota from .kyatel- or fell to vote. The people will
tab Khomeini and from Nor- be asked whether they prefer a
dish religious and poIi * Honerchy or an teismie Repub-
ero, the fighting has cen- lie.
tinoed atnee Sunday afiursntsn. The recently-farmed Notional
Ths reaeeflre arranged en lion- Demesrsllr Front yesterday
day evening apparently held claimed the referendum woo
for only a few heurs. mesningteae. The older
--i t ‘c
Moslem clergy and Afghsss refugeee who marched to use
Afghan Enibaeey to Teisron ‘yesterday, to protect against
dhe alleged ‘maseerre of dissidents Jay the Kabul
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