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Left delivers open challenge to Khomeini’s vision
5/27/2011 Article - Untitled Article Publication: Guardian 1821-2000; Date: Feb 24, 1979; Section: None; Page: 4 Left delivers open challenge to Khomeini's Vision Yrntn ti Thtargood in Tehra n iran 's militant Left yester- dar—i ued a strong challenge to the Ayatollah Khomeini. and his hand - picked Prima Minis- ter. dc-ma cding that the revolu- lion he speeded up and .ie country radically transformed into a syorkers' state. The challenge, delivered at a rally organised by the Mancist guerrillas of the Fedaycen - c - Ehalq, was read to a largely middle class audience who. despite a steady drizzle and a blistering denunciation from the- Ayatollah. had turned tip for what many fcar might prove to be the start or a bead - on confrontation between the Left and the i%Iosque. The rally. a uended by some VO.000 people at Tebran lJni- ‘venally, was a substitute c r a marc h planned for Thursday am'oss town to the Khomeini headquarters in East Tehran. The Fedayeen had hoped 1 present their demand Ira a priv- ate audience st-lilt the Ayatol- lah, but on the eve of the IRAN'S new Government has witzerland It has national ised alt the property i i ! the exiled Shalt and his family, and asked that all tlte r assets there be frozen. the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. l i Is believed steps wilt be t tt er by Ira n L u re- patriate the asscts march the Ayalol lala branded the Fedayeea as “non - Mos- lrms'a't ‘war wiih Islrnn” and cirden'd ‘ his followers to “nflore deueptive slogans of liberation and brotherhood.” lie-added: “1 will not permit ihese. opportunists to cohic to tray house -” The l”edayeen. In addition to cnlling for a general speeding lip or the revolution, also issued a nine - point declara- tion, de manding Ihe return of all land to the farmer-s with free electricity and water anot interest - free loans, an end to censorship and the replacement of the Shah's armed forces with a pecple's army ‘ respon- sible to the revolution.” cream” decision - tanking body of his regime. Others openly attacked his secret Islamic courts, which have already sent eight generals to their death, and de- manded the creation of “open” people's courts. (As the Fedayeen rally was taking place. reports reached the capi- tal that Captain Monir Talseri had been executed in the i ' ll- lage of Rud - Sar, near Ihe Caspian Sea, where an Islamic court had found hint guilty of master - minding the cin:ma blaze that killed - some 400 people in the southern city of Abadan last summer). Just what these peop]e's c ells represent is far front clan. but the F'edayeen again repeated its tall for all classes and sections who took part Ira il-me- revolution to have a s in running the country's affairs, “Such particlpation, ' the declaration continues, “IS not possible without thp selling up of workers' cells jn factories 1 ban'acks and offices.” Several such cells have already been set up in Govern- ment Ministries and the Fedayeen claim that others have taken over the manage- rament in sonic factories, ‘rhe l”edayeen is ai)PareiltlY not pushing for a seat on Mr Mehdi Razargan's Cabinet and as far as it is known lIme Prime Minister, who is coming under increasing criticism for his i'e- formist policies, has not approached the radical Left. Except for a small scuffle. outside 1 he main university gates. fears of a clash betweEn the Left and Khomeini's fol- lowers did not matcrialise. Meanwhile, in the troubled, province of Kurdestan. the armed forces hnvc warnod the pcople against attacking mili- tary bases and boldins anti- Government demonstrations. In an official cornnuznique issuçcl yesterday, the army called era the Kurrts to iznore “counter- rcvokU , 4 ary pamphlets asking the people to march on local barracks” because “the troops have orders to fire.” archive.guardian.co.uk/.../getFiles.asp?... 1/2
5/27/2011 Article - Untitled Article Tile Fedayeen have verbally supporte d the Ayatollah as a nan who conmands the peo- pie 's respect and as a fighter of imperialism , but for the first time since his triumphant return three weeks ago. Kho- mc mi's role as the country's strongmaii was openly criti- ci sed, Messages challenged bin In reveal the names of his re- volut lGnary islamic Council. the Inner circle of seven men that was emerged as the ‘ [ his latest varnini follows official denials of any separa- tist movement in the province adjoining the border with Iraq. LAbdul -Rabman Qa a e m ion, leader of the Kurdestan Demo- cratic Party, earlier this week declared his full support for Ayatollah J'Chomeini, saying: “our demands are such that no revolutionary Government can reject them.” In Rabat, King llassstn of Morocco has informed the Shah ho can stay in exile in Morocco but only as a private citizen. archive.guardian.co.uk/.../getFiles.asp?... 2/2