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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.”
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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.
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