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‘Mass hysteria’ ercéted the
Ayatollah Khomaini in
Tehran Thursday as millions

_of Iranians turned out to “

greet their religious leader
after 15 years in exile.

It was.a scene. of complete
pandemonium. as- hundreds.

of thousands mobbed the'car
driving Khomaini and
groups of his belt-wielding
supporters unsuccessfully
tried to clear a path. by
lashing mob members about
theirheads. ‘~

For the Ayatollah it was a.

triumphant return -. but one
which may be short lived.

Ironically, there were no

. Bakhtiar,

shots exchanged for the first

day in a year of non-stop :
. violence as the army kept’ —
‘away and allowed the masses _
to revere the man. they.
regard almost as a living’

saint.

Khomaini seized ‘the

opportunity to launch into.a’

vicious verbal attack of the

“illegal . government” of
prime minister Shahpour
along . with the
Shah; and “foreign in-
tervention ’ in” Iran”,
promising to overthrow all
and set up his own Islamic
Republic.

‘But as ‘he threatened to

; “cut off the hands of foreign

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leading towards. civil war,

influence,” saying

only the first step of the

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removal of: ‘the Shah was’ Bakhtiar warned he was not

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changes he forsees for Iran,

about to allow one dic-

“Tables t turn on British strikers

Public opinion against:
strikers: in Britain is
becoming increasingly bitter
as work stoppages continue
to devastate hospitals and
other emergency services.

Violence has hit picket
lines with Britons directing,
their frustrations against the
strikers in opposition that is

increasingly * becoming | as
united as the unions
themselves. .

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Garbage is piled shoulder
high in streets as garbage
collectors strike with other
members of the National

Union of Public Employees, —

which includes gravediggers,

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rat catchers and hospital
workers.

Even in hospitals, the
public are rallying together,
with seriously ill patients
helping each other to change
bed sheets and dispose of
dirty dressings, creating
even greater antagonism
against strikers...

A poll released this week
shows just how public
opinion is swinging. When
asked. the question last
summer “Are the unions too
powerful”, 69 per cent
answered yes. The same
question asked last week got

yes answers from 8&4 percent |

of people polled.

tatorship to be replaced by helicopter was brought into

oo another.

ferry him away but was
beseiged by the mob and the

The reception by the mob pilot, fearing people in the
landing Khomaini was so mob were‘about to be cut to
enormous that it took four pieces by the blades of the

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through
crowds.

He became exhausted by
the scene4,and was tran-
sferred to.a truck to go the
last mile of his journey to,a

. cemetery, with supporters | “may return from Egypt and
lying on the roof, still lashing
crowds.

three miles
_in an ambulance.

which would be

~. hours for his car to pass chopper, flew off without
of Khomaini, who had to leave

As. the question of Iran’s
future government becomes
increasingly uncertain, the
_ Shah has indicated that he

set up his own government

more

repressive than ever and give

But when it came to him greater powers to the hated
leaving the ceremony there
chaos.

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