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IRAN: The Place Reeks of Conspiracy

As strife mounts, Khomeini denounces the nation's chaos

In Tehran, right-wing Muslim fanatics attacked a rally of leftist Mujahidin with clubs and paving stones. Tear gas filled the air, and Revolutionary Guards opened fire on the brawling mob surging through the streets. The bloody fighting near the U.S. embassy left at least one dead and 300 injured.

In the mountain village of Jamaran, two miles north of the capital, the corridors of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's modest house buzzed like a beehive. Turbaned mullahs, ostensibly come to congratulate the Ayatullah on the anniversary of...

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