IRAN: Survival

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On the present turmoil in Iran: [It] is a struggle against a cruel oppression. The people of Iran have no faith in the new Premier, [Jaafar] Sharif-Emami. He and his Cabinet are unable to solve Iran's problems. [But] victory is near, and the Shah and his entire system will be overthrown.

On infiltration of his movement by leftists: Ours is a movement of the entire Iranian nation. It is an honest struggle with Islamic motivation. It obeys God and his laws. It is the Shah who, through his paid agents, deliberately tries to tell the world that our struggle is leftist.

On U.S. and Soviet influence in Iran: The Shah has given oil to America; natural gas to the Soviet Union; land, forests and some oil to England and other countries. We want all these foreign influences and pressures out of our country.

On changing to a constitutional monarchy: Everything represented by the Shah and his system must disappear from Iranian life. I am not the Shah's enemy. Our struggle is to convince him that his authority is finished. Already the pressure is cutting into his throat.