Volume 3, Issue 33 - July 29, 1981

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Volume 3, Issue 33 Š Metropress July 29, 1981

Oppression , StudentssayKhomeniregime nobetter than Shah's by Brian Coffey-Weber

Mter the Iranian revolution in early 1979 - with the Shah's dictatorship over and a <-long-exiled and revered religious leader guiding them - the Iranian people seemed ready for self-determination and rule. That triumphant beginning also brought confusion, disorganization and ~disillusionment to that embattled country. Memories of the late Shah's tyranny have been rekindled by a government trying to avoid a counter-revolution. To protest what they consider to be continued repression of the Iranian people, • approximately 25 Iranian students have staged several demonstrations in front of the Auraria Student Center in the past month. The group, called the Moslem Students Society, is staging similar protests around the country to bring attention to the oppression of 0 " the Iranian people by the Khomeni regime, said spokesman Ali BJX.lseine. . ,,,., (On Thursday, July 24, Iranian students from another group were arrested for chaining themselves to the Statue of Liberty to protest the rule of Ayatolah Ruhollah Khomeni.) "We want to disband the sadistic system and actions of the Islamic Republican Party," Houseine said at the most recent demonstration in early July. "Our country is suffering through repression and supp~ion."

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that, "They (the Islamic Republican Party) are fascists who are suppressing the people." To support his claim, Houseine cited the arrests and executions of anti government citizens in Iran. According to the Iranian news agency, Pars, 198 people have been executed in the month since President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr fled the country and thousands of opponents to Iran's ruling fundamentalist clerics have been jailed since Bani-Sadr's ouster. Pars also reported that the

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Street, holding signs calling for an end to what they perceive to be the Shah-like tactics of the Khomeni government. Houseine said he and his fellow protesters have experienced no hostility towards themselves or their demonstrations on the Auraria campus. The slightly built and hand-

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