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Examines the rise to power of Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Forecast of Iran's future under expected successor Sayeed Ali Khamenei.

The article offers news briefs on U.S. and world politics as of April 18, 1994. The personalities who capitalized from the Whitewater Inquiry in 1993 include Republican Jim Leach of Iowa and "Wall Street Journal" editor Bob Bartley. There has been a reported 25 percent decline in oil prices worldwide. The religious and political conflict in Iran is speculated to result to revolution. Bipartisan support is expected for legislation being debated in the U.S. Congress which would offer economic aid to Cuba one Cuban leader Fidel Castro is removed from power.

Comments on the character of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's regime in Iran. Report on Khomeini's death threat to British author Salman Rushdie who wrote "The Satanic Verses"; War the country has faced between 1979 and 1989; Social conditions in Iran under Khomeini; Use of Islam to justify violence; Implications for international relations with Iran.

Speculates on the future of the Islamic Republic of Iran under Khomeini's heir apparent, Hojetoleslam Hashemi Rafsanjani. Corruption and incompetence in the army; Comparisons to other world `aftermath' situations (Afghanistan, Argentina, etc.).