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Focuses on the political condition in Iran after the dismissal of President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr. Information on the execution of dissidents in Iran since the dismissal of President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr; Discussion on the influence of clerics of the new regime on Iranian establishments; Deliberation on the poor economic conditions in Iran; View that the leaders of the Islamic Republic seem increasingly uncertain about their goals in regards to economy; Effort to Islamize the higher education; History of the conflict between the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, religious leader of Iran, and Bani-Sadr; View that there is a scope for a coalescing of various opposition groups to present cleric regime; Chances for the opposition coming into power.

Comments on the impact of the war between Iraq and Iran on internal politics in Iran. Setback suffered by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's project for the creation of an Islamic theocracy in Iran; Effects of the emergence of Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr as a dominant figure in Iran's war effort; Implications on international relations and world politics.

Discusses the political orientation and liberal approach of presidential candidate Abolhassan Bani-Sadr in Iran. Criticism of Bani-Sadr on parallel government run by mullahs and militants in Iran; Willingness of Bani-Sadr to negotiate the release of American hostages from the clutch of militants; Reasons for the existence of many anti-American politicians in Iran; Opposition of Bani-Sadr to the tactics of militants with some sort of sympathetic attitude towards their basic aims; Comment of Bani-Sadr in response to a question about the behavior of the U.S. to violate laws, asked by militants in a meeting; Detest of American culture and economic influence in Iran by Bani-Sadr; Argument pertaining to the vote statistics of Iranian President Ayatolla Ruhollah Khomeini; Popular support of Bani-Sadr in Iran; Assessment of the political maneuver of Khomeini.

Focuses on various political developments in the U.S. and Iran. Popularity of Senator Edmund Muskie; Family background of Muskie; Argument that Muskie was a big advantage to the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter; View that Muskie has not been too successful in making the new congressional budget mechanism work; Discussion about the hostage rescue mission of Carter; Efforts of Iranian President Abdolhassan Bani-Sadr to free the American hostages and to control Muslim clerical rivals.