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Focuses on social and socio-political changes in the city of Tehran, Iran. Description of the acts of defiance in drinking alcoholic beverages and in wearing Western garb; Information about the reduction of checkpoints by the Komiteh religious patrol; Description of the transition for Iran's 13-year-old Islamic revolution; Comment on Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's efforts to move on the economy, privatization, and foreign policy.

Focuses on the Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists' seizure of the American embassy during the Islamic revolution in Iran, under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Factors that contributed to the collapse of the government of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi; Visibility of radical Islamic fundamentalism in Iran; Use of nationalist and Islamic symbolism to counter the influence of Khomeini in Iran.

The article looks at the challenges faced by Iran's provisional Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan in guiding the country back from revolutionary chaos to some form of order. Bazargan has resisted the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Iranian left on several issues, including Khomeini's demand to ban frozen meat imports. It is noted that Bazargan's initiatives have gained him political authority and a respite from religious criticism.

The article reports on the struggles of the new Iranian leaders headed by Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan to merge their control over the country. It mentions that a leftist rally at the Tehran University aiming for a bigger voice in the post-Sha government has reflected the challenges that the new administration is facing. Moreover, it says that Ayatullah Khomeini, leader of Islamic Revolutionary Council has lavishly welcomed the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Yasser Arafat to the capital Tehran which is said to be the first diplomatic achievement of the new regime. Meanwhile, it mentions the role of Bazargan government on the release of Sergeant Kenneth Kraus, the marine who has been alleged of shooting three Iranian soldiers during an attack at the U.S. embassy in Tehran.

The article focuses on the decision of several Iranian students who are studying in the U.S. not to return to their country despite the collapse of the government of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. It points out that the new government is not what the students expect when they demanded for a new regime. It states that several Iranian students believe that the revolution has replaced one tyrant with another in the form of Ayatullah Khomeini. It also points out that another reason why the students decided to remain in the U.S. is the fact that their financial difficulties have eased.

Comments on the Islamic revolution in Iran under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Views on the exile of the shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi; Reason for considering hostage-taking a revolution; U.S. President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy towards the incident in Iran.

The article focuses on the political conditions in Iran following the revolution. It mentions the prevalence of summary trials and executions which include businessmen Habib Elghanian and Rahim Ali Khorram who do not have official positions in the regime of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. It points out the worsening conflict between the ruling Islamic conservatives and the left as both the government and religious leaders direct the blame to the Communists for the assassination of Morteza Motahari, an Ayatullah. It also reveals the plan of Ayatullah Khomeini to appoint the revolutionary militias called the Guardians to deter attempts on the leadership of the revolution.

The article explores the history of the Iranian Revolution. The author compares the foundation of the Islamic Republic with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the French Revolution of 1789. The article discusses the isolation of the Shah, government repression and conflict in Iran. The rise to power of Ayatollah Khomeini and symbolic resistance to western secular capitalism are considered.