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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.

Reports that the pressures stemming from the Iran-Iraq war and the U.S. policy of isolating Islamic Iran have laid the basis for Iran's new diplomatic initiatives. Problems created by the nation's international isolation; Infighting in the battle to succeed Iran's leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; Desperation of Iran for arms, money, and international support it had previously denounced; Overtures of Iran to start diplomatic relation with the U.S.

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 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.

Focuses on the social condition in Iran under the theocratic rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Mussawi Khomeini. Views on Khomeini's vision for Iran as a Platonic Republic; Effect of the health of Khomeini on his political performance; Comments on the reason behind the poor's support to Khomeini; Causes of the revolution in Iran; Khomeini's special status as revolutionary, priest and politician.

Examines lessons from the Iran political crisis and its implications for the future course of United States foreign policy. Foreign policy division in the United States; Suggestion that United States diplomats and intelligence agencies must be more sensitive than they have been to social and economic developments in other countries; Need to expand and improve information analysis at the Central Intelligence Agency; Argument by Hang Tough chair Henry Kissinger that the crisis in Iran is part of a progressive collapse of pro-Western governments which can be arrested only by a firm, purpose and consistent American policy; Kissinger's criticism of the Carter administration for pressuring Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to ease up his dictatorial control of Iran.

Focuses on Iran. President Mohammed Khatami's news conference warning that the United States and Iran remain far apart on key issues; Mention of his address to the United Nations at the opening of the General Assembly in fall 1998; The country veering politically between moderation and extremism; Mention of the death sentence imposed against an author by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989; The struggle for power within Iran and the government debate on whether to attack Afghanistan. INSET: A step forward, a step back.

Focuses on the public condemnation of Islamic revolutionary excesses by the Ayatollah Ruholla Khomenei administration in Iran. Moderation in Islamic revolution of Iran; Rise in persecution of Bahais; Torture of Hossein Dadkhah, one of the revolutionaries, by the Iranian regime of Khomeini; Resolution issued by the U.N. Human Rights Commission condemning Iran for human rights violation.

In this article the author profiles a number of ayatollahs, or Islamic clerics, whose teachings and beliefs shaped the Islamic republic of Iran and those who control its political life in August 2009. Several individuals are discussed including Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei, the primary architect of the Islamic state, Ali Khamanei, the supreme leader of Iran in 2009, and Yousuf Sanei, a prominent advocate of reform.

The article discusses the importance of Qom, Iran, a religious center of the Shia Muslim world. Qom is the place from which the Ayatollah Khomeini launched his Iranian revolution in 1979. The article discusses Khomeini's belief in velayat-e faqih, a supposed mandate from God that applies to political power. The article discusses how the beliefs of Qom influence Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the current government of Iran.

Focuses on the political conditions in Iran. Information on a seminar convened by the International Security Council of eighteen former Iranian ministers of state and distinguished American and Iranian scholars, held in Washington D.C.; Election of Hashemi Rafsanjani as President of Iran after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; Lack of the U.S. involvement and influence in the country; Observation that Soviet policies and actions toward the Middle Eastern states have become increasingly sophisticated and multidimensional and only serve to strengthen Moscow's attempts to influence Iran; Estimation of the cost of post-war reconstruction of Iran; Statement that power in Iran has customarily been shared between religious and secular leaders, operating in balance with Armed Forces.

Focuses on the debate between Iran President Ayatollah Khomeini and his former prime minister Mehdi Bazargan about various political issues related to the country. Need for Iran to seek military victory or a negotiated settlement in its war with Iraq; Doubts of Bazargan on Khomeini's autocratic style of leadership and his militant vision of Islam; Views of Khomeini that the war with Iraq is a war of Islam against unbelief; Emphasis of Bazargan on the physical destruction caused due to war; Statement that Khomeini depicts the Old Testament prophets as lone warriors against idolatory and unbelief.

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.

This article focuses on the political instability of Iran and the apathy of citizens toward an upcoming election which is known to be unfair. Twenty-five years after the revolution that saw Ayatollah Khomeini depose the shah amid scenes of mass euphoria, Iran is in a dismal mess--economic, diplomatic and political--and there is no obvious way out, short of the clerics stepping down and handing power to the people in a genuinely free and fair election. Though Iran still has 10% of the world's known oil reserves and more gas than any other country bar Russia, its GDP per head was 30% higher under the shah. Shocking events, such as the death in Iranian custody last year of a female Canadian-Iranian journalist after she was beaten up, continue to remind the world how dissidents can be hounded and tortured. Next week's poll puts the limits of Iran's highly qualified freedom into stark relief. Iran also continues to sponsor terrorism against Israel and, unlike the Arab countries, it has yet even to accept Israel's right to exist.

The article discusses political and social conditions in Iran following the death of leader Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. Emphasis is given to topics such as a fatwa and death threat issued against author Salman Rushdie for his novel "The Satanic Verses," constitutional changes to judicial authority and executive power, and foreign relations with Iraq, the U.S., and the Soviet Union.

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

Iran's election last week made it clear that the Islamic Republic founded by Ayatollah Khomeini 25 years ago has not evolved as some had hoped into a serious democracy. So the predictable outcome was a victory for the religious conservatives. Iran's leaders insist that they do not want nuclear weapons, and never have. With each new leak, Iran has changed its story. It now admits to having had a secret programme to enrich uranium. Along with Libya and North Korea, it seems to have been one of the main customers of Abdul Qadeer Khan, the disgraced Pakistani who ran a global nuclear-smuggling network. The mere prospect of Iran acquiring a bomb has prompted Israel to ponder aloud the case for a pre-emptive strike. If Iran got the bomb, sometime enemies such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia might feel compelled to follow suit. In short, though a nuclear Iran may not be worth fighting a war to avert, it is a danger worth averting.

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.).