IRAN READIES AN ONSLAUGHT--BEFORE THE MONEY RUNS OUT.

The article discusses the political and economic outlook of Iran for 1986. The fanatical mullahs of Iran are massing infantry for an attack across the Tigris River, aiming to cut the main road to Basra, Iraq and break the stalemate in the six-year old war with Baghdad. It has been said that if the Iranian offensive cracks the hard-pressed defenses of Iraq or political morale, the weak gulf state will be left vulnerable to political and military pressure from Iran.