No More Mr. Nice Guy: Khomeini gets tough with the rising forces of opposition.

The article reports on political and civil conflicts in Iran brought by the refusal of Kurdish minority and leftist groups to comply with the government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979. Khomeini stressed that his government had committed a mistake when it expressed tolerance over the activities of dissident groups in Iran. He also criticized the ineffectiveness of the government in controlling the situation. It tells that the government has closed the office of the political opposition People's Mujahedin and outlawed the Kurdish Democratic Party. On the other hand, it says that the government purchased 1.5 billion barrels of oil from the U.S. and had requested military assistance. U.S. President Jimmy Carter defended his decision as he claimed that Iran is in great need of oil.