European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Magazine members of try Mujahideen a resistance movement Gln to Khomeini March with weapon during a ill Latty a t Ler " T 19s6 tide of discontent in Iran no focus for popular dissent by 60 Blanche associated press in the 7 a years since Ayatollah  s revolution toppled the 2,500-year-Oldpeacock throne of Shah Mohammad rez Pahlavi political opponents of the shiite Murtah Stern Brand of islamic Rule have been crushed scattered or demoralized few have survived the purges in Iran. Leftists and liberals who Allied themselves Wilh Khomeini s revolution and sought a share of the Power have been wiped out thrown into prison driven into exile or forced underground it is a Al film Echo of history s epoch making revolutions in France. Russia Cuba and China where rival leaders turned on each other after Victory n Power struggles that replaced one terror with another. In August Khomeini warned critics of the government to tone Down their muddling my and slandering and noted that some Are causing  there have been s.9ns of internal cleavages within the regime Between the radicals backed by the evened 86-year-old patriarch and the conserva ves who espouse less rigid Conrd of All aspect s of he admiration and society. Some leed"9. Minded clerics Are known to oppose the clergy s deep involvement in Day to Day politics. So far Khomeini the undisputed Leader has kept the lid on Light. But with the Economy in a deepening crisis after is years of War with Iraq and a slump in Oil prices unrest could spread. Dissident sources in pans claim 450 doctors were arrested in july when they staged a strike involving As Many As 13.000 Rodical personnel. They were protesting a Law aimed at pulling the Independent iranian medical association under government control. Rising unemployment and shortages have spawned growing sentiment against the War with Iraq in which an estimated 250.000 iranians some estimates say 500,000 or More have been killed in the biggest infantry Battles since world War ii. But the opposition is now so fragmented alter years of ruthless crackdowns that there is no locus for popular dissent. The death in april of the moderate Ayatollah Shariatmadar who opposed Khomeini s vision of a country run by clergymen stripped the visible opposition of one of its most effective leaders. He did much to prevent bloodshed during the revolution and was appalled by the bloodletting that followed Khomeini s return irom exile. He Cla had with Khomeini in 1980 and two years later was put under House arrest after admitting that he knew about a plot against Khomeini. The regime faces a growing tide of discontent As a result of its economic failures and the poor prospects for the future noted one British economist who regularly visits Tehran. He spoke on the condition that he not be identified. Sunday novembers 1986 thousands of Middle class iranians Many supporters of the late Shal. Have lied into exile. According to dissident sources in Europe and the United states As Many As 1.5 million iranians have fled their Homeland or Are trying to i escape the War or the repression of Khomeini s regime. Seeking Asylum i Broad even though they know they will not be Well received is belter for Many people than the War and error at  said Ahmad Madani who was the defense minister in the first revolutionary government. He fled to West Germany in 1980 and is now a Leader of the iranian National front. Verifying the figures to difficult. Western journalists Are rarely allowed to visit Iran and then Only in government controlled circumstances. But the increase in the number of third world nationals Many of them iranian seeking Sanctuary in West Germany has been serious enough to Force the Bonn government to impose severe restrictions on refugees entering Trie country. The War with Iraq seen by Many As an Extension of the revolution and part of Khomeini s jihad. Of holy War has done much to unite Iran s 44 million people despite the awesome casualties that have decimated a whole generation. The government boasts thai there is no shortage of volunteers Lor Tho War against an iraqi regime Welsh Many iranians View As godless socialism and rival sunni moslem who dominate fellow shiites. Iran s stale controlled Media boast almost daily of continued on Page 14 the stars and stripes Page 13