European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Iran. Or from we than i Lional h1935, Gherts i id in Mmary iry allies islamic Republic party in total control. The purges began less than a year after Khomeini s triumphant return from years of Exila under the Shah. The secular liberals the largely Middle class iranians who had bean a key component of the revolution were the first to be forced out. Then it was the turn of the moderate religious leaders opposed to the despotic Puritan islamic system sought by Khomeini s hard liners. Alter that the islamic left including the Mujahideen Khaliq and the moslem liberals were squeezed out. President Abolhassan Bani Sadr the last Symbol of Power Independent of the clergy was isolated and finally ousted in june 1381. L a Shahpour Bakhtiar the last prime minis under the Shah the French educated ban Sadr too Refuge in France. The 52-year-old intellectual lives Nev Versailles in virtual isolation Cut aft from any Power base like most of the bickering exiles languishing in Europe and the United Stales you can t topple a regime from the outside the former president said in an interview last year at his tightly guarded Home. To fight a regime As ferocious As Khomeini a you must know it. And the majority of the other groups Don to you can t buy the sympathy of a  the deeply religious Bani Sadr ones said he loved the Black Robed Khomeini More than a  now he Calls him a bloody  five years ago the Muj Shedeen and other Urban guerrilla groups were striking almost daily assassinating Khomeini s closest aides bombing government buildings and fighting gun Battles with Khomeini s revolutionary guard in the streets. Their most spectacular strikes were in june 1981. Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Beheshti Iran s Justice minister and after Khomeini the most powerful figure in the country was killed along with 60irp leaders when the party s Tehran Headquarters was bombed. Two months later another bomb ripped through the prime ministry killing president Mohammed Ali Rajai who had ousted Bani Sadr after a yearlong Power struggle and prime minister Javad Bah Onar. Now the Mujahideen who boast wide underground support in Iran Are reduced to occasional pinprick guerrilla attacks and a veritable flood of communiques from their bases in exile. The Mujahideen were based in France after their Leader Massoud Raja in fled there with Bani Sadr. But As another indicator of the Tehran regime s grip on Power iranian pressure on Paris forced him to quit Franca and set up new Headquarters in Iraq last june. Openly allying himself with Iran s enemy was widely seen As a backward step for Raja i. It s not known How much it has affected his support inside Iran where the War has helped stifle dissent. The 270-Membar parliament is controlled by the Irp and Only approved candidates can run Lor election. About the Only dissenting voice left is Mehdi Bazargan. The islamic Republic s first prime minister. He Heads the secular Freedom movement that advocates the removal of Iran s powerful religious leaders and ending the War that Tehran admits has Cost about $40 billion. Although Bazargan has gathered some support his activities Are severely controlled. Khomeini s age has led to speculation that when he Dies although his family has a history of longevity Iran will be gripped by an internal Power struggle Between radicals and conservatives the Mujahideen Khaliq vows to stage a mass uprising when Khomeini Dies. Khomeini seeking to head off a political upheaval has named As his successor Ayatollah Hussein All Montazeri. 65, a ranking cleric who has in the Pas denounced religious excesses and was imprisoned by the Shah. Travellers from Tehran say that for the first Lime in years the motorcycle gangs of islamic zealots who enforced Iran s strict codes of dress and behaviour Are absent Tram the streets. But that s Only because the government clamped Down arresting women who did not Wear the Black head to Loe chador closing More than 150 boutiques and raiding warehouses where merchants were hoarding Western luxury goods. There Are other signs of Strain. The Mujahideen who claim to have sources inside the regime have reported clashes Between the regular army and the revolutionary guard. The two have Long been rivals but tactics in the War particularly the revolutionary guard s penchant for human wave assaults to overcome the better armed iraqis have reportedly heightened the differences. The guard has been steadily built up since the War began. Ii now rivals the army whose pro Shah officer Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. F photo corps was purged alter Iho revolution As a lighting Force with some 500.000 men in 10 divisions with armoured naval and air units. But Western military analysis believe that Iran s recent Battlefield successes indicate that these military and ideological references May have been patched up Iran s worsening Economy ravaged by mismanatjeme"., the War and falling Oil prices is causing widening hardship. Travellers irom Tehran report growing shortages As the government seeking to save ils pied us foreign currency slashes its annual 312bittionin imports the situation is worse than other shortages in recent years said one traveler who asked no to be named the meat ration has been reduced. Milk butter cheese baby foods and pharmaceuticals Are hard Gofind the prices of fruit and vegetables have  with hundreds of factories Chr Ealend with closure because of restrictions on importing raw materials and spare parts for machinery unrest could mount As the War drags on. But parliament speaker Ali Akbar Hashemi a Sfanjani a key Khomeini aide has pledged soon there will be no More serious  Tan s exotic Appeal sport in aggie of g youth e Era not sible rth. Kkhan mane Itam Alof i irom Flores feel us houses of hardened mud the same Brown As Iho Hills around Are Little changed Over the centuries a russian manufactured prefabricated housing factory is turning out soviet style apartment blocks but they Are far outnumbered. The few targe slate run factories Are insignificant beside thousands of Small private shops the legacy of thousands of years of trading at this Crossroads of Camel caravans. Carpets made by women who spend months tying thousands of knots Are piled along shop Walls. Merchants make frantic efforts to attract Dollar carrying customers these Days tossing carpet alter Dusty carpet across the floor to catch attention. The asking Price can drop in a few minutes from $650 to �300. Antique shops Are like archaeological excavations. Under the dust on the shelves Lurk ancient sculptures islamic bowls even russian Samovar bearing the double headed Eagle Crest of the Romanov dynasty. The fighting a not affected the easy going nature of the afghans their temperament could not be More different from russians the government s dour Northern allies who have been in Kabul since the end of 1979 markets proffer baskets of grains and spices As they have for uncounted centuries. Smuggled goods from hashish to japanese television sets come and go across the largely imaginary Border with Pakistan. And a series of unusual local sports change with the seasons. Winter is the High season Lor bar Kashi. In it mounted teams Light Over Possession of a whole Goat rather than a Ball. The horsemen surge Back and Forth trying to drag the co Cass Over the Goat line. Recent visitors were told they were Loo Early for a game of Bozka Stii but there were alternatives. A Man stopped in a Back Street near the Kabul River and issued the invitation. We have very Good Duck  he said. _ Plant tip a Imong Tow Oft ring at a Marker in Kabul. Afghan Kitoi i Motte country that we one Tow  at Taek packing youth my no Touri Ite Tim a Tyr. The stars and stripes Page 1 6