European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The difficulties of daily life in the islamic Republic of Iran seem inescapable Here veiled women leave a mosque in Tehran Day to Day War of nerves _ Post apocalypse Iran by Gela Reh Arayesh -7 Baltimore Sun the Loudspeaker , Iran banishes sleep. The amplified voice Drifting up to the open bedroom window is alarming a until it is 7,7 resolved into words. A a Quot Sweet pomegranates. Green Beans. Green  pomegranates Quot. 7 the roving Street Sellers Are starting their morning a. Rounds in the neighbourhood with carts Fuh of vegetables. And housewares. Soon the Salt seller joins in a Quot Quot summoning housewives to buy Rock Salt or sell leftover bread that will end up in a Farmers hands,1 food for the a cows. A Ait s a big difference from the Days just two years ago. When twice a week the air would fill with keening , and cries of Vilahu Akbar a god is great. Bodies. Came in by the hundreds then and the City would mourn a a its dead Young men Back from the iraqi front. A a but though the War of bombs and bullets Quot is done the _ War of nerves goes on. A Day to Day life iranians say. Is frustrating sometimes to the Point of despair Only Money makes things easier iranians have endured a , losing much of a generation of youth  conflict that. Lasted longer than world War d. Although the nation seems eager to leave behind both the War and the a violent Early years of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s revolution the legacy of the past decade persists. Iran is Imlah nudist of a transition from War to peace from Revonel on to. Stable Rule. ,. The problems of transition include 50 percent. Inflation disintegrating automobiles Telephone lines and roads and a sense of insecurity As iranians. A pursue pleasures forbidden by islamic Law. Quot with the governor fiend struggling to rebuild an Economy mangled by War most iranians lives Are a a reduced to a perpetual struggle to Muster the basics of life.  As Tea meat and Rice Are rationed. Spending hours in line for such goods is As much a Quot part of life As brushing one s to eth. A a a -. A. Money is so devalued that any sizable Purchase a 7 a requires handing Over bags of Bills. Value is pegged to the Dollar which at the official rate is Worth 70 Tomans at Street Corners where clusters of men openly Hawk Many iranians live in a Gray zone Between what is official and what is tolerated. The threat of punishment always looms often striking without warning dollars Deutsch Marks and lire $1 was Worth As 7 much As 147 Tomans . 7. Although personal freedoms have increased under the regime of president Hashemi a Sfanjani who took Over in the summer of 1989 after Khomeini s death fundamentalist iranians fight the changes sought by their More secular Brethren meanwhile Many iranians live in a Gray zone Between what is official and what is tolerated. The threat of punishment always looms often striking without warning. A. The country is at once wholly Normal and perilous. Neither the normalcy nor the uncertainty entirely defines the reality of the experience. Both exist in. Perfect tension. A. Ain daily Ido Post Reyold Tanury imn has plenty of los and plans and schedules but As i to country struggles 7 to get Back on its foot As iranians continue to dig. A. A a mines  the  Welcome Back prisoners of War there is still a tooling that the rules of society a. Remain suspended. A �-    �.77 a a a a will the Mashad Tehran bus run today will hard. Work ensure University acceptance or a promotion a nothing is certain and that Moie thai anything Fosters frustration even despair. Iranians complain that getting routine things Don depends on personal relationships. Having an a acquaintance a a parti a is the key to getting Ajob a Pardon or an air plane ticket. Corruption a Staple of 7 7 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi s regime continues despite government crackdowns.-. Quot everything needs a parti a a disgusted Tehrani a says. A a a a for the Young University admission which in Iran is synonymous with Success has always been difficult because of the intensity of Competition but set asides for families Ohmar yrs. The War wounded and Tho resuming prisoners of War have made it virtually impossible. Many youngsters now take for granted that they wont be Able to  exam that determines. Their  a it of come Here for two months three months you see the surface of the Mailer Quot a Young University student tells a visitor Quot people Are laughing Happy 7 naturally they re Happy to see you. But if you live Here Day to Day. You either have to go live in isolation a somewhere or from morning til night you get frustrated. You see things that drive you crazy Quot every morning i get up i Tell myself i la handle it. Then something else happens that just makes it  a s. The very fact that a Leopie complain steadily about. Continued on Page 14 Friday. February 1, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 13