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~~t: on the side of a group of police officers who
formed a pro-Islamic group during the 1974
Republican' People's Party (CHP) and National
Salvation Party coalition !!overnment. If the se~urity
forces simply sit ana watch fundamentahsl:\
attacking the public, the public has to defend
itself," Perinçek said.
He said that the videotape will be used as evi.
dence durin$ the hearing and the prosecution will
be informea. Asked by.i\ journalist as. to how the
videotape was obtained, Perinçek responded," On
July 3, we promised that we will expose those who
are responsible for the riots and we are h~eping.
our promise." Perinçek explained that there is
another video recordin!! that singer Hasrel
Gültekin had made from the window of the hotel
'which he gave to a nurse when he was brought to
hospital. He said that this tare was taken away
from the nurse by members 0 the police and that
they are trying to locate this tape as well. f\uthor
Lütli l«11eli. who was ~ong those caught to the
Madimak hoteTfire but escaped injury, said at the
press conference that the police were more the
leaders of the riots than the preventers. "Forming a
government is not enough to be in control. On the
day of the incidoot, the police did not carry out the
mayor's intervention orders, Shariah is spreading
through Turkey at an alarming speed. Everybodv,
from the president to the political parties who have
allowed fundamentalism to come this far are
responsible for this mess." Kale.lisaid.'
turkish daily new Friday, February 11, 1994
Iran amid economic .and political contraversy
Tehran looks for a way out on the 15th anniversary oj the Islamic Revolution
By Adnan Çaglayan
Turkish Daily News
Political bottleneck
TEHRAN-ANKARA- Iran, which Iran's problems are not limited to
is amon!! the oil rich countries, is economics but extend to the political
trapped in an economic bottleneck on field. On Feb. I, Iran was stirred by
the 15th anniversary of the Islamic the rapidly-spreading news of the
revolution.
assassination attempt on Rafsancani
Diplomatic observers in Tehran while he was delivering a speech in
cautioned that the people of Iran are front of Ayetullah Humeyni's tomb,
daily becoming more uneasy about Behest-i Zehra.
go\'emment policies in various fields Later on, Information Minister
from the economy to politics. Hoccatulislam, Ali Fallahiyan
Due to the decline of oil prices, announced that the assassin who was
Iran' s annual income has dropped only identifiedas Kurusnikahtar, a
sharply.
youth of 26 years, pointed his gun
Last year's prices of $18 to $20 directly at the rostrum where,
per barrel have become a dream in Rafsancani stood. Fallahiyan also
the last six months. Now, Iran is seIl- said that 20 men were arrested in
ing its crude oil at an average price connection with the assassination
of $10.5, and this price is far from attempt. He said their links with
covering Iran's needs.
some embassies in Tehran had been
The decrease in Iran's hard curren- identified but he gave no other'
cy income has affected the U.S. dol- , details. '
I~ rates with a do!lar ~rading at 2.000
naIs from 1.500 naIs m the last three
On Feb. 2, one more unexpected
incideIit took place in Zahedan city,
months.
which is located on the Pakistani-
Iranians who expressed their opin- Iranian border. An unknown num~er
ions to a TON reporter in Tehran of people attacked shops, broke wmmainly
complained about the eco- dows and burned cars, buses and
nomic conditions. Nearly all of them even flags: .
stressed their respect for and confi- Accordmg to Iram,an government
dence in Iranian President Hashemi sources, the rioting was suppressed
Rafsancani. They said: "We believe by security forces with the help of
Rafsancani' s policies will be suc- the people of Zahedani. Later on" the
cessful, but some of the radièal Iranian press had different explanagroups
in Parliament prevent him tions for the issue.
from implementing them. We are Some newspapers claimed that
proud of what we have done and we anti-revolutionaries had tried to cast
do not want to go back (to the Shah's a shadow over the ceremonies for the
time), but we have a long road which 15th Islamic Revolution anniversary.
we must travel immediately." , Others said that Sunni sect members,
According to diplomatic sources, who live mainly on the Pakistani-
Rafsancani has been' tryingto Iranian border, had been inflamed by
increase the state's internal income anti-revolutionary ~roups saying that
through various ways such as one of the Sunni mosques in the' city
increasing the gas prices in Iran but
P~rliament has vetoed his initiatives.
of Meshed had been destroyed.
A f ew days later a pro-govern-
Ayatollah Khamenei
ment demonstration was held in
Zahedan.
Future prospects
Diplomatic observers in Tehran
claimed that the incidents showed the
Iranian government's total control
over the country was diminishing.
Economic difficulties, which make
the ordinary person's life unbearable,
will serve as the main factor for the
imminent collapse of the Iranian
regime, they said. "Iran has been iso.
lated since 1979, when the Islamic
revolution took place. Since then, it
has been trying to build up an alternative
economic system, but you can
do nothing if 80 percent of the eeon-
Aratollah Humeyni, The late leader
o the Islamic Revolution
orny is under state control, particularlv,
at a time like this. The winds of
globalization ând liberalization are .
turning into gales," observers said.
. Diplomatic circles have reached a
similar conclusion: "The Iranian
regime has came to the point of no
-return.
They have to reconcile their differences
with the world otherwise they
will disappear in history like others
have done."
But the people who are familiar
with Iran and the region are more
restrained than the diplomatic circles
because of their knowledge of the
Iranian people's ability to create miracles.
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