INSIDE IRAN


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Issue 195 - 07 Sep 1982
Some three months ago, after the recapture of Khorramshahr, Ayatollah Khomeini and his Islamic Republic looked set for weeks of celebration to be followed by a period of stability and the entrenchment of fundamentalist rule over Iran. On a mixture of fanatical impulse and Khomeini's desire to see his system of rule spreading throughout the region, Iran invaded Iraq on 13 July and the situation has turned around to the point that they are now on the verge of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

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