months, A. HAMZEH reports.
armed troops COBBO-LCD tanks have occupied all CLUNY S MEOT citie curlew has been LOSCE AnO CLOCHES. more than two people banned Hundreds of people have been killed by the troops, and a humber of prominent oppositionists have been rounded up by the army.
A life and deash struggle has the outoome of which is by no BEDES CETARYCE Much will depend on how well the Shah's army sands the new strains it faces at lenst one officer has already been Also crucial will reaction of the radical wing of the Moslem clergy, towards wuch masses increasingly looked for leaders hie recent appotntment of a ecociliation" by the Shah and renewed promiscs of refoems did nothing to solve: TC BOTTRA RONs Oer the contrary, the masses ie zhin apparenr climb-down: N INTERNATIONAL caniIN A BRUTAL attempt to crush the growiig f mas opposition the Shah has placed Tebran an eleven other iranian cilles under martiai law for s0c numbers of heavily by the regime an by -themsches. and their action accordangly. 7 Appeali by bourgeois opposition troups and the moderate wing of the Moslem clergy for the masses te pc pancar ano gire une nch government a chance had no CLICEL CILELE.
VIOLENT The Moslem clergy called for demonstrations throughout the country Monday September, a religious holiday marking the end of the month of Ramadan. The response was Even the government-con trolled press in tran adalitted that mote than three million tions throughout the country. bave For the first tinté the centre of the mans struggle moved ronn the provancial Ciss to1h capital, chran, whete mon than haif a million people are carly Alter clashe One reels chantine death To various demonstrators chanting "brother soldiers, why do you kill "Democracy had to he saved' in the wid Bot there political -CORTH KTH but stas ar unnoosary bloodshed".
nings or the Shah.
:TRIUMPH to stop them.
on the Icader Ayatollah Khomenh were prisanert and democratie rights. Significantly Large numbers of women took part in the demonstrations.
A call was made theo for a Demonstration previous day. general strike on 7 September.
The government responded by putung a pan on demonstra tions. The 'moderate' religious leaders backed down and called on the masses to go on strike the capital, i avold No oue took any notice of cither the government's war- soldiers"
the advice of the religious lenders, Hundreds of possibly thousands of poople came onto thousand the streets of Tehran once tore on 7 September in ansother nEstve sauw ot oppositon to trucklosdi hospital;
The regime did not carry, cur its threats, making no attempts Asthe demonstrations ended late in the evening theewar a mood of trungh. Mari poopd felt that they had niready the struggle agins the Shat They almos felt thu apededfor bf the working class d Tehran last Friday Whea the deidgostrarors TCL ATOC OSE HUNSEHCU shots into the crand and a violent clush developed which rapidly spread io other paris of Throughout the day there were bloody clashe between unarmed demonstrator; and on the. streets of Tebran. Sereral hundred and more. than OnC demonstrators are believed ta have been killed.
Ereaitnesses reported seeing of bodies being taken away or coo drow and exchided finself by this action be will has his parliameotary scof- won with PCF votes -and others muy follow him Mean whit, progressive Dominique PCF witlidrew its candidate before says that he is soeking an with the were of 'national ST GERMANY: Six Jour alars of a paper in Cottbus have reportedly been arrested En printing a spoech by head of taie Erich Honecker extolling Jac goverpment's efforts advance the cause of working nupe m derend Socinir added ac the cad. "lo doue so it has falled and will also faill in PERU: Several people were billed-when five thousand mitters abd theit Jamulies were Tarcibly ericted from University lase week hy police and armoured vehicies The miners and their families hut marched to Lina alghheh the rutinitwide strike6 45,000 stiers to wib the relbentemcot oF, 320 militants fred aftee previous strikes