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Article: The twilight of Khomeini and Islamic Republic
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 5, 1989
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The government of the United States predicted that Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini, the "ruling jurist" of Iran, would not outlive
1988. The New Year makes it clear that prediction was premature.
But the ayatollah's multiple medical ills and advanced age suggest
that his death is not far in the future.
It will have profound consequences for the people of Iran as
well as for the United States. The Islamic Republic of Iran that has
been created under his leadership has proven a disaster for Iran, for
Iran's neighbors and for all those in the Third World who have been
caught up by Khomeini's revolutionary rhetoric. His death will
accelerate the processes leading to its fall.
Because he ...