IRAN - Sept. 27 - Khomeini Urges US Help For Regime Change.Hoj. Hossein Khomeini in Washington addresses the American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a conservative think tank, founded in 1943. According to the institute its mission "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism — limited government, attacking the Tehran "dictatorship dictatorship Form of government in which one person or an oligarchy possesses absolute power without effective constitutional checks. With constitutional democracy, it is one of the two chief forms of government in use today. ". He says: "Today, Iranian people again want democracy, they want freedom. Furthermore, they have experienced...theocracy theocracy Government by divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided. In many theocracies, government leaders are members of the clergy, and the state's legal system is based on religious law. Theocratic rule was typical of early civilizations. in Iran and they have come to understand that religion and government cannot be one and the same...The best way is for the US to help the movement for democracy in Iran. They should look at this issue very seriously and not as dispassionately dis·pas·sion·ate adj. Devoid of or unaffected by passion, emotion, or bias. See Synonyms at fair1. dis·pas as they have been, waiting for something to happen and then get involved. Mr. Bush should act like Churchill when he gathered around him the British population to fight against Hitler". Asked if he thought the exiled son of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (Persian: رضا پهلوی, born October 31, 1960) is the eldest son of the late Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his Empress Consort, Farah Diba. should return to Iran, Khomeini (the grandson of the late Imam Khomeini) replies: "Anyone who has the power to lead Iranians into freedom should be there, no matter who". (Lack of official reaction to his US visit and anti-theocracy statements in the subsequent days was remarkable - see New Service No. 14). |
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