1. IRAN: CURBING THE CLERICS?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R000500110034-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2004
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: June 19, 1980
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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STATE INR Morning Summary
BUREAU' OF tNT:L IGENCE ;-..NO R: EARCH - ANALYSIS: June 19, 1980
IRAN; : C' RSINCG T'-?= CLL'R=CS?
Ayatclla.
to teli e-
tion and alie:
and the bazaa
uni _y are in
followed by f
the political
consolida tion
thonei.i and ':.:'_s family advisors may now have
th::z cier_cai extremism is weakening the revolu-
atir.q scre of _:s staunchest supporters, the poor
^e_c;hants. 2.z_ Khcmeini's state-rlent_s calling for
nemselve$ unli':wly to achieve it. Unless they are
rt:_e:: dizcctiv_!> sur-porting President Bani-Sadr,
r if'. in =ran will continue towards an eventual
zf cle_ icel pc,ie.r.
In their -?rive to dominate Iranian society, the clerics
have cut a hi :hlv visih.:e pat- during the last month:
?--an educe :.ional ccr,.-:ittee which will probably be dominated
by the f nda Tanta?. _sts h s been established to revamp all
uni~.ersi -.ies _lcrc- Islamic lines;
--Ayatolla ant-i-ne.rcotics court has executed
app:oxi-m. rely 90 ,~_cple;
--a pz.rtic:larlr vicious propaganda battle has been waged
aga:.nst ani-deer.
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The incr-asin ly bitter factionalism within the revolutionary
ranks undoubtdly prompted 'homeini to warn in a speech last week
that there s, '_its could de!:t:Dy the revolution. A clerical attack
on a legally _rcanized rally, which occurred two days after
the speech, 11-d J to n:n_^nad Kho reini' s stinging criticism of the
funda_maenj:ali_ _s and may have also been responsible for his father's
directive. to :_he Revoluticnar. Guards to obey Bani-Sadr.
This sit _a _ion has no doubt :.ed the clerics to reassess
their tactics. ;n editorial _n a clerically controlled paper has
called f::r a --r-ice i-: the current wrangling with 3ani-Sadr. But
the cler :_cs' =sic ^a tc _a dor.~ination of the revolution, has
not chan::ed. There _s little. reason to believe that the will cease it _`:e 2creseeaole future.
DOS REVIEW COMPLETED
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