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There were Communists who were directly attached to the Soviet Union. So in Iran we were more worried about a Communist takeover. Even our allies thought the same way. The mullahs, the religious people, were free to go into their mosques and say what they wanted to say. I think many people—the Communists especially—thought that if Khomeini comes and the shah leaves, then they will take over. None of them believed in religion anyway, but they went into the streets with their veils and so on. Some of these people who participated in the revolution have the courage to say now, "We made a huge mistake." But you cannot believe that even some intellectuals said they saw the picture of Khomeini on the moon ... (it) |
