ON THE WORLD SCENE - Gene H Hogberg - November 08, 1978

Gene H Hogberg

IRAN: STRATEGIC COUNTRY IN TURMOIL Over the weekend the violent demonstrations which have wracked Iran for about a year reached into the city center of Teheran, the nation's capital. Youthful demonstrators, about 3,000 strong, vented their wrath against the symbols or Iran's Westernization — smashing the windows of banks, hotels, tourist shops and businesses selling alcohol. The weekend eruption forced Iran's beleaguered leader, Shah Reza Pahlavi, to install a military government and to intensify marshal law. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library