1. IRAN: ISLAMIC REPUBLICAN PARTY PRESSES OFFENSIVE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R000500110029-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: July 10, 1980
• Content Type: SUMMARY

BUREAU OF INTEI~.C NCE AND RESEARCH - ANALYSIS: July 10, 1980 0
Morning SUmmary
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1. IRAN: IS.r-:_~_? F.EPUBLIC?N PAP.'I'Y PRESSES OFFENSIVE
increasing cler:`_czl domination of Iran.
P.yatollah ' =shti's Islamic Republican Party (IRP) is continu-
ing its drive rentralize its principal opponents:-3ani-Sadr
and the left, F;i. t.icularly the Mujahiddin al-Khalq. Khomeini
seems unable or un-,iilling to prevent the resulting weakening of
3ani-Sadr's win,. we see homeini's refusal to censure the party
The.IRP is deetermined to eliminate all opposition forces and
dominate the new c;overnment.. To achieve its goals,. the IRP is:
--actively su-)E?orting Khomeini-IS demand that the bureaucracies
he purged, a process that will eliminate a reservoir of
support for :;arii-Sadr; ----- -
--e ncouragir:: ; yatollah Khalkhali' s "reign of terror" (some
-u drug-
"intel lect'..3]. s" mac d on trumped
eddling a,
Khomeini his played into Beheshti's hands. Khomeini's vague
speeches stress; _:n