The information contained in this article is taken from a booklet, (The
Rise), published in July. 1977 by the Organization of Iranian Moslem
Students. It gives a clear explanation of the atrocities they say the form r
shah committed, the complicity of which they accused the U.S. and
Israeli governments, and the reasons the students are determined to cap
ture the shah and bring him to trial. At the time the book was published,
the Ayatollah Khomeini was in exile and the revolution that overthr
the former shah was gaining momentum. The information is reproduced
here with the aim of clarifying the role of all parties involved in the
crisis in Iran. It does not necessarily represent the views of the Citizen
publisher or editor.