Page 2-Wednesday, July 8, 1981-The Michigan Daily Iran executes 9 more; closes news office, 4 BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Iran's Islamic regime executed nine more op- ponents yesterday and closed the Tehran bureau of the British news agency Reuters, Tehran radio said. The government also expelled three South Korean diplomats and advised most of the rest of the South Korean Embassy staff to leave within two weeks, the radio broadcasts monitored in Beirut said. NO REASON was given for the move, which would leave three South Korean diplomats and four administrative of- ficials at the embassy. But radio broad- casts said the Iranian Embassy in Seoul had been downgraded to the level of charge d'affaires. Tehran radio said eight men and one woman were executed before dawn on charges of organizing riots to protest the ouster of President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr. The latest deaths brought to 140 the number of government opponen- ts executed since leaders of the ruling Islamic Republican Party engineered Bani-Sadr's dismissal on June 22. Bani-Sadr disappeared before his impeachment and is reportedly hiding among Kurdish rebels in Kurdistan, northwestern Iran. A STATEMENT by Iran's Infor- mation Ministry said the government closed the Reuters bureau because a recent review of its coverage had un- covered 10 instances of "biased and un- true reporting." A Reuters spokesman in London said the Iranian government had offered no specific examples of bias when it closed the bureau and ordered Reuters correspondents Barry May, Alan Philps and Phil Davison to leave Iran within 48 hours. ALL AMERICAN news agency, television network and newspaper correspondents were expelled from Iran in 1980 during the crisis caused by the seizure of American hostages by Iranian militants. Bani-Sadr ... still in hiding In the latest alleged act of terrorism announced by the government, authorities claimed a bomb was discovered and defused at a Tehran mosque shortly before worshippers converged for Monday night prayers. "But thanks to the alertness of the people, the bomb was discovered and defused by the security officials, and praying people were saved from an evil conspiracy by the minigroups associated with Western imperialism," Tehran radio said. Iranian officials frequently use such terms to describe the leftist Mujahedeen Khalq guerrilla group, which, despite its Marxist ideology, is often accused of collaborating with the United States and other Western powers. Today Falwell's friends MORAL MAJORITY leader Jerry Falwell Monday said he was asked by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to help explain the bom- bing of an Iraqi nuclear reactor to the American public. During a talk at the Landmark Baptist Temple Sunday, Falwell said two days after Israel bom- bed the reactor Begin called to enlist his support. "I have been a friend of Israel for many years and a friend of Begin for several years," Falwell said in a telephone interview Monday. "He simply wanted to ask me to com- municate to the American people the reason for the bombing. They (the Israelis) were not trying to initiate war. They were simply trying to protect themselves. "They very carefully picked the time when there would be no radiation danger to the city of Baghdad." The fundamentalist minister said most Americans probably agree with Begin's explanation. "I personally think the American people wholeheartedly support what happened," he said. C'mon, Nancy, how old? F IRST LADY Nancy Reagan celebrated her birthday Monday. Was she 58? "She says she is," White House deputy press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters, with a smiling emphasis on the word "says. ' However, records at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., her alma mater, give her birthdate as July 6, 1921, according to a spokesman quoted in the Washington Post. That would make Mrs. Reagan 60. NBC News reported Monday that it had located a copy of Mrs. Reagan's birth certificate at a library in New York City, certificate No. 32579, showing that she was born in 1921. Mrs. Reagan, however, says she was born in 1923. "It's definitely 1923," said her spokeswoman, Sheila Tate. That would have made her 16 when she enrolled at Smith. How old? Only her hairdresser knows for sure. Q Today's weather Clear and hot, temperatures soaring into the mid-90s. Q Happenings... Films AAFC - The Sorrow and the Pity, 7 p.m., Angell Aud. A. C2-Story of a Love Affair, 7:30 p.m.; The Reckless Moment, 9:30 p.m., Lorch Hall. CFT - The Last Wave, 4,7 & 9 p.m., Michigan Theater. Miscellaneous Ark - Hoot night, open mike, 9p.m., 1421 Hill. Folk Dance Club - Adv. teaching and dancing, 8 p.m., Union. Commission for Women - Mtg., noon, 2549 LSA Bldg. Rackham Christian Forum - Mtg., noon, Michigan League studio. Karma Thegsum Choling - Mediataion, 7 p.m., 734 Fountain. Eckankar - Introductory talk - "Dreams: Fantasy or Reality?" 7:30 p.m., 302 E. Liberty. Q The Michigan Daily Vol. XCI, No. 35-S Wednesday, July 8, 1981 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Subscription rates:$12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. 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