Sales Tax- Economics and Politics of Reform

September 27, 1980 have been further intensified due to the discontentment and persecution of various national and religious minorities like the Kurds, the Arabs, the Jews, the Christians, Bahais, etc. The continued holding of American hostages for almost 11 months now, the manner in which the opponents of the regime have been summarily arrested, accused and prosecuted and often executed, has led to a marked lessening of the wide support the regime had enjoyed soon after the Shah's removal.