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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle. Friday, December 8, 1978 Page Four 'Our activities here will get more intense' tudeots give insight to Iranian viewpoints HEATHER SPRAKE Chronicle staff Editor's note: Demonstrations in Iran to overthrow the shah have increased recently as have the protests of a number of the 215 Iranian students at the University. The following stories are two examples of the differing viewpoints Iranian students have taken. The stories are taken from interviews with two Iranian students: Shohreh Wahhabi (not her real name) and Fatamah Ehya (the name she uses when talking to the press.) Fatamah Ehya, 21. is a senior business major. She left her family in Shirez, Iran, to come to Utah for her education. She is a member of the Iranian Student Organization, which opposes the shah. "I talk with people, talk with the by American press," she said. "It takes up my whole life. I think political life is enjoyable." Removing the shah from power and the foreign influence from Iran is the most important thing to her now. "I feel like I'm an Iranian, too. I have to struggle even though I'm in the United States," she said. Ehya hopes to return to Iran after graduation this spring and "join the struggle of the Iranian people." "People are not going to be quiet, they're going to continue, they're going to overthrow the shah." she said. She became deeply involved in pontics after coming to the United States and has been in the Iranian Student Organization about three years. She hopes to make Americans aware of U.S. involvement in Iran. Greenpeace denounces 'slaughter' by KELLY KILKENNY Chronicle Staff Greenpeace is a nonprofit organization intending to save the endangered seals and whales from massivie jlaughter. The efforts and goals of Greenpeace are to save the of one every 15 minutes. This figure brings a rate them to the edge of extinction. Whales are being killed for items such as pet food, cosmetics, shoe polish and grease. All of these can be derived from plentiful inexpensive synthetic substitutes. earth from being destroyed is focus on man. The Because of the efforts of by whales and seals however, various "save the whale" because they are near organizations including extinction. Greenpeace and interThe number of marine national pressures, almost mammals murdered each every country except the year ranks in the several Soviet Union and Japan has thousands. For example, outlawed whaling. Conduring four days in 1975, sumers can help prevent 120,000 baby harp seals were whaling by boycotting clubbed to death and their products manufactured in pelts removed. Sometimes .these countries. The Greenpeace crew harp seals were clubbed to death and their pelts is made up of mostly removed. Sometimes harp volunteers and few paid k old were officers. These individuals seals aware of their skin being refer to themselves as the "rainbow people" patriots ripped off. They screamed and twitched until they of the earth who represent all finally died of exposure. life forms. Their ship, the Mother seals often attempted "rainbow warrior," has to revive their dead pups for nonviolently confronted whalers in every ocean in the up to three days. world to prevent the areTilled at Whalesloclay one-wee- extinction of these intelligent marine mammals. The Greenpeace Foundation first began to halt the slaughtering of maring life in newfoundland and the North Pacific in 1976 by confrontation. An estimated number of 1,400 whales have been saved by Greenpeace. Greenpeace has offices in the main cities along the coast of California. The center office in Vancouver, Canada, organizes "save the whales, save the seals" campaigns. Greenpeace is urging citizens to volunteer to help with its fight against the massive killing of whales and seals. Donations of time and money are desperately needed. Greenpeace feels that public outcry could bring a significant impact on the continuation of whaling:.. The initial offices of Greenpeace operate on a provisional period. six-mon- th Members are know as "friends of Greenpeace." They act under the supervision of the Oregon office. The director of the "friends of Greenpeace" office in Salt Lake City, Christina Fowler, feels that people find it hard to relate to "save the whales" campaigns because there are "no whales in the Rockies." Fowler took an interest in whales after spending two months in Hawaii observing dolphins. She began to work for Greenpeace last August. Her organization can use as many volunteers as possible. However, the crew she is now working with doesn't have the time required to devote to Greenpeace. They may have to work on an individual basis. "Perhaps if we had Russians hunting whales in the Great Salt Lake, Greenpeace would receive more response from inland states," said Fowler. For more informations on how you can become involved in helping to save the whales, save the seals, write: Friends of Greenpeace, 2343 E. 3300 So. Suite 7, Salt Lake City, UT 84109. Support for the movement like American "I people. I really do. but I don't like the U.S. government because I feel like it's an enemy of my people." said Ehya. "But being here has been a good experience to communicate with the people. A lot of people are really understanding and concerned." "A lot of people support the movement, but not many in this state because people are really conservative." She said the Iranian Student Association (ISA), which has chapters nationwide, has had several incidences with the police because the police don't want people to be educated about Iran. "As the struggle of Iranian people gets more intense, our activities here will get more and more intense, too. And the Iranian people are not going to be intimidated by any opposition from any police, army or U.S. government because as long as the United States is involved in Iran we would like to inform the people." she said. Failure of American press She thinks Americans are getting false information from the press. She asks, "Supporting one of the most vicious rulers in the world is that really human rights? And I want to ask, in a countiy where, in one earthquake, over 20,000 people are killed because of improper housing, what is the shah's modernization doing?" Ehya said that the American government is controlling its press in Iran. "Some of the press people are getting paid by the government not to release the news." According to her, the press understates the news. "There are 20,000 getting killed, the press releases that 1,000 have been killed." Her father works for the government in Iran in the health department. "To support their famillies, a lot of people work for the government, for the shah, but it doesn't matter. Right now everybody's on strike." Revolution has to be bloody When asked if she was frightened for her parents in Iran she said no, she accepted the idea that the revolution has to be bloody to be successful and her family is only a very small part of the Iranian society involved in the struggle. She doesn't want an Islamic state for Iran. "I don't agree with Islamic government but I support some of the radical leaders like Khomeini. I think that religion is something that you believe inside. It's a personal belief; there shouldn't be any mixture with government," she said. "We want to have people governing people." Freshman from Iran Shohreh Wahhabi, a freshman, has been in America two years. Her parents live in Iran where her father is an officer in the military. After she completes four years and possibly graduate work at the University, she hopes to return to Iran to work in continued on page 5 ASUU' PROGRAMS PRESENT A l Roll Rck : Stomp Stiarirflinig Dec. Bth Union Ballirooinni 0:30 pm $1.50 |