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(These reports are extracts from The Story of the Revolution produced by the BBC Persian Service.)

Chapter Two: Report one
"Tens of thousands of people of various strata of society, members of the National Unity Front, gathered in Amjadiyeh Sports Stadium this morning. They kept chanting slogans in support of the Constitution and Dr Shapour Bakhtiar's government. Demonstrators occupied the lawn and all the seats around the stadium. At the end of this rally, members of the National Unity Front issued a six point resolution, the text of which is as follows: 1. Full implementation of the Constitution. 2. Freedom of speech and the press without suppression, bigotry or restriction. 3. We call upon Dr Shapour Bakhtiar's legitimate government to prevent foreign agents and traitors from intimidating the demonstrations in support of the constitution. They should not think freedom and security should be enjoyed by a particular group only. 4. The vigilant nation of Iran will continue its relentless struggle to safeguard the Constitution and will continue fighting the enemies of Iran until its last dying breath. 5. The army and the personnel of the Imperial Armed Forces, which are the guardians of Iran's independence and territorial integrity, remain close to the heart of the Iranian people. 6. The National Unity Front of Iran invites all those present today and other patriots to attend a glorious meeting next week, which has been organized by all political organs of this National Unity Front, to demonstrate once again our allegiance and commitment to Iran's proud and glorious history. According to Agence France Presse, an opposition group attacked the rally in support of the Constitution at midday today. The assailants, armed with clubs, injured many of the demonstrators. World news agencies have put the numbers of demonstrators in favour of the Constitution at somewhere in the region of between thirty and fifty thousand people."

Chapter Four: Report one
"This is Tehran, the true voice of the Iranian nation, the voice of the revolution. Please pay attention, please pay attention. We will now bring to your attention the latest message of His Eminence The Grand Ayatollah Imam Khomeini, leader of the Iranian nation's movement: "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. To the Muslim, heroic and struggling nation of Iran.Dear listeners, the time is now three minutes past eleven [in the evening] and now we draw your attention to a message issued by His Eminence Ayatollah Shari'atmadari: `In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. To the zealous and noble people of Iran. Now that, in the shadow of divine succour, your selfless struggle has put paid to the tyrannical regime, and dictatorship has abandoned its last trench, I wish to offer my congratulations to the entire nation of Iran. We are grateful to Almighty God and wish to express our gratitude to the army for responding to the call of the eminent ulema to join the nation. I plead with the rest of the army commanders, officers and NCOs, who have not yet taken the big decision of their lives, to join the people. I would also like to ask the people to be vigilant and confront and crush any conspiracy. Please maintain law and order and safeguard state buildings together with all their files and documents, which belong to the nation. Victory is nigh. General Beiglari, the acting commander of the guards, and General Ali Neshat, commander of the Imperial guard, in their telephone messages announced that the units under their command had not left their barracks since the declaration of the army's neutrality. Their messages read as follows: `We declare total solidarity with the nation and fully obey the instructions that we have been given.` `I wish to announce with pride that the Imperial Guard is part of the nation.` `I wish to ask everyone to try to substantiate every report about the air force before believing them. ` `There are no disconcerting reports about Firouzeh Palace. No-one has attacked it. Just a group of young men are around celebrating and firing into the air in joy. The sound of shooting has scared some families in the vicinity of the building.` [The radio presenter asks] - General, could you please introduce yourself? [He replies] - I am Lt-General Rabi'i, the commander of the air force."

Part 1:
Ayatollah Khomeini returns
Part 2:
One country - two governments
Part 3:
The last struggle of the army
Part 4:
Revolution Day

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