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hundreds of Iranian students have been flooding into Oakland for several days. They come from all over the United States to take part in an annual convention at the Oakland Auditorium to plan opposition to the policies of the Shaw of Iran, whom they see as a merciless

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dictator being propped up by American influence. The day was filled with political speeches about the new Iran that will happen soon after what the students believe is the inevitable overthrow of the Shaw. One of the purposes of the gathering is to influence American public opinion, and

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to that end, there will be a massive parade of thousands of Iranians and their sympathizers on Thursday, from the federal building to the Embarcadero Center, starting at 9 a.m. That evening, documentary films will be shown about the situation in Iran, and panel discussions will be held

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with Americans invited. I talked to a student official about the strong feelings about her country. It's a struggle between the people, the haves and the have nots, and the have nots are trying thio get their hands on what they think belongs to them on the haves

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are trying to prevent the have nots from achieving that goal. Like, for example, millions of people in Iran are hitting the streets, sacrificing their lives and, you know, very gladly giving away whatever they have in order to win independence and democracy. And at the same time,

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the Shah's regime, along with the help of the Big Business Inc. Owners of the United States and the U. S. Government are strongly trying to prevent that, Spokesmen say. Nearly all the Iranian students study engineering, medicine and education all fields that will be essential after the

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Shaw is ousted from Oakland. I'm Ben Williams, Channel five Eyewitness News.