I I THE BATTALION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1979 Page 9 nation V/ ( arter aids Iran’s martyr request United Press International NEW YORK — Every time Presi- ent Carter threatens Iran, he plays fight into the hands of the Ayatollah uhollah Khomeini, says an expert n the Persian culture. The Iranians in their frustration ith rapid modernization under the hah turned to religion — the only adition they had left, said Professor Peter Chelkowski of New York Uni versity. That religion is based on self- sacrifice, guilt and a hatred of vil lains, he said in a weekend inter view. “Khomeini has managed to take this syndrome of sacrifice and guilt, this hatred of villains and translate it to the shah and his supporters,” Chelkowski said. “The whole ritual is reenacted in a political framework. ” When Carter retaliates to the holding of 50 Americans in the be sieged U.S. Embassy in Tehran with threats, Chelkowski said this only helps Khomeini unify his people against a common enemy. 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Help for $ savers United Press International WASHINGTON — A new 30-month certificate of deposit will be offered Jan. 1 that will allow small savers to take advantage of record interest rates, federal financial regulators say. Also, the new certificates will require no minimum deposit, a major breakthrough for Americans trying to protect their savings against inflation. One of the main purposes of the certificate will be to help thrift institutions lure funds away from popular money market funds. If the new certificates are successful, more money would become available for loans within the hard-pressed housing industry. That means home mortgages would become easier to obtain. For those Americans not seeking a new mortgage, the government decision is still significant because it allows them access to high interest rates on their savings, no matter how little money they have to invest. Six-month money market certificates now offered by financial insti tutions have a $10,000 minimum. Most money market funds require a minimum deposit of at least $1,000. In addition to the high interest rates, the new certificates of deposit also will allow for compounding, a feature not available for money market certificates. Ocean by donning the white shrouds of martyrdom. Those same shrouds, bearing Persian writing that says the bearers are willing to die, are worn by demonstrators seen outside the U.S. embassy in Tehran. “Our nation looks forward to the opportunity of self-sacrifice and mar tyrdom,” he said Khomeini wrote in a letter to the pope. The Iranians are simply acting out in real life what they have seen de picted in their theatrically bloody folk passion plays known as “Ta’ziyeh” since the 10th century, said Chelkowsid. He spent three years studying the dramas in Iran and has written a book about it. The plays, which are similar to Christiandom’s Stations of the Cross depicting the death of Christ, show the “heroic martyrdom” of Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Moham med, who was cut to pieces by his religious and political opponents in 680, Chelkowski said. The Shiites believe martyrdom RELEASE YOUR FRUSTRATIONS STICK IT TO THE KHOMEINI Order Ybur Large 14" X 22" Poster/Dartboard Now! can win Hussein’s intercession for them at the final day of judgment. The Iranian people turned to Khomeini, who returned to Iran af ter 15 years of exile last winter, be cause “the shah tried to industrialize too fast,” Chelkowski said. “The shah took a family and group- oriented society that had survived 25 centuries and completely disrupted it,” he said. “There were too many cars. There was no room to move. Things didn’t work and there wasn’t even time to do the traditional things like see the extended family,” Chelkowski said. 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