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Fairview Sub. 385-5349 eens SM SHERIF erg NCR en MINT pee CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 28, }980 B5 ‘Ghotbzadeh strikes fear into our hearts’ He says he was in the U.S. for 20 years evening news ai FP News Service OTTAWA — He has gone by dozens of phoney names in his 44 years, but the one he bears now — Sadegh Ghotbzadeh —sends shivers up the spines of a small The tor Imows hi sroup of Canadians who once knew him well, To them, he is much more than the darkly handsome foreign minister of Jran, Ghotbzadeh — or Asfahani, as he was known 12 years ago — remains the belligerent campus radical who en- raged professors, intimidated students and set attractive women flaunting their miniskirts in B.C. Interior town of Nelson. The inhabitants of Nelson never ried ey, had a future world power st. the small And row, when they tune in the” ind see him dangling the futures of 50 American hostages before . an anxious world, it brings back a flood - : of unsettling memories, The most trou- - bling came three months ago, when student," but U.S. offi- clals deny this, _ It is virtually impossible to cut through the confusion. The Iranian embassy flatly refuses to supply. any informationontheman, - The Canadian external affairs de- *Ghotbzadeh greeted Canada's cunning scheme.to spirit six American diplo-" - mats out of Iran with Nelson, with its population of 10,000, is an unlikely place for a rich loudmouth from the Middle East to come to study fora history degree at 82 years of age. alma mater, Notre Dame Univer-. sity, no longer exists. "In those days, it was a private Cath- olic university with a reputation for let- ting in— ami in some cases, turning out marginal students, By all accounts, Ghotbzadeh was just such an applicant. He arrived from fellow- liant academic record. . How long he had been in the United States, and exactly what he'd done there, is murky, like most of Ghotb- zadeh’s past. He appears to have spent ve years at Georgetown University. ¢ was born in 1936 and sts bis a nothing more. Even those who do have information are not eager to share it, Martin Brown, registrar of the the now-defunct unlver- sity, sald: ‘‘He graduated from here in May 1970, That's all we can tell you. “And I don't think you'll get anybody else in town to talk. He was a student . here, he's gone now-and we don't want to get involved.” But some, whose lives were touched y the shady Iranian, can’t resist the Washington in 1088 with alese-then-bril- — temaptation to tum back the clock, they aré sure there is no way their words can be traced back to them, they will talk. partment is little more helpful. An embarrassed spokesman explained that since Iran re with a curriculum vitae, the govern- ment has been forced to rely mainly on newspaper clippings. External affairs ses to supply Canada that he Whatthe People of Nelson are saying — sounds melodramatic, but he strikes ae into the hearts of those who knew One of those is Ghotbzadeh’s former room-mate, an Iranian who now owns a hotel in Trail. He is not sure whether his ryman even him. He wishes Ghotbzadeb did. It would be useful to have a sympathetic ear in Iran, where several of his rela- tives are trapped, hoping to come to Canada. The hotel owner says it would be out of the question to appeal directly to the foreign minister. He knows his old wa back the elec, Onca This fear of speaking on-the-record is widespread, says Larry Scanian, editor of the Nelson Daily News. ‘‘I know it ite well enough to reallze that Ghotbzadeh does not offer favors out of the goodness of his heart. Earlier this month, a very private {unch took place in the dining rodm of the hotel. Lyle Kristiansen, New Demo- cratic MP for the riding (Kootenay- West) and the hotel owner met for two hours to talk of their region's strange link with turbulent Iran, The MP, who himself met Ghotb- zadeh briefly in 1968, came away from the lunch with some clear, and disturb- ing, impressions. “He (Ghotbzadeh) knew how to bluff well. He always seeemed to know more than he did; a man who had more style than substance. As far as the room- mate knew, he had no firm convictions, no long-term loyalties. He was friends Paris, professors a, .. - belligerent radico! with whomever was useful. “Ghotbzadeh seemed to have had a talent for ingratiating himself right people. He used it to play off his the dean.'He prob- ably used it on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini when they were both exiles in Reprinted from the Voncouver Sun “Now that he's back in Iran, he's relying largely on his ability to skate on thin Ice, to dodge and weave.” When Ghotbzadeh enierged as one of the powers of the Khomeini govern- ment, last December, a host of journal- ists descended on Nelson to see what they could unearth. So did the Central Intelligence Agen- cy. The CIA compiled a thick file; but they let only one tantalizing tidbit slip out. The Iranian apparently contracted a mig case of venereal disease while In He had a reputation as a good cook. He enjoyed giving dinner parties, which - sometimes lasted until dawn and usual- ly featured the host regaling guests with his latest horror tales from Iran. He was exotic but frightening, too Pushy, too calculating. : Today's tension-ridden world — best typified by the six-month agony of the hostages in Iran — is his type of place. tat what the people of Nelson worry about. i with the dob File Details of these and other job opportunities are available at: Nelson Canada Employment Centre, 514 Vernon St. Phone: 352-3155 * * . A rental sales clerk, with some knowledge of small equipment is wanted to work in Castlegar and Nelson. . . * A mature, retired or semi-retired person is pre- ferred for gardening work. ss 6 An i I Restaurant it Castlegar requires an experienced chef. Salary $1,000 ‘to’$1,200 per month. (892) == 8 we et Employer in Trail re- quires the services of an experienced electronic tech- nielan with experience in - repairing TVs, stereos, and record players. (869) . . . student job hunters Students who are seeking full-time or part-time summer employment are reminded that the Mid-Week Mirror/Castlegar News Action Ads are available to help them find jobs. Students 13 to 21 years old may place a free ad in the Student Placement section of our Action Ads. Students may offer their services for full-time employment, or for such part-time jobs as An electri ei is needed in the Castlegar area, Must havea minimum of two years’ experience in electri- cal son is required in the Nelson Lee ae * Cooks are needed in Nelson, Balfour, Salmo and New Denver. : . * ae Vacancies exist for wait- ere/waitresses, babysitters and domestic cleaning per- eons. . . A journeyman or 2nd year. apprentice motor re- winder is needed in Gray * . * A journeyman or T.Q. j truck mechanic, with diesel yexperience, is wanted in ; Salmo. * * A millwright/sawyer is required in Salmo to repair