10 JUNE 1989, page 12

Iran's Prophet

Amit Roy remembers the man of God who was a man of blood THERE are few things that Iran's ayatol- lahs relish more than a malicious joke, especially about one of their own......

One Hundred Years Ago

A GREAT calamity is reported from Pennsylvania. It had been raining terr- ibly on the Alleghanies for some days, and all the rivers running eastwards were greatly swollen, when,......