Original sentence: As editor of the Islamic Republican Party's official newspaper, Jomhouri-e Eslami, he was an opponent of Abolhassan Banisadr, first president of the Islamic Republic, until the latter's 1981 flight to France, whereupon he was appointed foreign minister
Edited sentence: As editor of the Islamic Republican Party's official newspaper, Jomhouri-e Eslami, he mounted a relentless assault on Abolhassan Banisadr, first president of the Islamic Republic, until the latter's 1981 flight to France, whereupon he was appointed foreign minister