Word: aly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would begin to carry out the release terms still had to be decided, but he added: "For all practical purposes, there is agreement." U.S. officials expected the Americans to be out of Iran before Ronald Reagan was inaugurated. On a top-secret document in Tehran, Iranian Prime Minister Muhammed Ali Raja'i wrote: "Transfer scheduled for Tuesday morning Tehran time." That would be Monday night...
...this the end of the revolution?" asked Amin Nasseri, an opponent of the bill. "Don't we say there is no difference between Carter and Reagan?" Hassan Ayat, an Islamic fundamentalist, raised a flurry of detailed questions in objecting to the pending agreement. The tart-tongued speaker, Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, asked anyone who agreed with Ayat to stand up. No one did. Scoffed one supporter of the legislation: "This Mr. Ayat thinks he is the scholar of all the parliaments in the world. The things that he is talking about, all these small details, it means months...
...Thursday, however, the impression of substantial new progress could not be concealed. In Tehran, Iranian Prime Minister Muhammed Ali Raja'i looked drawn and uneasy as he and Nabavi walked into an austere two-story house in Jamaran, a village north of Tehran, presumably to advise Khomeini of the parliament's action, the latest offers from Algeria and a proposed Iranian response. Raja'i emerged much more relaxed and cheerful. He had received the Ayatullah's consent to send a positive reply. Not only were the negotiations now rushing toward a likely conclusion, but the worried...
...early September, Secretary of State Muskie sent a letter asking for the hostages' release to Mohammed Ali Raja'i, the devout Khomeini follower who was Iran's new Prime Minister. The letter was the first direct communication between the governments since before the April raid. Khomeini replied, giving conditions for the hostages' release, and for the first time did not mention the necessity of an American apology. The Ayatullah demanded merely the return of the Shah's fortune, the unfreezing of Iranian assets, cancellation of U.S. claims against Iran, and a pledge of noninterference...
...Tehran, meanwhile, Iranian leaders seemed almost to be parading a series of highly ambiguous public statements about a mysterious Algerian plan. First, Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Raja'i announced that Revolutionary Leader Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini had approved Algerian efforts to resolve the hostage issue. Said Raja'i: "We explained the Algerian proposal, which has suggested that it will guarantee to solve our problem with the United States, and the Imam permitted us to accept these guarantees." But Raja'i made no attempt to explain what those guarantees were...