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...seemed confident that the release was part of a package deal, definitely linked to the formation of the U.N. commission. The only uncertainty, it seemed, was whether the release would come when the U.N. commission was formed or after it finished its work. Iran's new President, Abolhassan Banisadr, appeared to have agreed to such a deal; but when he was asked to say so in writing, he denied that there was any connection at all between the U.N. hearings and the release of the hostages. Some optimistic officials in Washington and at the U.N. insisted that such...
...Administration quickly decided that any hard-line response to Banisadr's statement could weaken the position of the relatively moderate Iranian President. His election on Jan. 25, with 76% of the vote, was viewed by Washington as a very positive development. Not only was the selection of a President expected to bring an end to more than a year of Iranian political chaos, but Banisadr was known to favor a compromise on the hostages. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the threat it poses to the Persian Gulf may have convinced many responsible Iranian leaders that their ties with...
Indeed, one of Banisadr's most difficult tasks since his election has been to trim the militants' power. In a couple of key showdowns with them, he has won the backing of the Revolutionary Council and has even been named this ruling body's chairman. But it remained uncertain whether he could persuade-or force-the militants to hand over their hostages...
...germ of the idea actually first appeared in a letter to Waldheim from Abolhassan Banisadr, then Iran's Foreign Minister. It was published on Nov. 13, only nine days after the hostages were seized. Banisadr asserted that "the American Government should at least accept the investigation of the guilt of the former Shah." He did not say who should investigate, but, according to a U.N. spokesman, Waldheim privately broached the idea of an international inquiry commission to U.S. and Iranian officials on Nov. 17. He pursued it on a year-end trip to Iran and on a visit...
...event has accelerated the talks since that time, it was not Kennedy's speech but the landslide election of Banisadr as President of Iran on Jan. 25. That put a relatively moderate figure into power after a long period of governmental chaos...