Word: banisadre
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...American-made military equipment, but that notion was soon disavowed by the Administration. However, Carter did say there was a "possibility" that the war would convince the Iranians that "they need to be part of the international community" and thus "induce them to release the hostages." Iranian President Abolhassan Banisadr greeted those words with sarcasm, and the Majlis (parliament) froze all deliberations on the hostages' fate until the war ends. The Iranians claimed that the hostages were safe, although they had been moved to prevent the U.S. from having any hopes of rescuing them during the confusion...
...down an Iranian F-4 trying to land at Mehrabad: they thought it was an Iraqi plane. Opposition parties like the left-wing Socialist People's Mujahidin and the Marxist People's Fedayan were captured by the patriotic fever and backed the war effort of President Abolhassan Banisadr's government. Even Reza Pahlavi, 19, the Shah's oldest son, who is studying at the American University in Cairo, volunteered his services from abroad as a fighter pilot...
...crimes against the people of Iran." President Carter, just as flatly, responded: "The U.S. is not going to apologize." But Carter added that he had no objection to the Iranians airing their grievances at a legitimate forum, such as might be provided by the U.N. Last week President Abolhassan Banisadr revealed that the U.S. had again proposed such an inquiry. In addition, word leaked out that the State Department has been putting together a massive documentation of U.S. involvement in Iran for a possible hearing...
...hopes were very high about an early resolution of the crisis, if only because the internecine political warfare in Iran is still in full swing. No sooner had Prime Minister Raja'i sent a list of his Cabinet nominations to the Majlis last week than President Abolhassan Banisadr publicly complained that the nominations had not been approved by him, as required under the constitution. It was hardly the first time that the President and the Prime Minister had been at odds; Raja'i went so far as to lament that the President "does not consider...
...Banisadr said he was pretty tired of it all too. In a speech before Iranian customs workers, he accused his rivals of wasting time and resources instead of responding to the country's desperate need for economic reconstruction. He said he was staying on as President only because he considered it his duty. Said he: "If I had freedom of choice, I would not stay in office a single moment...