Word: banisadre
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...them, and for the Carter Administration, the news from Iran is unchanged: discouraging. Banisadr wants a resolution of the hostage crisis to get on with solving his country's enormous economic problems, and Washington had hoped that his moderate supporters would win a majority in the new 270-member Majlis (National Assembly). But in the first round of elections, the biggest winner turned out to be the Islamic Republic Party, led by Ayatullah Mohammed Beheshti, who is Banisadr's main political opponent. Of the first 80 seats filled so far, the I.R.P. won 35, and Banisadr...
...fraud." Said he: "I have fought for the principle of fair play all my life. I won't stomach this circus." Last week the ruling Revolutionary Council set up a seven-member commission to look into the allegations of fraud. If the charges prove to be true, said Banisadr, new elections will be held in some constituencies...
...sheer spite." What Khomeini fears, confided a member of the clerical establishment, is that the Assembly will prove to be as destructively divided as the country has been for the past year. Says a Western diplomat: "The Assembly can be a real bedlam. A lot will depend on how Banisadr handles it." Banisadr's authority may actually increase under the new system because he will have a Cabinet of his own choosing, whereas the present, 13-member Revolutionary Council includes many of his most powerful opponents. Says a senior government official: "You cannot operate under the constant threat...
...probable outcome of the policy review is a reaffirmation of restraint, since the U.S. wants to avoid permanently alienating Banisadr and his allies. Part of the Administration's thinking is based on the firmly held tenet that it is vital to long-term U.S. interests that Iran not fall into the Soviet orbit. Many Iranian officials agree; Defense Minister Mustafa Ali Chamran said that in the event of a Soviet attack Iran would expect the U.S. to come to its aid. The leaders of the revolution in Tehran, moreover, now seem to be taking seriously the Soviet military presence...
...branch of Islam. He is, in the view of Western diplomats, an ambitious powerbroker who puts personal game above political and even religious scruples. And as head of the Islamic Republic Party, the Ayatullah Seyyed Mohammed Beheshti, 51, represents the most serious opposition within Iran to President Banisadr. Beheshti, says a senior civil servant in Tehran who knows both men well, "won't let Banisadr sit back and enjoy...