Word: bazargan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doubts do not apply to Prime Minister Bazargan, 71, a respected politician known for his honesty and dour demeanor. Bazargan has described himself as a "weak donkey," ill equipped for taking on the formidable task of heading a postrevolutionary government. Last week he named part of his Cabinet, which was evenly divided between moderate politicians and Khomeini followers. Its best-known name was Foreign Minister Sanjabi, 73, head of the opposition National Front. Also included was Ibrahim Yazdi, 47, a former cancer researcher at Baylor University in Texas, who served as Khomeini's aide-de-camp in Paris...
...officials were not unhappy with Bazargan's choices, even though little is known about the political and social views of some of the men identified as Khomeini aides. Many Iranians, however, felt that it was a lackluster crew, as did some foreign diplomats. "Bazargan told us last week not to expect too much," said one, "and he turned out to be right." The most notable voices of dissatisfaction were heard at Tehran University, where radical students are in no mood for any kind of conservatism. "I'm not happy with Bazargan's government," said Mariam Naza-rour...
...rooms on the second floor, he would shuffle to the window a dozen times a day to greet the unending sea of believers who came to hail him. Elsewhere in the same school, in a drab classroom furnished with three desks, a file cabinet and a typewriter, Prime Minister Bazargan ran the government. He sat cross-legged on a rug-covered wooden platform where he took his meals, greeted visitors and prayed...
...Bazargan's major problems is what to do with officials identified with the old regime. He and ex-Prime Minister Bakhtiar are longtime friends and colleagues in opposition to the Shah. For a while last week, Bazargan saw to it that Bakhtiar was given a secret refuge in Tehran. But after the British Broadcasting Corporation reported that he was aiding the ousted Prime Minister, Bazargan came under such strong pressure from pro-Khomeini forces that he had to surrender custody of Bakhtiar. Many educated Iranians feel that Bakhtiar was acting out of a sense of patriotic duty in accepting...
...cooperation shown by the Khomeini forces fortified the delicate bonds of trust that had been nurtured in recent days as U.S. diplomatic envoys pursued clandestine talks with Bazargan and his advisers. At his Monday press conference, 36 hours before the embassy assault, Carter noted that Bazargan's followers had been "very helpful in ensuring the safety of Americans, and we have been consulting with them very closely." Secretary of State Vance told TIME Correspondent William Drozdiak: "A number of individuals in the new Iranian government studied in the U.S., and will bring to bear the expertise and talents they...