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Then Iran's chief hostage negotiator, Behzad Nabavi, compounded the confusion at a much ballyhooed press conference. Declared Nabavi: "The Algerian government has said in its proposal that it is ready to accept the undertakings of both sides." He refused to be specific about the content of the Algerian plan, but indicated that it "has been considered and discussed and has generally been agreed to in principle." Just what the Algerian suggestion was all about remained a mystery. The very existence of an independent Algerian "plan" was vehemently denied by both Algerian diplomats and State Department officials. While conceding...
Still, there were unexpected hints of flexibility coming out of Tehran. On Tuesday, Minister of State Behzad Nabavi, Iran's chief hostage negotiator, said his government was "ready to listen" to a U.S. counterproposal, even though only days before, Iran had characterized its previous proposal as its "final" offer. "If there is a kind of guarantee which is accepted by the Algerian government, we can accept it too." By giving the Algerian messengers a new, substantive role as arbiters, Nabavi seemed to be preparing the way for a possible face-saving retreat...
...close to the Tehran regime, quoted an informed Iranian source as saying, "Agreement has been completed between the U.S. and Iran to resolve the hostage issue. They are expected to be freed on the 25th of this month." Within hours, however, it became evident that the report was false. Behzad Nabavi, head of the Iranian committee that is negotiating with the U.S., flatly denied the report. He also asserted that Washington's proposal in response to one of the Iranian demands, that of allowing U.S. courts to decide the fate of the late Shah's fortune, "is absolutely...
...outline of Persian illumination from its great period of Chinese and Mongol influence in the 13th Century to its degeneration at the end of the 17th Century. It gave gallery-goers some understanding of the feeling that prompted the 15th Century Shah Ismail to lock his favorite miniature painter Behzad in a cave before going to war with the Turks; that made Persian merchants value one line of perfect script at one gold bar of the same size, one miniature, at one ruby...