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...cruel joke on Khomeini that he may have to free the American hostages unconditionally in order to end the U.S. embargo. Only then could he hope to get the necessary spare parts and the military hardware that were purchased by the late Shah. Otherwise Iran may crumble and become another Afghanistan rather than a new Islamic republic...
While world agricultural markets grow tighter, the American embargo on farm exports to the Soviet Union is showing more and more signs of collapsing...
...Will call off Soviet grain embargo...
Muskie also suggested that top Administration officials would willingly fly to Iran to negotiate the hostage release directly. Carter, stumping in Ohio, promised a three-point response to a hostage release: 1) the unfreezing of Tehran's assets, 2) an end to the trade embargo, which could mean the resumption of military spare parts shipments and 3) the restoration of "normal commerce" with Iran. Finally, U.S. Ambassador Donald F. McHenry told the United Nations Security Council: "The cohesion and stability of Iran is in the interest of the stability and prosperity of the region as a whole. The national...
Tehran's leaders probably realize that they could not swiftly recover all the frozen assets. Their most immediate interest may be the reopening of a supply channel for spare parts and ammunition for Iran's U.S.-built arms and materiel. If and when the trade embargo is lifted, there would be no legal obstacle to the shipment of $550 million worth of impounded military equipment ordered and paid for by the Shah...