Word: enayat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arbitration proceedings began at a snail's pace. The first order of business was to choose the panel's three neutral members. Led by Lawyer and veteran Negotiator George Aldrich, the U.S. team put forward several names. But the Iranian delegates, led by Spokesman Seyyed Hossein Enayat, initially made no suggestions at all; thus the selection process seemed certain to continue into this week. Iranian foot dragging only complicated an already knotty set of problems. For one thing, there is a staggering total of more than 2,000 American claims to process. Another hitch: many U.S. claimants...
...innovator in his application of the Shari'a to contemporary situations. Certainly his justification of the students' seizure of the hostages has no precedent in Muslim jurisprudence. Although he can be mysteriously vague about programmatic approaches to specific political and economic issues, Khomeini has a social philosophy that Hamid Enayat of Oxford sums up in this manner: "The country should be content with a simple way of life. His ascetic example should be the standard for all Iran." Says an American scholar: "He has an earthy sense of justice. He is for private property, cheap'meat and electricity and plenty...
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