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The report, which covered a twelve-month period ending on April 30, claimed that there had been some felicitous improvements, like the fall last April of Uganda's murderous Idi Amin, but it said that they were eclipsed by serious deteriorations elsewhere. An example: the increasing execution of criminals...
Last week a climax to the hostages' ordeal, by either their trial or release, seemed closer. Iran's Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh told Western reporters that "as soon as possible" the government would announce the hostages' fate. Many will be released, he said, but an undisclosed number...
"He was quickly to be satisfied. One by one they were executed ... Before the parody of a trial which preceded his execution, General Amir Hussein Rabii, commander in chief of the Iranian air force, was questioned about the role played by General Huyser. He replied to his judges: 'General...
Short on talent, depth and finesse, the Brandeis squad offered only occasional resistance while displaying some of the slowest pairs of feet on the East coast. The hoopsters, who upped their record to 2-3, played complacently for most of the game, allowing the Judges to stay within striking distance...
Abrahamian said the Shah squandered public resources, torturing political opponents and murdering innocent people, adding that under the Shah Iran had the highest rate of execution in the world.