Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Learning of this, six irate military attaches at the mission, led by Ma jor General Mokhateb Rafii, called Zahedi in Morocco and told him what had happened. Equally irate, Zahedi ordered them to put the pictures back in place. Armed with revolvers, the attaches marched into the embassy last Tuesday night, remounted the Shah's por traits, and settled down for a siege...
When Homayoun and other diplomats showed up for work next morning, General Rafii and his mini-army brandished their weapons and declared they were under orders from Zahedi to maintain control of the embassy until his return. After vainly arguing with the attaches that he held the reins of authority in Zahedi's absence, Homayoun hurried over to the State Department. The department's Iran desk officer, Henry R. Precht, was sympathetic but unable to help. Reason: Washington was baffled by the imbroglio and did not want to meddle in a family quarrel...
When the guards stubbornly refused to abandon their occupation, Homayoun revoked the diplomatic status of Major General Rafii and Zahedi's spokesman Ali Tabatabai, who was accused of lying to cover up the minicoup. But at week's end, Zahedi returned from Morocco and stepped back into the fray. He asked Homayoun to reverse his decision; when he declined, Homayoun was summarily fired along with four other diplomats who supported...
...Christian Democrats and the Communists together represent about 70% of the popular vote. If they fail to find a face-saving compromise, the result could be a general election well in advance of the one scheduled for 1981. Both major parties have publicly declared that they dislike this prospect; privately they may want it. The Christian Democrats, who made encouraging gains in last year's local polling, hope that they could do even better. For their part, the Communists may reckon that an election soon would be preferable to one in 1981, when their popularity might have declined even...
Italy's 40th government since the fall of Fascism in 1943 collapsed with a familiar crash last week, creating a crisis that presaged general elections and, quite possibly, renewed political terrorism. Charging that the Christian Democrats had reneged on an agreement to consult them on important government decisions, the Communists withdrew from an alliance of major parties that had supported the one-party government of Premier Giulio Andreotti in Parliament. Without the backing of the Communist, Socialist, Republican and Social Democratic parties, Andreotti mildly told the Chamber of Deputies, he had no choice except to step down as head...