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...Islam does not make war on women, suggested that the release was intended to soften world opinion, not mollify "America, the mother of corruption." A short time later Khomeini was dropping hints that the hostages would indeed be tried (and "executed by firing squad," Deputy Chief Islamic Prosecutor Hassan Ghaffarpour added). Khomeini went on to say that the U.S. President "knows that he is beating an empty drum. Carter does not have the guts to engage in a military operation...
...trial," but his intentions seemed clear. The prisoners, Khomeini said, were not diplomats but people "whose acts of espionage have been proved on the basis of evidence." If the hostages are tried, he added, "Carter knows what will happen." Iran's Deputy Chief Islamic Prosecutor Hassan Ghaffarpour was explicit. If the hostages are found guilty of espionage, he said, they would be "executed by firing squad...
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