Word: hussein
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...Parliament, is the leading candidate to take over. At this point, it is unclear what impact his alleged role in the U.S.-Iran arms deal will have on the succession. "It's a time bomb ticking away," says one diplomat. While Iran's council of experts designated Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, 64, the senior cleric from Qum, as the formal successor, Khomeini has yet to approve the recommendation. Western diplomats say Rafsanjani has the political ability to outmaneuver Montazeri. Regardless of who the next Iranian leader will be, it is not expected that he will change Khomeini's policies...
...president, however, did say the United States "had a very fulsome apology" from President Saddam Hussein of Iraq...
Peres has evidently concluded that the time is right for a peace initiative. In the interests of Palestinian unity, the P.L.O. recently cut itself off from both Jordan and Egypt, and remains estranged from Syria. Hussein was known to be impatient over the prevailing stalemate. Furthermore, the U.S. has been conferring with Israel, Jordan and Egypt about the possibility of a redefined peace conference. Unresolved were the questions of how the Palestinians would be represented in such a forum and under what conditions the Soviet Union would be invited...
...such a conference should take place, many believe it would quickly disintegrate into a dust storm of irreconcilable differences. No matter. It has already become a political issue that could break up Israel's national unity government. Peres is convinced that he has enough of a commitment from Hussein to justify requesting the Israeli Cabinet to endorse the idea of a conference. If it refuses, he seems determined to keep the peace initiative alive by bringing down the government and pushing for early elections. Peres told Israeli newspaper editors last week that he was "more than optimistic" about the prospects...
Thus the lines are drawn for a fierce political battle. The Likud fears that Peres has already made a deal with Hussein, committing the Labor Party to a territorial compromise over the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as the price of Jordan's participation. Peres will travel to Washington next week to see Secretary of State George Shultz. The Reagan Administration has been lukewarm about an international conference, but American diplomats in the region have sought dutifully to mediate a workable plan. The last thing Washington wants is to be pitched into the midst of a political battle royal...