Word: hussein
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...presented his government's 1987 budget to the Iranian parliament last week, Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi interrupted his discussion of financial matters to address himself to a more emotional topic. Declared Mousavi: "There will be no reconciliation on our side with the U.S." His speech, which included a ringing attack on the Soviet Union, was the latest volley in the continuing power struggle among Iran's ruling mullahs...
...struggle for succession in Iran first surfaced when the U.S. arms-for- hostages scandal was revealed last November. It reached a peak last month during an extraordinary televised confession by Mehdi Hashemi, a leading radical politician and a close associate of the Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, 64, Khomeini's officially designated successor. Hashemi and a number of henchmen were arrested on charges of murder, kidnaping and sedition. According to reports from Tehran, the state's evidence includes such exotic weapons as vials of cyanide, booby-trapped shoes, exploding ink pens and remote-control model airplanes equipped with explosives. In early...
...that its forces had only acted in self-defense, expressed disappointment that Washington had not vetoed the resolution. It also charged that the mass demonstrations were the result of efforts by the Palestine Liberation Organization to stage a comeback in the region at the expense of Jordan's King * Hussein. Said one senior official in Jerusalem: "The P.L.O. feels frustrated that it is not succeeding. It has been thrown to the wolves by Hussein, and it's afraid of seeing its grip lessened in the West Bank. After all, there has been a major attempt by Hussein to restore...
That effort began last February shortly after the split between Hussein and P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat, who had failed in their efforts to pursue a joint peace strategy. The collapse of that coalition has deepened the existing political divisions among the 1.3 million Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Declaring that his aim is to "revive the Palestinian economy," the King announced several weeks ago a contribution of $34 million toward a $l billion, five-year development plan for the West Bank. Among the goals are a rebuilding of factories, schools and other basic services...
Ironically, the Israelis may have had little to do with Weir's freedom. According to the Repatriation Front, the release was arranged by the Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, a religious radical and Khomeini's heir apparent. Montazeri was evidently chagrined by his rival Rafsanjani's diplomatic overtures and decided to one-up the mullah by showing that he had sufficient influence to win freedom for an American hostage. "It is clear that the Americans did not understand who they were dealing with," says one knowledgeable dissident. "It seems they thought they were still dealing with one Iranian government, just...