Word: imam
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have decided to stay out of government for some time ... For 14 months I have been at the vortex of the whirlpool. In all modesty, I think, after the Imam I shouldered the greatest trouble. I haven't had time to take down, digest and analyze the myriad events I have witnessed and participated in. I would like to take a breath and make this appraisal before plunging back into politics...
...went well until Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh told the militants two weeks ago that he planned to honor their request to take charge of the hostages "with the approval of the Imam [Khomeini] and the Revolutionary Council." The militants immediately called him a liar. Next day the Revolutionary Council compounded the error by announcing that...
...suppressed an instinct to curse and "looked like a man who had been kicked in the pants." The cable mentioned nothing about the hostages and referred to the commission as though Banisadr was expecting it to hold a trial. Said the Iranian cable: "Now that the demand of the Imam Khomeini and the Iranian nation has been conceded regarding the convocation of a court of inquiry and investigation into the past American intervention in Iran's internal affairs, [the commission] may come to Iran...
...service to Islam became a main theme in Karmal's diplomatic overtures toward Iran. He fired off a telegram to "Gracious Brother, Most Reverend Imam," the Ayatullah Khomeini. Karmal's message almost reverently appealed for an Afghan-Iranian revolutionary entente based on "Islamic brotherhood" and a shared hostility toward "American world imperialism-the No. 1 irreconcilable enemy of all the people of the world." Karmal promised that his government "will never allow anybody to use our soil as a base against Islamic revolution in Iran"-adding that "we expect our Iranian brethren to resume a reciprocal stance...
...Khomeini had cold-shouldered for several weeks, was rising in his esteem again. Said one insider of the clerical Establishment: "Council members have agreed on the need to distinguish between firmness and rashness. The students should not be allowed to think they are the only reliable interpreters of the Imam's wishes and ideals." That development was mildly encouraging to some Administration officials, who feel that some moderate members of the council are eager for a resolution of the hostage situation. Still, cautioned a White House source, "there is no feeling that anybody in the Revolutionary Council is ready...