Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...himself, the report drew only the conclusion that he seemed surprised when told that money had been diverted to the Contras, NBC said. The report said the committee could not prove or disprove whether Poindexter or North ever told the President that the Contras were being funded with the Iranian money...
...fact, the latest attack appeared to be neither a serious defeat for the Iranians nor the first round in Tehran's long-threatened offensive, which is expected to begin sometime before March. Rather it seemed to have been an Iranian effort to test Iraqi defenses along the southern front. Nonetheless, the recent Iraqi aerial bombardment may be causing morale problems within Iran. The Khomeini government cannot afford a serious setback on the battlefield, but neither can it afford a widespread civilian reaction against the stalemated...
...Beirut, a black Mercedes cruised through the seaside district of Ramlet al Baida and halted 200 yards from the Beau Rivage Hotel. Out stepped French TV Journalist Aurel Cornea, 54, who had been kidnaped 9 1/2 months earlier -- along with three colleagues -- by Shi'ite terrorists of the pro-Iranian Revolutionary Justice Organization. As his captors sped off, the dazed sound technician stumbled to the hotel, where French diplomats were waiting...
Like the earlier release of three American hostages by another Lebanese group, the freeing of Cornea was an acknowledgment by pro-Iranian terrorists of the political benefits of kidnaping. Cornea's captors noted that France had begun to take "serious steps" toward meeting their demands. In June, for example, the French compelled an Iranian opposition leader, Massoud Rajavi, and 300 of his mujahedin followers to leave France for Baghdad. In November France agreed to make an initial payment on a $1 billion loan extended in 1975 by the late Shah to the French nuclear power program...
...Iranian Shi'ites had ample reason for making a Yuletide gesture to Paris. And for future negotiations, they still have four French hostages, as well as four Americans, whom they can use as bargaining chips. "Once again, therefore," noted the influential French daily Le Monde, "it is time to be joyful and indignant at the same time...