Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet opinion piece in praise of the religious nature of the Iranian revolution would seem a slip of the censor, save that just such an article. "Under the Green Banner of Islam," appeared in several republic there are 15 republics in the Soviet Union) newspapers in December 1980. The author an Azeri analyst in the Institute of Scientific Atheism in Moscow, argues in his article that Islam need not be by definition a negative social force since religiously inspired opposition may at times be disguised anti-colonialism, a manifestation of popular demands for economic and social justice. Religious opposition...
...hours later, the Iranian air force dispatched American-made F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers to blast the ruins. The fire and the fury represented a new American tragedy-the inability of the U.S. to extricate 53 American hostages held by Iranian militants and the unstable, faction-torn government of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. In a startlingly bold but tragic gamble, President Jimmy Carter had ordered a courageous, specially trained team of American military commandos to try to pluck the hostages out of the heavily guarded U.S. embassy in Tehran. The supersecret operation failed dismally. It ended in the desert staging site...
That may strike consumers as too gloomy a view, since the world is currently awash in a glut of oil that, according to some experts, may continue for a decade or more. The 1973 embargo and the 1979 supply interruption that followed the Iranian revolution helped spur reductions in demand and a spate of conservation measures. Despite a decade's growth in population, total domestic oil consumption today (15 million bbl. per day) is even lower than the level of 1973, an achievement not anticipated then. Autos made by the big three domestic manufacturers averaged roughly 12 m.p.g...
...most serious charges against Rich and Green in last week's indictment is that during the hostage crisis in Iran they bought 6.2 million bbl. of crude worth $200 million from the National Iranian...
...expense of setting up new institutions, coupled with the instability of some Third World countries, has prompted Harvard to opt for more temporary programs. The Nicaraguan Business School, built in 1962, turned into a hospital for several months during the early part of the revolution. The Iranian business school, open in 1972, closed in June 1980 by the decree of the Ayatollah Khomeini. These incidents make two-week seminars seem more appealing...