Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only consolation is that the present Iranian government's foreign policy is more stupid than...
America must keep every promise it made in obtaining the release of the hostages. Duress or not, these obligations represent our country's honor. Shall we sink to Iranian depths and break this word...
...ordeal continues to capture headlines. An American imprisoned in Iran for eight months, Freelance Journalist Cynthia Dwyer, was tried as a spy last week; she was reportedly found guilty early this week, sentenced to time already served and ordered deported. Marine Sergeant Gregory Persinger filed a lawsuit against the Iranian government seeking at least $140,000 in damages suffered because of his captivity. And new details about how the Iranian revolutionary government conducts its business continue to come to light...
...next day we took a bus 50 miles to the border where, as Iranian guards looked on dumbly, we walked across toward Pakistan, rejoicing to ourselves: "We made it!" It was not to be that easy. At the Pakistani post, a visiting Iranian immigration official became suspicious and demanded our passports, despite the fact that we were speaking only Urdu and English. I refused to give him mine, but he took one of my companions' passports...
After seeing that my friend did not have an exit permit, he demanded that we return to the Iranian side. "Authorities are already arranging your extradition," he said. "It is in your interest to come back on your...