Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Safir, a leftist Beirut newspaper reported to be close to the Tehran regime, quoted an informed Iranian source as saying, "Agreement has been completed between the U.S. and Iran to resolve the hostage issue. They are expected to be freed on the 25th of this month." Within hours, however, it became evident that the report was false. Behzad Nabavi, head of the Iranian committee that is negotiating with the U.S., flatly denied the report. He also asserted that Washington's proposal in response to one of the Iranian demands, that of allowing U.S. courts to decide the fate...
Tension has been increased in Southwest Asia as well-owing to a sharp deterioration in Iraqi-Iranian relations. Just like any other part of the world, the Persian Gulf is the sphere of interest of the countries located there. No one has the right to interfere in their affairs. It is imperative to bring this crisis to the earliest political settlement through negotiations between the warring sides...
...until Iran agreed to all its territorial claims. On the battlefronts, in fact, Iraq and Iran each reported extraordinary success, but both were actually still bogged down in positions they have held for weeks. The Iraqis claimed that since the war began Sept. 22 they have killed 5,600 Iranian troops and downed 460 enemy aircraft. The Iranians said they had counterattacked at Ahwaz, Susangerd and other points along the 500-mile front. Iranian warplanes also struck at the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, where authorities have reopened a major oil pipeline to Turkey...
...request from Iran for "clarifications." Presumably, these related to the legal obstacles that the U.S. faces in meeting two of Iran's four principal demands: canceling American claims against Iran and returning the late Shah's fortune. The other two demands-a promise not to interfere in Iranian affairs and the unfreezing of $13 billion in Iranian assets-are not thought to pose serious problems...
...officials were encouraged by Iran's quiet, businesslike approach. "Their response was nonpolemical, non-strident," said one official privately. But the U.S. was uncertain whether the militants finally had transferred custody of the hostages to the Iranian government, as some unconfirmed reports suggested at week's end. After so many disappointments, the gun-shy American side was keeping silent about the prospects-even as it prepared another message for the Algerians to take back to Tehran...