Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...necessarily right away. Instead they would be released in groups as each of the demands was met. The Administration had earlier agreed in principle to all the conditions, but there remained some enormous and highly complex technical problems. One example: cutting the legal tangles tying up the Iranian funds, a process that was sure to be time consuming and controversial (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
...White House also declared in an official statement: "The decision is now in the hands of the executive officers of Iran and the United States ... We will respond to the Iranian action in accordance with American law and the two principles that have guided our actions throughout, namely the national interests of this country and our concern for the safe and early release of the hostages...
Appearing on ABC's Issues and Answers, a former member of the Iranian executive branch, ex-Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotzbadeh, endorsed the legislators' call for releasing the hostages in batches. Later on the same program, however, Muskie reiterated the longstanding U.S. insistence that all of the American captives be freed at once...
...American election was at hand, the bizarre interplay between U.S. domestic politics and the pandemonium that passes for government in Iran became more feverish, preoccupying and unpredictable than ever. While Sunday's vote in the Majlis was significant and encouraging ? it was the first time that the Iranian authorities had committed themselves to letting the hostages go ? the unpleasant surprise of a phased release and the difficulty in meeting the conditions meant that once again, a breakthrough in the crisis could turn into a breakdown...
Indeed, as it studied the matter, the White House grew alarmed that it had been checkmated politically by the rapidly evolving situation. Some of Carter's top aides believe that the President could not afford to accept the Iranian demands as they stood; on the other hand, they felt that Carter could not simply reject the conditions cold...