Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suite to huddle with aides who had been traveling with him, and also with is chief political adviser, Hamilton Jordan, just arrived from Washingon. Jordan had flown in especially to help Carter prepare for an event expected to take place within hours in Tehran. The Majlis, or Iranian parliament, was about to vote on the fate of the American hostages, who have been in captivity for a full year...
...four demands set forth by Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini as conditions for the release of the hostages a U.S. pledge not to interfere, "either directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in the affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran"; return of the fortune of "the cursed Shah"; unfreezing of Iranian assets in U.S. banks; and cancellation of U.S. legal and financial claims against Iran...
Former California Gov. Ronald Reagan will be elected president tomorrow, regardless of any new developments in the Iranian hostage situation, Harvard government professors predicted yesterday...
Despite fears in the Reagan camp that Carter's maneuvers with Iran might thwart the 69-year-old challenger's bid, the President's "November surprise" is occurring about two weeks too late, Richard N. Frye, Aga Khan Professor of Iranian, said...
Despite some successes, Iraq so far has been unable to crush Iranian resistance. One reason has been the tenacity of the Iranians. Khomeini welcomed the war from the outset as a blessing in disguise; his enthusiasm appears undiminished by military setbacks. Last week he called on Iranians to prepare for a jihad, or holy war, against Saddam's "pagan regime...