Word: iranian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major issue. The constitution approved last month abolished a 1967 law that restricted the number of wives a man could have by making additional marriages conditional upon the consent of his first wife. In effect, this clause had abolished polygamy in Iran. The new laws permit an Iranian man to have four wives if he is capable of treating them all equally; since that judgment is left to the man himself to decide, it is obviously not enforceable. Previous legislation also gave women the same divorce rights as their husbands, as well as the possibility of being granted custody...
...Iranian city dwellers have a serious common complaint, it is that the revolution has led to a sharp slowdown in the economy. Few factories are operating anywhere near capacity. Most privately owned companies have been taken over by the government-run Mostazafin Foundation, which inherited the assets of the deposed Shah's Pahlavi Foundation, or are being run by workers' councils. For the most part, these councils have shown themselves to be short on management skills and quick to vote themselves wage increases, fringe benefits and reduced working hours...
...Khomeini who was misinformed: Carter has made no attempt to restrict Iran's food imports. Indeed the clergymen who visited the hostages came away from subsequent meetings with Iranian officials convinced that the Ayatullah is dangerously confused about Western views of the crisis. The clerics wrote him a letter explaining that contrary to the general belief in Iran, the American people strongly support Carter's stand. Said Gumbleton: "We told them they may be misreading the situation, thinking there is a separation between the American people and the Government...
...trade embargo would still have a symbolic importance, underscoring Iran's diplomatic isolation from the rest of the world. But punitive measures might endanger the hostages: according to some officials in the Iranian government, they would weaken the position of moderates on the Revolutionary Council...
...Iranian crisis also helped delay the vote on the most important issue before the U.S. Senate: the SALT II accord. With passage already in doubt, treaty supporters feared that the embassy takeover would strengthen SALT opponents, who argued against limiting U.S. power. Thus the vote was postponed until early in 1980, when Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd says it will receive "top priority." Says Byrd: "I have no reluctance whatsoever to call up SALT, even though I don't know where all the votes are." By the most optimistic Senate head count, the treaty remains at least half...