Word: javad
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...four men had been invited to Tehran, at their own expense, by Iran's ruling Revolutionary Council, which selected them from a list of names proposed by Foreign Ministry officials. Explained Council Member Mohammed Javad Bahonar: "Our experts gave priority to those known for their advocacy of anti-imperialist and humanitarian movements." Some of the names had been suggested to the Foreign Ministry by three Kansans who were in Tehran trying on their own to negotiate an end to the crisis. The Kansans were led by Norman Forer, a former antiwar activist who teaches social welfare at the University...