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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just what he has in mind remained a tightly kept secret, but the strategy could include such moves as a formal economic embargo on various shipments to and from Iran. Such a step, applied by the U.S. and its allies or possibly by the U.N., would demonstrate to Iran that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Hostages in Danger | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

With the referendum behind him, the next step for Khomeini was to name the members of his new government. But this process was suddenly interrupted by the revolt of the Azerbaijani Turks, who follow the leadership of Iran's second most powerful ayatullah, Sharietmadari. They number about 13 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Hostages in Danger | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Two days after the referendum, trouble broke out in Qum, where Khomeini, Sharietmadari and most of Iran's top Shi'ite leaders live. Several hundred Khomeini supporters gathered in the bazaar, shouting slogans against Sharietmadari, and then marched on his house. Among them were young men in black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Hostages in Danger | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

It was the final interview of a long, exhausting day of campaigning by Senator Edward Kennedy. Reporter Rollin Post of KRON-TV in San Francisco was trying to draw him out on Iran without much success. For a parting shot, Post asked Kennedy what his reaction was to Ronald Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kennedy Makes a Goof | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Three major political groups jostle for position on Iranian campuses. The Mujahedin, the largest and most influential group, consists of radical Islamic nationalists who support Khomeini as a leader, but fear his reactionary approach to Islam. Another leftist group, the Pishgam, is the student affiliate of the Marxist Fedayan. Reportedly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: From the Campus to the Street | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

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