Word: nabavi
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Despite all the evidence of a deal, some nagging specifics had to be worked out at the last moment. Iran's Nabavi termed them "trivial details." A U.S. State Department official said that the precise time at which both sides would begin to carry out the release terms still had to be decided, but he added: "For all practical purposes, there is agreement." U.S. officials expected the Americans to be out of Iran before Ronald Reagan was inaugurated. On a top-secret document in Tehran, Iranian Prime Minister Muhammed Ali Raja'i wrote: "Transfer scheduled for Tuesday morning...
...Tuesday, the rising spirits sagged once again. Iran's chief hostage negotiator, Behzad Nabavi, had urged the Majlis, the Iranian parliament, to take emergency action to pass two bills that would expedite settlement of the hostage issue. One would authorize arbitration of disputes involving Iranian assets in the U.S. The other would nationalize all assets of the late Shah, thus making Iran's claims to his property more legally defensible. But when the Majlis met to consider the two bills, a required quorum of the twelve-man Council of Guardians, a group of six clerics and six laymen...
...advocates of ending the affair portrayed the pending agreement-inaccurately-as a complete capitulation by the U.S. "Politically, we have got a fantastic victory," claimed Nabavi. "A superpower has been pushed to the conclusion that it promised not to interfere in Iranian affairs any more. We have made such a great power confess and put it to paper." Summed up Nabavi: "The hostages are like a ripe fruit from which all the juice has been squeezed out. Let them...
...long last, the lawmakers were ready to end the months of inaction and delay. Argued Hojatolislam Mahallati in backing the bill: "We have let the government start negotiations with a third country and we cannot go against the government." The majority seemed to side with Nabavi when he contended: "We have rubbed America's nose in the dirt. The government wants to get rid of the problem in the next two or three days-either freedom or a trial...
...Thursday, however, the impression of substantial new progress could not be concealed. In Tehran, Iranian Prime Minister Muhammed Ali Raja'i looked drawn and uneasy as he and Nabavi walked into an austere two-story house in Jamaran, a village north of Tehran, presumably to advise Khomeini of the parliament's action, the latest offers from Algeria and a proposed Iranian response. Raja'i emerged much more relaxed and cheerful. He had received the Ayatullah's consent to send a positive reply. Not only were the negotiations now rushing toward a likely conclusion, but the worried...