Word: neutral
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...clear explanation came from Tehran. Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani did assure the U.S.-led coalition, however, that the decision to provide sanctuary to some of Saddam's most sophisticated French and Soviet fighters and most of his SU-24 Fencer bombers would not affect Iran's neutral status. The planes, Iranian officials said, will be impounded and held until hostilities end. They also insisted that no deal had been cut with Baghdad in advance...
...Iran has already gained a great deal by staying out of the conflict. Not long after Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, Saddam, in a clear effort to keep Tehran neutral, announced that he would release Iranian prisoners of war and give up Iranian territory still held from the Iran-Iraq war. The gulf conflict also has given Rafsanjani an opening to repair relations with Saudi Arabia and the other gulf states, which supported Iraq in its war with Iran. According to a senior Saudi official, Tehran, as a reward for its neutrality, is asking for loans and a lifting...
...Iran, the only neutral country in the Persian Gulf region, announced an unexpected peace initiative. President Rafsanjani said he was willing to resume direct contact with the United States...
THESE DAYS, there's a new sign hanging in The Crimson's newsroom. It quotes Freire: "Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral...
While Dulles engaged in protracted legal and diplomatic maneuvers to restrain Nasser, the British, French and Israelis -- who all regarded Nasser as a "new Hitler" -- formed a secret alliance to attack him. After the Israelis marched across the Sinai Desert, the supposedly neutral British and French said they had to protect the canal and sent in paratroops...