Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...statute will expire at the end of this year unless the West German parliament acts to extend or repeal it. If the parliament does not act, participants in Nazi atrocities who have not been tried will have immunity from prosecution...
...fallen that he had to slip away. Only a few friends, aides and Iranian reporters were present at the airport farewell ceremonies when, shortly after 1 p.m., Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar rushed in to report that his new government had received a vote of confidence in Parliament. This formality completed, the weary Shah turned and made a brief statement. "As I have said before, I am going on a trip, a vacation, because I am too tired," he said. An army officer kissed his hand. Another knelt to kiss his shoe, but the Shah, his eyes brimming with tears, raised...
...first book, Discovery of the Secrets, decried "the plots and plans which the father of the present Shah made with other leaders of neighboring countries," adding that "the orders of the dictatorial state of Reza Khan [the Shah's father] have no value. All the laws approved by Parliament should be burned...
Meanwhile, Bakhtiar, an ex officio regency-council member, moved to win popular support for his government. He immediately lifted press censorship and reopened the universities closed last June. In presenting his new Cabinet to Parliament, he detailed elements of a program that included support for Iran's Arab neighbors, "especially the Palestinians," and a ban on future oil shipments to Israel and South Africa. He promised to disband SAVAK, the secret police, and announced that he had released 266 political prisoners and would compensate families of the more than 2,000 Iranians who had been killed in the months...
TEHRAN--As thousands of protesters chanting "Death to the Shah!" marched peacefully through the streets of Tehran, the Iranian Parliament opened debate yesterday on whether to endorse the new civilian government of Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar...