Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebuild after decisive defeats at the hands of the Iraqi army. The battlefield losses in turn have increased tensions between radical and moderate factions among the ruling mullahs and led the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to bestow his title of commander in chief to Hashemi Rafsanjani, the powerful Speaker of Parliament...
...flying that the Iranian leader is seriously ill. Certainly his rhetoric remains harsh and unyielding. "The fate of the war will be decided on the war fronts, not through negotiations," Khomeini, 87, declared in a speech read by his son Ahmed at the opening of Iran's newly elected Parliament two weeks ago. "Victory will be ours...
...military setbacks coincided with an intense struggle in Iran between radical and conservative factions during the run-up to elections for the 270- seat Parliament. In two rounds of voting, the radicals, who favor extensive land redistribution and other measures intended to help the poor, defeated conservative mullahs allied with the bazaaris, or well-off urban merchants, and landowners. Khomeini and Son Ahmed backed the radicals...
...incident in which the Rev. Allan Hendrickse, head of the opposition Labor Party and a member of the Botha Cabinet, took a dip at King's Beach. His action drew a strong rebuke from President Botha, who threatened to drop him from the Cabinet, dissolve Parliament and call a general election unless Hendrickse apologized. Hendrickse backed down, but two Port Elizabeth city councilors fought the restrictive beach ordinance up to the Supreme Court. The stricture was ruled invalid on a technicality, and Hendrickse announced that he was prepared to test the waters at other whites-only beaches...
...also met in Israel with Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, Shamir's coalition partner and political rival; Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin; and members of the parliament's Foreign Affairs and Defense committees...