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...slogans are sure to figure in Gorbachev's address to the U.N. this week, which Soviet officials expected would reiterate the Soviet Union's commitment to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, help bring peace to Angola and Kampuchea, and support the U.N.'s efforts in the Western Sahara, the Persian Gulf and the Middle East...
...defense. Luckily, since a local version of Olliemania (Ali-mania) swept Iran, the Holy Court of Ayatollahs decided to break with tradition and hold a public trial. Special couriers have smuggled transcripts of this trial to the West, offering Americans a rare glimpse into the bizarre world of Persian justice. Printed below are highlights from the case, "Treacherous Infidels v. Holy State of Iran...
...charges focused new attention on the Navy's long-standing use of dolphins. There are now 115 "in uniform," who serve in recovering torpedoes and locating hostile frogmen in waters ranging from the Persian Gulf to the Trident submarine port in Puget Sound, Wash...
...Persian Culture...
...expertise in Persian studies led Frye to leave Harvard temporarily to become director of the Asia Institute at the University of Shiraz in Iran from 1967 to 1975. And it was while he was working at the Institute, coordinating programs for Middle Eastern students, that he collected much of the information with which he currently performs his own research on ancient Persian culture, including scrolls and reproductions of inscriptions which are more than 1500 years...