Word: shah
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...appeared ready to seek a compromise in September when he announced a scaled-down set of conditions for the release. Though the 80-year-old Islamic revolutionary gave the Majlis final responsibility over the American captives, he suggested the following terms for their freedom: 1) return of the late Shah's wealth, 2) cancellation of all U.S. claims against Iran, 3) release of Iranian assets frozen in the U.S. and 4) an American guarantee of noninterference in Iranian affairs. Khomeini's list dropped previous Iranian insistence on a formal American apology and a trial for the hostages. Washington...
...Shah's fortune, the State Department has been unable even to inventory his U.S. holdings. However, the U.S. would have no authority to turn them over to Tehran unless litigation proved they had been illegally acquired by the Shah and his relatives. About all the Administration could do to satisfy this condition would be to assist the Iranians in tracking down the Pahlavi fortune and pursuing it through the U.S. courts...
...supply channel for spare parts and ammunition for Iran's U.S.-built arms and materiel. If and when the trade embargo is lifted, there would be no legal obstacle to the shipment of $550 million worth of impounded military equipment ordered and paid for by the Shah...
...been called the greatest compliment ever paid to a woman. Built 3½ centuries ago by the bereaved Mogul Emperor Shah Jehan as a tomb for his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal (Chosen of the Palace), the Taj Mahal is perhaps the most extravagant and beautiful mausoleum in the world. Made of shimmering white marble from Rajasthan, its domes and minarets glow so brightly, even in moonlight, that large sections were wrapped in burlap during the most recent India-Pakistan war out of fear that Pakistani aircraft might use it as a beacon...
...decision on the 52 American hostages was "not far away" -thus implying that a release was at least possible before the Nov. 4 elections, with all the impact that such a move would have on the outcome. Iran's demand that the U.S. apologize for supporting the late Shah, he said, had already been met "in practice." He added: "All it needs is probably to put something on paper." Raja'i was even more conciliatory when he spoke of the hostages' families. "I know how they suffer," he said. "When a person is kept against his will...