Word: shah
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anti-Americanism of the revolutionary regime. Writing in the fall issue of Foreign Policy magazine, Sullivan also claims that Brzezinski first scuttled a U.S. plan to mediate between Khomeini and the Iranian armed forces, then tried to organize by remote control an anti-Khomeini military coup, even after the Shah had fled the country...
Earlier last month, Muskie had spelled out a series of elements that he said might indicate a changed climate surrounding the hostage crisis since the death of the Shah. They were: the release of Richard Queen, which had presumably been done on compassionate grounds; the fact that the Ramadan holy season was coming to a close; and finally, the emergence of a government that would have the authority to make decisions...
...Iranians make public as much or as little of the message as they chose. It was known only that it did not contain anything like the "apology" that the Iranians have demanded of the U.S. for its role in Iran in the days of the Shah...
...hostage crisis. Like many of Iran's past communications about the hostages, the Majlis letter painstakingly distinguished between the U.S. Government and the American people. It rehashed past allegations about American actions against Iran, such as the CIA-sponsored coup d'état that restored the Shah to power...
...negotiated ransom. "Gentlemen," said the letter, "you can take positive steps in resolving the hostage crisis. You can place on your urgent agenda the assessment of the damages sustained by Iran because of U.S. policies and Iran's legitimate demands, especially the return of the assets of the Shah and his relatives. It is in this way that the path to the settlement of the crisis will be opened...