Word: tehran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent weeks the captors have been hinting that this time they just might be more reasonable. Since agreeing to a cease-fire in its war with Iraq, Tehran has been putting out feelers about ending its diplomatic isolation and obtaining Western help to rebuild its devastated economy. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the powerful speaker of the Majlis (parliament), has shown signs of recognizing that holding on to the hostages works against both goals...
...Iran arms- sale fiasco. Officials sketch a three-part approach. First, the U.S. will talk informally with anyone, anytime. "We keep in touch," says National Security Adviser Colin Powell; he will not say with whom. Second, Washington will officially negotiate only with an "authoritative" representative of the Tehran government, and that stage has not yet been reached. Says one State Department official: "We hear from people who say they know somebody who knows somebody in the Iranian government who can help with the hostages. Well, we've been burned on that one before, so we're not interested." Third...
...House will soon consider, a bill calling for economic sanctions against Iraq. U.S. allies were proceeding more cautiously. Britain was concerned that any criticism of Iraq might be seen as an attempt to appease Iran so as to secure the release of British hostages held by pro-Tehran groups in Lebanon. In France, although officials condemned use of chemical weapons, they also seemed mindful that Baghdad still owes Paris several billion dollars for weapons delivered during the gulf war. Besides, France -- like Italy, Britain and West Germany -- is jockeying for lucrative contracts to rebuild Iraq...
Since the Ayatullah Khomeini came to power a decade ago, Iran's stampmakers have made a habit of tweaking the American eagle's beak. One issue depicted the takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, another the abortive 1980 attempt by an American rescue team to free the hostages. Iran has a new addition to its philatelic collection: a stamp illustrating July's shootdown of an Iranian airliner by a U.S. warship. One such stamp came in the mail this month to International Pressure Service, a maker of high-tech aerospace equipment based in Urbana, Ohio. Inappropriately enough, the envelope...
Meanwhile, the Rev. J.W. Canty, an Episcopal priest in New York City, has collected about 200 letters from U.S. citizens, including the Governor of Florida and six U.S. mayors, expressing sympathy for the families of the victims. Canty will travel to Tehran next month to deliver the correspondence...