Word: tehran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Safir, a leftist Beirut newspaper reported to be close to the Tehran regime, quoted an informed Iranian source as saying, "Agreement has been completed between the U.S. and Iran to resolve the hostage issue. They are expected to be freed on the 25th of this month." Within hours, however, it became evident that the report was false. Behzad Nabavi, head of the Iranian committee that is negotiating with the U.S., flatly denied the report. He also asserted that Washington's proposal in response to one of the Iranian demands, that of allowing U.S. courts to decide the fate...
...breakthrough in the negotiations, since they had reportedly already agreed to two other demands, namely a U.S. pledge of noninterference in Iranian affairs and the unfreezing of $13 billion in U.S.-held Iranian assets. In its response to Iran's remaining demand, that all American claims against the Tehran government be canceled, the White House tried to explain that complex legal obstacles might make this difficult...
Both the upbeat As-Safir report and the hasty Iranian denial were received stoically in Washington. Said one senior White House official: "The real problem is that this issue still requires a political decision in Tehran. The political will to end it all simply has not jelled...
Similarly, the President and President-elect have stood together on the hostage crisis in Tehran. In Algiers last week, Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador Ulric Haynes Jr., warned Tehran through Algerian intermediaries that Iran could not expect to get a better deal from...
...commander: "As a freshman, I would never dine in my eating club if I didn't have time to change out of my fatigues. Now I'll go in uniform." Thompson noted a sharp drop in the razzing she got after the U.S. hostages were taken in Tehran. ROTC, she feels, has also benefited from student enthusiasm for fitness and outdoor life. Says she: "We've had more civilian participation in ROTC activities like rafting, rappelling and the marathon...