Word: tehran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Rosalynn Carter remains feisty in defense of her husband's record. She is especially proud of the restraint he showed for months over the hostages, noting grimly that if he had bombed Tehran, he would probably have won the election. She is personally bitter that Reagan's deep budget cuts have eliminated the federal mental health programs that she fought...
...both areas of conflict, the latest developments caused alarm. Moderate Arab governments, particularly those of Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the gulf states, are deeply worried about the effects of a possible Iraqi defeat. They note that, according to the latest reports from Tehran, the Ayatullah Khomeini's goal is nothing less than the downfall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who launched the war partly in an effort to topple Khomeini. Saddam's fall, the moderate Arabs fear, would realign the balance of forces in the region in favor of Iran and its main Arab supporter, Syria. Any change...
...current Iranian offensive began on April 30, when Tehran's forces established a bridgehead west of the Karun River in Khuzistan province. Although the Iranians have successfully regained a large share of their lost territory since the beginning of the year (see map), they encountered strong Iraqi resistance last week. One reason is that the Iraqis this time have relied heavily on their air force, carrying out persistent strikes against the Iranians. Some diplomats believe that the unexpected strength shown by the Iraqi air force results from the presence of an estimated 60 Egyptian pilots now said...
...bleeding from which both the brotherly peoples of Iraq and Iran are suffering." Algerian Foreign Minister Mohammed Seddik Benyahia, 50, the gifted negotiator who helped mediate the release of the 52 American hostages from Iran early last year, and eight other senior Algerian officials were en route to Tehran to try to end the war that has racked Iran and Iraq for 19 months. But as Benyahia's Grumman Gulfstream II executive jet last week flew near the point where the borders of Turkey, Iran and Iraq meet, it was apparently attacked and shot down. Everyone aboard the plane...
Iran immediately blamed Iraq for the incident, calling it "a calculated plot" to sabotage Benyahia's mission. As evidence, Tehran cited recorded exchanges between the Iranian control tower at Tabriz and the plane's crew. Three times, according to the Iranians, Tabriz warned the Algerians that two Iraqi fighter jets were in the vicinity and told the pilot to turn back toward Ankara. Later Iranian officials also claimed that fragments of a Soviet-built Iraqi air-to-air missile had been retrieved from the wreckage, which was found in mountainous Iranian territory close to the Turkish border...