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Dates: during 1970-1979
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In their own defense, officials in Tokyo insisted that Japan, like the U.S., was a victim of Iranian blackmail. Unless the oil was bought, they claimed, Tehran threatened to suspend negotiations on Japan's 1980 allotment of Iranian oil, which this year amounted to 11 % of Japanese consumption. Moreover...
Even if the Carter Administration could find ways of making sanctions against Iran stick, they would have little effect over the short run. Concludes Harald Malmgren, a respected international economist and consultant in Washington: "The U.S. near term leverage is simply less than it appears. No matter what the U.S...
The Administration is particularly peeved about the help that the Japanese have been giving Iran. In Paris, Vance provided an earful of complaints to Japanese Foreign Minister Saburo Okita, who was in the city for a meeting of the International Energy Agency. A U.S. official charged that Tokyo has allowed...
Meanwhile, the Shah's sudden departure from Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio raised hopes that the hostage situation might now be resolved. Earlier in the week, that seemed a remote possibility. The Shah's health had taken a turn for the worse. Aides reported to Washington...
The Fedayan and Mujahedin are the more dynamic groups with a degree of support among the masses and in the armed services. The most persistent and ferocious of the Shah's opponents, they were brutally suppressed and suffered heavy losses. But they continued to provoke bloody clashes with SAVAK...