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Khomeini meanwhile in structed Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh to allow a group of foreign observers to visit the hostages. Said a senior Western diplomat in Tehran: "The Iranians have finally recognized that an international inspection of the hostages will go far toward defusing the tension."
An equally plausible explanation was that Khomeini may want to end the hostage crisis so he can tackle Iran's domestic problems. Chief among them: the revolt by the Azerbaijanis in northwestern Iran that has exacerbated unrest among Iran's other minorities, including the Kurds in the west...
In Washington, the Administration was guarded in welcoming Khomeini's statement that there would be visits. But the announcement contributed to a feeling that the crisis might be solved through diplomacy after all. The President's spirits seemed greatly improved. Confidants noted that he had more color in...
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance sounded out U.S. allies on possible economic moves against Iran during two days of hopscotching around Western Europe. He consulted with government leaders in London, Paris, Rome, Bonn and finally at the NATO meeting in Brussels. The allied governments previously had denounced Tehran for holding...
That Europeans have qualms about further action against Iran was made very clear to Vance. Britain fears that additional economic retaliation might cause its embassy in Tehran to be attacked next. The British government has considered many options on the crisis, said a high official, but "you wind up rejecting...