Word: trials
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worse, his exit from the U.S. would mark a new turning point in the stalemate with Iran. Some American officials saw his departure as a first step toward a settlement; others predicted that it might provoke the Iranians to carry out their threat to put the American hostages on trial. Then, Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda abruptly announced that the Shah would not be allowed to settle in Mexico. It was a stunning turnabout. Only two weeks earlier, Castaneda had promised that the Shah would receive "a pleasant welcome" in Mexico...
...hostages in the captured U.S. embassy. That storm grew more menacing at week's end. First, Iranian militants produced what they declared was "proof of spying by embassy personnel. Then, after learning of the Shah's flight to Texas, the students announced that the hostages would be put on trial "immediately" if he left...
...Shah must have a fair trial, perhaps not in Iran, but in an international court of justice that the Iranians agree to. He should be tried not so he can be punished and executed, but so that the crimes and atrocities committed during his reign can be exposed to the eyes of the world. Only then can his reign against his own people be understood...
...Shah is protected here along with other fugitives from his government and secret police by the same friends in business and government who supported his regime with economic and military aid. They protect him from a trial not merely out of loyalty to him but to keep their own actions in Iran forever hidden from the light of day. It is for these corporate interests that innocent people are held captive in the American embassy...
...court ruled that the prosecution in the initial trial had systematically eliminated blacks from the jury. Easterling, Soares and Allen are black...