Word: worldlys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trials presumably would be held before an Islamic revolutionary court. Like many other acts in the Muslim world, the proceedings there begin with a prayer: "In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful." But compassion and mercy have scarcely been noticeable in Iran's revolutionary trials. They are often held at night, and the accused have never yet been represented by a defense attorney. They may speak in their own behalf, but members of the audience also may, and frequently do, step forward to add accusations of their own to those presented by the prosecutor. When the sentence...
...hostages. If a greater show of force seems called for, one possibility is that the fleet would blockade the narrow Straits of Hormuz, through which tankers carry Iran's oil to foreign markets. A blockade would cut off Iran's international revenues, but it would also produce a serious world shortage of petroleum and a sharp increase in prices...
After the U.S. embassy in Tehran was seized, Washington ordered its embassies throughout the world to review their security. The mission in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad finished its review with the observation that, in the words of an Administration official, "the embassy was totally dependent on the Pakistani government for protection." The very next day, that proved to be dangerously true...
Perhaps the crudest psychological pressure was the deliberate isolation of the Americans both from one another and from the outside world. They were not allowed to talk to one another, and in some cases were tied to chairs facing the wall so that they were denied even the sight of anyone else. This form of mental torture brought a sharp protest from visiting Papal Representative Monsignor Annibale Bugnini. To determine any possible psychological damage, the hostages were given psychological examinations on their arrival in Germany...
They are aided by the fact that although the U.S. maintains strict numerical limitations, there is no rigorous monitoring of foreigners once they get into the country. The U.S. resembles a sieve-the easiest country in the world to get into or out of without permission. "Our society is not that interested in keeping tabs on "people," says an INS official in Boston. "We operate on an honor system." The Iranian students who want to beat the system obviously...