Word: iran
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Throughout the region, there is a virtually unanimous belief that the current semblance of stability would be shattered by U.S. military intervention in Iran, regardless of the provocation. Says a political science professor in Kuwait: "It would lead to a direct explosion." The moral, in the words of a respected Beirut journalist: "If the U.S. ever considers military intervention, it had first better make sure that Arab governments are in control of their countries...
...SALT II. Why are the Soviets ignoring these warnings? To some extent, they are trying to reinforce a faltering regime. But Western experts believe that the buildup may also be Moscow's deliberate reaction to the increase of American naval and air power in the region around Iran: an oblique Soviet warning of the dangers of superpower confrontation...
Given such a staggering array of imponderables, what policies should the U.S. follow in Iran, Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area? In an interview with TIME Editor in Chief Henry Grunwald, the director of London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (liss), Christoph Bertram, argues that once the American hostages have been released, the U.S. should ignore Iran, isolate it, and try to curtail its influence on the Gulf states. Many of America's allies agree. British diplomats, for instance, are convinced that the Iranian Ayatullah Khomeini's Islamic Republic in its present form will not outlive...
...backed by the kind of action that is rapidly becoming the hallmark of Britain's fighting lady. During a two-hour morning session with Carter in the Oval Office, Thatcher pledged to support the U.S. if Washington asked the United Nations Security Council to impose economic sanctions against Iran. "You would expect nothing less and you will receive nothing less but our full support," the Prime Minister told reporters. Carter and his aides were visibly delighted. At one point Carter said, "I want the American people to get to know you as I have come to know and admire...
...trip was part of a periodic exchange of visits between leaders of the two nations, and the agenda concentrated on the issues that currently matter most to both countries: Iran, Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Northern Ireland, defense, energy and the threat of recession. Back home Thatcher's own popularity has suffered as inflation has climbed to 17%, with the prospect of worse to come in 1980. Nonetheless, she seems to relish the challenge, openly acknowledging that her rigorously conservative policies will not begin to take effect until...