Word: voting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...United Nations, representatives of Communist and Third World countries, as well as traditional U.S. allies in Europe, denounced Iran for holding the hostages and demanded their "release immediately." The unanimous 15-0 vote in the U.N. Security Council was a rare show of support for the U.S. The Khomeini government's initial response was unexpectedly positive. After discussing the resolution with the Ayatullah, Ghotbzadeh complained that it did not deal with Iran's demand for the return of the exiled Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi but nonetheless represented "a step forward." U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim thereupon began private...
Still, the events at the U.N. and in Iran seemed to offer the U.S. an opening, and Carter tried to take advantage of it. Soon after the U.N. vote on Tuesday, he met at the White House with his national security advisers to outline ways of increasing the diplomatic pressure on Tehran...
...example) have moderated Western influences, the Shah embraced the West with (as it turned out) a heedless enthusiasm. He set up a secular state, destroying the classic and crucial unity in Islam between church and government. Under the Pahlavis, women were liberated from the traditional chador, permitted to vote and divorce their husbands. The Shah made the mistake of ignoring the mullahs (priests). The U.S., in turn, embraced him, and even had the CIA engineer a coup to restore him to power in 1953. Corruption, dislocations of life and profoundly disorienting social change all accompanied his rule; so did political...
During the embassy siege in Tehran, the Soviets have played an ambiguous role. On the one hand, their Ambassador at the United Nations, Oleg Troyanovsky, both by oratory and vote supported the Security Council resolution demanding the immediate release of the American hostages. On the other hand, Soviet propaganda has done what it could to make mischief. At first the Soviet Farsi-language broadcasts, beamed from Baku into northern Iran, harshly criticized the U.S. These were toned down after Washington protested. But last week, in its harshest volley to date, Pravda accused the U.S. of trying to "blackmail Iran...
...moratorium petition will go to the city planning board for final consideration. If the moratorium is accepted, building permits granted between the time of its adoption by the council and the planning board vote will not protect developers...