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The "war of the embassies" between France and Iran last week resulted in a bitter cutoff of diplomatic relations between the two countries and a heightened confrontation that threatened even more serious hostilities. France broke off relations first, after rejecting an Iranian demand that it give up attempts to question...
The U.S., which has not had diplomatic relations with Iran since 1980, expressed support for France's firm stance. The Reagan Administration was engaged in its own war of words with Tehran. Interior Minister Mohtashami vowed retaliation if the U.S. proceeded this week with its plans to reflag Kuwaiti tankers...
In Lebanon, while no new hostages have been seized, a leader of the Islamic radicals made a chilling prediction. Said he: "The kidnapers have an interest in freezing this until the American and French elections in 1988."
Unlike the old director, Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies Nadav Safran--who earned headlines for accepting, without publicly disclosing, money from the CIA to sponsor a conference on modern diplomatic affairs--the center's new administrator, Professor of Islamic History Roy P. Mottahedeh '60, has little scholarly interest or...
In an exercise of political freedom virtually unknown among their Arab neighbors, 7 million Egyptians went to the polls last week to elect 448 members to the national parliament. More than 3,600 candidates from six political parties vied for seats in the People's Assembly in the country's...