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Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 52. Widely regarded as the second most powerful man in Iran, after Khomeini, Rafsanjani is a sharp-witted and clever politician. His power base is his position as Speaker of the mullah- dominated Majlis, or parliament, but he also has close ties to Khomeini and...
The national security adviser, Adm. John Poindexter, and Reagan's chief of staff, Donald T. Regan, made themselves available to morning news shows less than 12 hours after Reagan said he had sent small quantities of weapons to Iran not to ransom the Americans held hostage by pro-Iranian forces...
The purpose was said to be to facilitate the release of American hostages held by Hezbollah, or Islamic Jihad, a pro-Iranian group in southern Lebanon, and also to improve U.S. relations with Tehran.
"It is not our affair to set any conditions for the release of the hostages in Lebanon," Rajaie-Khorassani said. But he conceded his Islamic fundamentalist government wields influence among Moslem groups in that Arab country.
The King's desire for higher prices was due in part to pressure from Iran, which relies on energy earnings to finance its economy and pay for its six- year war with Iraq. While the Saudis privately support Iraq in the conflict, they fear Iran's military might as well...