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One of the reasons may be that some militant clerical leaders also had incriminating files in the embassy. Among them were Ayatullah Mohammed Beheshti, head of the Iranian Supreme Court, and Seyyed Ali Khamene'i, a leader of the Islamic Republican Party, who both had numerous contacts with the...
On one side stood the clergy-dominated Islamic Republican Party (I.R.P.), which had rabidly supported the taking of the hostages yet ultimately negotiated their release with the nation they called "the Great Satan." On the other side were the moderate supporters of President Abolhassan Banisadr, who had long called for...
In many respects, Algeria was well equipped to serve as America's intermediary with Iran. Algeria is an Islamic state with a revolutionary tradition; its three envoys all played key roles in their country's war for independence from France, which ended in 1962. Since then, Algeria has...
Tehran critics of the accord immediately noted that Iran so far has received only $2.8 billion in gold and cash instead of the $24 billion originally demanded. For the moment, the cash has saved Iran from imminent financial disaster, and the agreement has released the country from its economic isolation...
Egypt's Sadat has also rejected the plan, arguing that Jordan should not enter into the negotiations until some measure of autonomy is in effect. Meanwhile, Israel was about to become the target of renewed political pressure in the rest of the Muslim world. Sheiks, ministers and kings of...