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It is a cruel joke on Khomeini that he may have to free the American hostages unconditionally in order to end the U.S. embargo. Only then could he hope to get the necessary spare parts and the military hardware that were purchased by the late Shah. Otherwise Iran may crumble...
Both the Majlis action and Carter's initial response came a few hours later The assembly approved the four demands set forth by Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini as conditions for the release of the hostages a U.S. pledge not to interfere, "either directly or indirectly, politically or militarily, in the affairs...
Following a series of bitter verbal attacks by Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi, Saudi Arabia abruptly severed diplomatic relations with Tripoli. Gaddafi had charged the Saudis with "desecrating" Islam's sacred shrines in Mecca by allowing U.S. AW ACS surveillance planes to fly protective reconnaissance missions over the country'...
Long before the Iraqis invaded Iran on Sept. 22, leading Iranian moderates, including President Abolhassan Banisadr, had warned that holding the hostages was pushing Iran into dangerous diplomatic isolation. Khomeini appeared ready to seek a compromise in September when he announced a scaled-down set of conditions for the release...
Khomeini's bellicosity is fully shared by other clerical leaders, who see the war as a unique chance to export their Islamic revolution by the sword. The mullahs have recruited their own irregular forces at hundreds of local mosques, and many of the clerics have taken military instruction themselves...