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Just hours earlier, many of these same Iranians had faced a similar confrontation at the Islamic Center in the Woodside section of Queens, N.Y. More than 1,000 of the area's residents hurled insults and eggs at the foreigners and prevented buses from taking them back to Washington...
The Iranians had arrived in Queens after being imprisoned for a total of ten days following their arrest for disorderly conduct during a violent demonstration in Washington. They were allowed to select lawyers and to meet with a Muslim clergyman. And because it was Ramadan, the Islamic holy month that...
Then, with no explanation, the Iranians last week began revealing their names. The agency was satisfied that the protesters were in the U.S. legally; most are college students in the West and Midwest. All were set free on Wednesday; two who had been charged with more serious offenses were released...
Administration officials believe that the militants holding the hostages might have directed their allies in the U.S. to stage their demonstration with the hope of landing in jail. This would have given extremist Islamic factions in Iran a cause to exploit and so continue to discredit any efforts by President...
To Israel's Muslim neighbors, for whom Jerusalem is also a revered religious shrine, the Knesset action seemed not only insensitive but also contemptuous. Rallying round Egypt, Islamic nations in the U.N. drafted a resolution calling on the Security Council to impose strict sanctions on Israel for flouting international...