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The outcome of the present turmoil in Iran is almost totally unpredictable. It is unclear how much authority Khomeini, or Iran's ever changing government, exerts over day-to-day events. Much as Khomeini has capitalized on it, the seizure of the U.S. embassy tilted the balance in Iran's...
A trade embargo would still have a symbolic importance, underscoring Iran's diplomatic isolation from the rest of the world. But punitive measures might endanger the hostages: according to some officials in the Iranian government, they would weaken the position of moderates on the Revolutionary Council.
Once a strident hardliner, Iraq tried to be a middleman in the power struggle between extremists and self-professed moderates. Its oil minister, Tayeh Abdul-Karim, suggested that a relatively modest floor price be established, but that it increase automatically every three months in line with world inflation and the...
The Saudi move amounted to a startling 33% jump from its previous price of $18 per bbl., to $24, and it means still more inflation for the world. Other so-called OPEC moderates also posted increases. Venezuela, the cartel's fourth largest producer, moved from $20 per bbl. to...
Still, no matter how intransigent Ghotbzadeh's rhetoric, his problem is the same one faced by Banisadr: the great gulf between Khomeini's determination to get the Shah and Jimmy Carter's refusal to hand him over. Moreover, Ghotbzadeh's task is complicated by the absence now of almost any...