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...major sticking point concerned the return of $8 billion to $14 billion in frozen Iranian assets, much of which was encumbered by American claims and attachments. Another problem appeared to be the Iranians' insistence on a multibil-lion-dollar escrow account to guarantee the return of the late Shah's U.S.-held assets. Said an aide to Secretary of State Edmund Muskie: "That's really where it's hung. They are serious about it. But they have to understand that we are at the limit of our authority." Washington has long promised to help locate...
...remarks predictably roused Iranian furies. "How brazen-faced can a man be?" fumed Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, speaker of the Iranian parliament. "Not even the entire wealth of the U.S. is enough to compensate Iran for the crimes of the deposed Shah committed against our people under the protection of America." Yet the very intensity of such reactions indicated that Reagan's message may have hit home at a crucial juncture-a fact that in no way displeased the Carter Administration. Confessed a State Department official: "One is tempted to say, 'Right...
...some $8 to $14 billion in U.S.-held Iranian assets; 3) the cancellation of U.S. claims against Iran if Tehran agrees to submit all claims between the two countries to some form of binding third-party arbitration; 4) Washington's cooperation in locating and blocking the late Shah's assets in the U.S., although Tehran would have to go through U.S. courts to gain possession of them. The Iranians seemed to accept those proposals in principle, but then issued their staggering demand that Washington "guarantee" its compliance by putting $24 billion in escrow before release of the hostages...
...those governments lucky enough to be perceived as working "in America's best interests." Mocking the evidence that led many Americans to understand why continued American support of repressive regimes in South Vietnam, Iran and Nicaragua was immoral, Kirkpatrick believes instead that the U.S. should have continued backing the Shah even after the details of his 20-year reign of terror became public. After all, she says in perhaps the most ironic and alarming part of her article, Argentina is closer to progressive liberalization than Cuba or China. Her comparison of these countries in terms of human rights...
...President is embittered anew over Iran's demand that the U.S. deposit $24 billion* into an Algerian bank account, pending the unfreezing of Iranian funds in U.S. banks, and the location and return of the late Shah's assets. "We will not pay any ransom," snapped an angry Carter. "We have never been willing to even consider that...