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...concerned about the instabilities created by the Islamic revolution in Iran. But is is also clear that, certainly in recent years, they have not considered Iran part of the Soviet orbit and were willing to live in peaceful relations (including fairly extensive trade) with the repressive government of the Shah. This was much to the dismay of the Iranian Communist Party--the Tudeh--which often complained bitterly. The strong claims made so far by U.S. leaders that the Soviets were heading for the Persian Gulf and control of the oil fields, or at least the oil shipping routes, are broad...
...rapid drift to war. To easily seek military alliances with repressive regimes like that of Marshal Zia ul Haq in Pakistan, or the royal family in Saudi Arabia, seems to be creating just the same kinds of situations that brought crisis and resentment after the fall of the Shah of Iran. Indeed, as we look at the confrontation building up in the Middle East, with the rapid deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf, we are witnessing just the kind of scenario that experts have long predicted would be the most...
Senator Kennedy insinuated that because we had given medical treatment to the Shah that somehow the seizure of our own hostages was not the fault of the terrorists who took them, but the fault of the United States...
...political contributions. The House Ethics Committee and the Justice Department have been separately investigating Murphy for failing to register as a lobbyist for foreign interests. House Ethics Committee staff ers claim to have proof that Murphy accepted money from the Iranians for favors under the regime of the deposed Shah. Murphy keeps in his office desk a device that tells whether a visitor is wired to record...
...next day Banisadr, with Khomeini's blessing, was also appointed chairman of the ruling Revolutionary Council. He easily won the council's support for a plan to create an international commission of inquiry for hearing Iran's grievances against the deposed Shah and his U.S. supporters. The plan could become the first step toward gaining the release of the American hostages...