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...Iran and chairman of the National Iranian Oil Co.; of a heart attack; in Ellahiyem, Iran. Named Premier in 1957, Eghbal was forced to resign three years later over charges that a parliamentary election had been rigged. While he was in power, Eghbal was a favorite of the Shah, whose policies he vigorously upheld...
Understandably high on the agenda was oil. The Shah, who helped spearhead the 1973-74 quadrupling of OPEC prices, recently promised Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal that he would be "neutral" at next month's OPEC price policy meeting in Caracas. Carter argued forcefully that an increase in oil prices would kick off a new round of inflation that would damage both oil consumers and producers. The President's well-rehearsed presentation impressed the Shah, who agreed to go to Caracas committed to an oil-price freeze, a view also supported by Saudi Arabia. Said the Shah...
...part, the Shah laid out Iran's wishes for military hardware. Iran has spent more than $18 billion in the past eight years on U.S. arms, and its new shopping list includes 140 F-16 fighter-bombers (in addition to 160 already on order) and 250 F-18 combat fighter planes. But Congress has expressed concern about the volume of U.S. arms sold to Iran. Future sales are bound to be closely scrutinized, and Carter thus refrained from any firm commitment...
...human rights issue was conspicuously missing from the official agenda. Partly as a result of documented charges by both Amnesty International and the International Red Cross that Iran's secret police organization, SAVAK, had systematically persecuted dissidents, the Shah has moved to liberalize his regime. He has operated largely through Jamshid Amouzegar, 54, his tough OPEC oil negotiator, whom he named Premier last August. Amouzegar, nicknamed the "$12 Million Man" after he was kidnaped at the OPEC meeting in Vienna in 1975, and subsequently ransomed for $12.5 million, has ordered an end to press censorship and initiated a number...
...after a visit to Tehran. "But in a few months the police-state atmosphere has altered drastically to a mood of vastly greater individual freedom and relaxation. Among knowledgeable Iranians it is taken for granted that the liberalization was at least partly in response to the Carter campaign. The Shah apparently feels he has a better chance to buy American military hardware if he burnishes his image...