Worries about the collapse of a "gentleman's agreement"
There was too much optimism two I weeks ago, and there is too much gloom now. Reality is somewhere in between." So said a Western diplomat in Tehran last week, reflecting on agonizing new uncertainties about the fate of the 50 Americans held hostage by militants occupying the U.S. embassy and the three at the Foreign Ministry. A United Nations commission, named to study allegations against the deposed Shah and his regime, began hearing witnesses in the Iranian capital. In approving the commission, the U.S....
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