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Q&A on election,
Iran, hostages
United Press International
TEHRAN, Iran The following questions and answers seek to
explain the complicated Iranian election situation and what it means
for the hostages, Iran and its president.
Q. Who won the election Friday?
A. Final results are awaited, but Moslem fundamentalists led by the
Islamic Republican Party have won the majority of the 270 seats in the
Islamic parliament. The fundamentalists are the strongest backers of
the militants who are holding the 53 American hostages in more than a
dozen cities in Iran, according to their own pronouncements.
Q. What does the victory mean for the hostages?
A. The fundamentalists have not said clearly what they intend to do
They have not responded either to the militants’ demands that some oif
the hostages should go on trial for espionage. Rut anti-American
feeling is at its peak since the failed U.S. rescue mission. Ayatollah
Mohammad Beheshti, leader of the Republican Party, has said the
hostage issue is only the second most important item to be discussed by
the parliament when it convenes. Parliament’s mood therefore is
unpredictable.
Q. President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr is seen in the West as com
paratively moderate. ]Vhat does the fundamentalists’ victory mean
for him?
the election result does not not make his job any easier. He has
indicated he wants to name a prime minister who will be able to work
with the fundamentalists. He does not want a confrontation. Most
political analysts believe friction between Bani-Sadr and the fun
damentalists would have unpredictable results for the hostages.
Q. When will parliament meet?
A. According to a government schedule, parliament is to be in
session by June 5. Earlier estimates by Beheshti said the legislature
may not convene until the last week of June.
Q. Is it not impossible to expect a favorable decision for the hostages
as long as there is a fundamentalist ruling party in parliament?
A. The attitude of the fundamentalists may be influenced between
now and the convening of parliament by such factors as Bani-Sadr’s
efforts to cool the mood of the country and the relationship between
the president and the parliament.
Q. Is there any likelihood Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini will over
turn a favorable ruling from parliament?
A. The parliament was designated as the final authority on the
hostage issue by Khomeini himself. But Khomeini still reserves the
right, and has the constitutional authority, to overturn any parliamen
tary vote.
Q Will the hostages’ captors accept a favorable ruling from parlia
ment?
A. The militants’ attitude simply cannot be predicted.
Pope plans more trips
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1980
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United Press International
VATICAN CITY — Pope John
Paul II brushed off complaints of his
whirlwind travels today and began to
work out plans for more of the same
— trips to France, Brazil and the
Philippines.
“I don’t intend to change,” John
Paul told reporters on his plane from
Abidjan in the Ivory Coast to Rome
at the end of his 11-day, six-nation
African tour, his most extensive yet.
“This is a fatigue to which I will
ingly submit myself.”
Almost as soon as he gets back to
his desk, John Paul will plan the de
tails of his next journeys — to France
at the end of this month, to Brazil in
July and to the Philippines in the fall.
During his 11,000-mile tour of the
Judge considers
anti-Iranian suits
United Press International
SAN ANGELO — A federal dis
trict judge is expected to rule later
this week on a request to dismiss two
separate lawsuits against the govern
ment of Iran.
U.S. District Judge Halbert
Woodward of Lubbock, in San Ange
lo for Northern Judicial District pro
ceedings this week, heard argu
ments Monday from a Dallas attor
ney seeking dismissal of both suits.
One of the suits was filed in federal
court in Lubbock last month by Asso
ciated Builders Realtors Inc. The
firm alleges a chain of events, includ
ing the takeover of the U. S. E mbassy
in Tehran and the taking of 53 Amer
ican hostages, precipitated a crisis
leading to the freezing of Iranian
assets.
Because the assets are frozen, the
plaintiffs contend, a house once
occupied by the deposed shah’s son
and currently owned by the Iranian
government cannot be sold. The
realty firm said it had been deprived
of a $19,000 commission as a result
and is the victim of a breach of con
tract.
Beverly Brown, representing the
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bombing of embassy
United Press International
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —
Unidentified men in a speeding pick
up truck bombed and machine-
gunned the U.S. Embassy in San
Salvador, officials said Tuersday.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embas
sy said there were no injuries or
damage in the incident which occur
red late Monday.
One gunman sprayed the embassy
with machine-gun fire while two
others in the back of a speeding pick
up truck tossed bombs at the com
plex in the northern section of the
capital, witnesses said.
Neither of the two bombs made it
over the concrete wall surrounding
the embassy complex and exploded
on the adjacent sidewalk, they said.
None of the political groups active
in the violence-torn Central Amer
ican nation of 4.8 million immediate
ly claimed responsibility for the
attack.
U S Ambassador Robert E.
White, besieged for 2 days at his resi
dence by right-wing protesters until
UA. Marines got him out Monday
morning, was in the embassy at the
time of the attack, the spokesman
said.
Almost simultaneously with the
embassy attack, an undetermined
number of leftist guerrillas opened
fire on a national police outpost less
than a half-mile from the complex,
police said. No injuries were re
ported in the incident.
In another development, El Salva
dor’s military leaders sacked former
armed forces commander Col. Adol
fo Majano and appointed Col. Jaime
Abdul Gutierrez to take his place,
sources close to the ruling junta said
Tuesday.
Majano, also a member of the rul
ing junta, was one of the leaders of
the coup Oct. 15 that ousted former
President Carlos H. Romero.
Majano, who the sources said “had
been the target of a wide campaign of
defamation by the extreme right,” is
considered a progressive and will re
tain his post in the junta, the sources
said.
His successor, Abdul Gutierrez,
who also helped lead last year’s coup,
will assume his duties as commander
in chief immediately, they said.
ICE
Kathy & Kent Caperton Say
Thank You
•••
Dear Friends,
We are extremely grateful to the
many people who helped us suc
ceed in the Democratic primary.
Our campaign was geared towards
all of the people in the 5th Senatorial
District. We talked about the issues
of vital concern to our families and
communities: Education, Law En
forcement, Senior Citizens, the
Economy, and Efficiency in Govern
ment.
We will continue to stress these issues
in our campaign for the general
election, and our door will always be
open to you.
Once again, thank you very much.
We hope to visit with you soon, and
earn your support for the fall.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
(Zpi/ent <& (Zpi/dtky a'petton
Kent Caperton. A new kind
of senator for a new decade.
perton
*for Texas Senator.
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Iranian government, argued the
U.S. government froze Iranian
assets and, therefore, is responsible
for making it impossible to sell the
house.
Motions also were heard Monday
on a wrongful death lawsuit filed in
Lubbock by former Singer Sewing
Co. employee Wendel T. Reed, who
names the Iranian government as de
fendant.
Reed contends the government
was negligent in providing ap
pliances for the residence where he
and his wife stayed when he was sent
to Iran by Singer in 1978.
He cites as specific negligence the
government’s installation of a stove,
which he said short-circuited and
electrocuted his wife the day after
they moved into a house at a Tehran
air base. He seeks $250,000 dam
ages.
Part of Miss Brown’s dismissal mo
tion on the Reed case stemmed from
her argument that an American court
does not have jurisdiction in the
matter.
heart of Africa, the pope crossed the
equator four times and the continen
tal divide twice to become the most
traveled pontiff in history.
In all, on his fifth trip outside Italy,
he delivered more than 60 speeches
and sermons — most of which he
wrote himself.
Some Vatican officials complain
the pope’s journeys and the prepara
tions for them leave little time for
taking care of essential church mat
ters at home.
But John Paul, scoffing at the com
plaints, says he can’t come to grips
with the church’s problems by being
a deskbound pope.
“The Africans said I had to go
there because even with all the re
ports I receive, I wouldn’t be able to
understand them without meeting
them,” he told reporters.
“I can now see and understand
many things I didn’t know before.”
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