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Turning Point in hostage talks details by Christopher
The New York Times recounts Warren Christopher's disclosure of how Iran sent four initial conditions for releasing the 52 hostages and how Bonn meetings with Tabatabai marked a turning point. It notes the shifting asset demands from Iran, the Algerian mediation, and the evolving U.S. position through 1980 with Carter and Rajai amid the Iran Iraq war.
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Bernard Gwertzman
New York Times
Washington
Iran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Warren M. Christopher
Bonn
Sadegh Tabatabai
Ayatollah
Christopher
United States
Tabatabai
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Carter
Khomeini
Ahmed Khomeini
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Calif
Iraq
Tehran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Edmund S. Muskie
Vance
Vienna
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
West Germany
Gerhard Ritzel
Rittel
Lloyd N. Cutler
Robert Carswell
the Treasury
Roberts Owen
State Department
Arnold L. Raphel
Muskie
Rajai
New York
Algeria
United Nations
Waldheim
Algiers
Majlis
International Claims Commission
Cutler
Central Bank