U.S., Iran agree to basics:
billions in assets for hostages
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the
delicately balanced contract to
end the 14’/2-month hostage
crisis, the U S. government has
agreed to forbid everyone —
including the hostages them
selves — from suing Iran for
damages.
At the same time, the U S.
promises to help Iran press its
lawsuit seeking to seize the
wealth of the late Shah Moham
mad Reza Pahlavi.
The agreement barring law
suits and referring all prior
claims against Iran to an inter
national arbitration panel is one
of the many commitments made
by the U S. in the agreements
intended to bring the hostages
home.
Essentially, Iran made one
commitment in exchange:
freedom for the 52 American
hostages.
The centerpiece of the
agreements is a straight trade —
freedom for the hostages in re
turn for release of the billions of
dollars in Iranian assets frozen
by President Carter 10 days
after the hostages were seized
at the U S. Embassy in Tehran
on Nov. 4, 1979.
The deal fell victim Monday,
however, to a dispute over the
exact language in the additional
documents that will implement
the agreements. These addi
tional documents, which have
not been released, focus on
procedures and details.
The dispute specifically
centers on a provision dealing
with Iran's recovery of assets
that might be found in the fu
ture, after the hostages are
released
The 10 pages of published
agreements specified the whole
series of U S. promises to Iran,
all to be triggered by the hos
tages’ release.
• "The United States pledges
not to intervene, directly or
indirectly, politically or militarily
in Iran’s internal affairs,” says
one of the agreements.
• The US. government
pledges to "restore the financial
position of Iran, insofar as is
possible to that which existed
prior to Nov. 14, 1979," the day
Carter ordered Iranian assets
frozen. This means returning
billions of dollars in assets to
Iran’s control
• The U.S. government will
end all trade sanctions against
Iran.
• The U.S. government will
withdraw its claims against Iran
before the World Court.
U.S. reaction mixed, muffled
News of the coming eman
cipation of the 52 American
hostages Monday brought bar
room cheers and grateful
prayers, spontaneous celebra
tions and determined vows of
"Never again."
Church bells rang, high
school bands struck up patriotic
music and in a cemetery in Her
mitage, Pa., they raised a flag,
No. 443, one for each day since
the storming of the U S. em
bassy in Tehran.
Dorothea Morefield of San
Diego, wife of hostage Richard
Morefield, spoke of the relief
after 14 months of hopes
dangled and then dashed.
"All of a sudden I don't have a
headache,” she said. "All of a
sudden, I’m not afraid.”
In small-town America, it was
a day of tribute to God and
country.
In St. Petersburg, Fla., the
Pinellas County Tourist Dev
elopment Council said
it was planning to offer all 52
hostages free vacations in Flor
ida.
But, all in all it was a bitter
sweet celebration.
"They will soon be home,"
said Secretary of State Edmund
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