Mohammad-Ali Rajai person
also: Karubi
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opened the discussion by asking Casey what was the purpose of the meeting. Casey replied with a question of his own. Was the Islamic Republic ready to deal with the Republicans? It was impossible to establish good relationship between the t…
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To the new administration, the Republicans would be eternally grateful and give Iran its strength back. Dick wrote Hashemi as saying that Karubi's response was that he had no authority to make this commitment, that he would have to seek ins…
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Casey said that he had no objection if the Iranians continued to deal with the Carter administration, but he personally had washed his hands of Carter. Hashimi said that Karubi ended the meeting by saying in Persian, I think we are opening …
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This time, the news he carried was electrifying. According to Hashimi, Khomeini had agreed to Casey's terms. The hostages would be released on the day of Reagan's inauguration, though the Iranians would continue to go through the motions wi…