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Iranian official offers hope for
release of American hostages
TEHRAN, Iran (AP)-A top Iranian
official offered hope yesterday for
release of the American hostages held
in the U.S. Embassy, but cautioned
against optimism.
Marches in three cities by hundreds
of thousands of Iranians were marred
by shootings in the northwest provincial
capital of Tabriz. Hospitals reported six
persons killed and said they treated 41
wounded. The official Pars news agen-
cy listed three persons killed and 100
wounded.
AYATOLLAH MOHAMMAD
Beheshti, first secretary of the ruling
Revolutionary Council, told reporters
at his regular weekly news conference
there was not yet any reason for op-
timism about the release of up to 50
American hostages held at the embassy
since Nov. 4, but added:
"There is some movement. I am not
sure if this movement will be seen in a
few days. Maybe it will be in a few
weeks."
White House press secretary Jody
Powell and Abolhassen Sadegh, chief of
foreign press for the Iranian gover-
nment, said in separate interviews on
ABC-TV's -"Good Morning America"
program they could not confirm
Beshesti's comments.
MEANWHILE, AN American Indian
activist in Tehran said yesterday he
probably would visit the American
hostages in the U.S. Embassy in the
next few days-the first American to do
so since the Christmas visit of three
clergymen.
John Thomas, 35, from South
Dakota's Rosebud reservation, was in-
vited to Tehran by the militants who
are holding the hostages.
Ayatollah Beheshti said a spy trial for
the hostages might be one solution. Un-
der questioning, he added that an in-
vestigation of alleged human rights
violations by the deposed shah also
might help.
BEHESHTI ACCUSED the United
States of doing nothing to resolve the
crisis. "They have begun new actions
against the interests of our nation,".he
said, apparently referring to the U.S.
effort to gain support for economic sa*
ctions against Iran in the U.N. Security.
Council. "They should wash away the
effect of this new action they have
begun."
An Iranian student spokesman at the
U.S. Embasssy had no comment on
Beheshti's statement, saying the group
takes orders only from revolutionaryt
leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
The spokesman said the students'
were "studying" a statement fro4
White House press' secretary Powell-
that Khomeini may have lost control of:
the hostages and students were taking a:.
"Marxist line."
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians*:
marched in Tehran, Tabriz and Qom.:
Khomeini appeared before one group"
for 35 minutes on the day that marks,
the 40th day of the martyrdom of Imam*
Hossein, grandson of Mohammed and
founder of the Shiite Moslem faith. Itt
also is the second anniversary of th*
first shots of the Iranian revolution that
overthrew the shah a year ago.
Incoming 'U' president confident about
future despite probable setbacks
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force, the various constituencies in the
University community - faculty,
students, Regents, and alumni - to ac-
cept proposals.
"You can't just declare something
and expect everyone to go along with
it," he says. "There are obviously going
to be issues where I'll turn out wrong,
and issues where I'll end up right."
For instance, one decision Shapiro
might like to pursue is to decrease the
size of the .University in order to
strengthen what stays. Faculty would
be responsible for program cuts and
changes to a large extent, according to
Shapiro.
Shapiro also says if the University
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