VOL. XLI

No. 45

9-November-1998

IRAN

Irans Supreme Leader Dismisses Prospect Of Improved Ties With US

Speaking on 3 November at a rally to mark the 19thanniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran, Irans Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the possibility of a rapprochement with the US with thesewords: "The severing of relations between Iran and the US has been to the 100%benefit to the Iranian people. Even though the American officials tone appearsto have changed, the truth...