In the days before the vote, my Iranian contacts breathlessly compared the atmosphere in Iran to that of 1979, the year of the Islamic Revolution.

'It's Common Sense' A senior White House official said Mr. Fitzwater's description of the Iranian contacts today reflected "what should be obvious."

Mr. Ghorbanifar said his Iranian contacts suspected that he had been charging a higher price because he was stealing.

Several officials speculated that the Party of God would not kill an American hostage without giving its Iranian contacts at least the opportunity to object.

But even if you don't have Iranian contacts, you can still try to imagine your way into the situation of the protesters.

Iranian contact in the region goes back to the Median and Achaemenid times.

Without Haverford and his Iranian contacts, the pot would have been fifteen million dollars.

He had spoken to Yaneri, his Iranian contact.

The report disclosed that on Oct. 3, 1986, Colonel North, Mr. Cave and other Americans met in Frankfurt, West Germany, with the new Iranian contact, who was not identified.

According to Regan, McFarlane was vague about the specifics of the plan, and the President then questioned McFarlane on his confidence in the Iranian contact, Ghorbanifar.