The World - News from June 20, 1985
Iran, which has repeatedly refused to negotiate an end to the 57-month-old Persian Gulf War, proposed the creation of an international court to “pave the way for ending the war.” Parliament Speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani, saying he was speaking on behalf of Iran’s leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, summoned foreign diplomats to hear the proposal. Western diplomats said that Rafsanjani’s plan might exclude Iran’s earlier demand for the overthrow of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
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