TY - BOOK AU - Banī-Ṣadr, Abu-'l-Ḥasan AU - Deniau, Jean-Charles AU - Laingen, L. Bruce TI - My turn to speak: Iran, the revolution & secret deals with the U.S. SN - 9780080405636 AV - DS318.85 .B3613 1991 PY - 1991/// CY - Washington : PB - Brassey's (US), KW - Iran-Iraq War KW - 1980-1988 KW - Diplomatic history. KW - Iran KW - Politics and government KW - 1979-1997. KW - United States KW - Foreign relations N1 - Translation of: Le complot des ayatollahs. Includes index; An evolving regime. -A strange form of Islam. -Reagan and Khomeini: the agreement. -Reagan short-circuits Carter. -Face-off with the mullahs. -Old acquaintances: Saddam Hussein and Khomeini. -War: a blessing for the mullahs. -Toward confrontation with Khomeini. -Toward perpetual war: July 1981-July 1982. -1982-1985: Khomeini pulls the strings. -The regime vacillates. Irangate exposed. -Khomeini swallows the poison of defeat N2 - Includes material on Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, the "October Surprise" controversy, and the Ayatollah Khomeini ER -