,The Iranian Dilemma: Energy and Security Implications

The Iranian Dilemma: Energy and Security Implications


 

Publication Date: November 1979

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Milton R. Copulos; James A. Phillips

Research Area: Energy; Politics

Keywords: Energy and environment

Type: Report

Coverage: Iran Iraq

Abstract:

With the occupation of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, and taking of 62 American hostages, militant followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini-have added a new and perilous dimension to the political and economic environment in the Middle East.