SITUATION REPORT
IRAN
A senior official ofamio Republic Party and Interior Mintetry officials eaid yesterday that the eeoond round ofeleciione may be poetponed until mid-May. (V)
Ayatollahlose ally of Ayatollah Bcheshti, indicated that postponement may be necessary bocause the investigation of vote-tampering in the first round is going slowly. President Boni-Sadr's supporters need more time to organise for the second round, but there is no evidence that he is focusing his attention on the elections. (U)
peech telecast last night in Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini told Iranians not to fear sanctions and urged Western Europe not to support US reprisals against Iran. Foreign Minister Ghotbzadeh last night publicly claimed sanctions would not "bite" Iranians for at least six months. (U)
Foreign reaction to President Carter'a announcement yesterday of new US measures against Iran has so far been scanty. Moscow radio covered the steps rather matter-of-factly but did claim that Weatern Europe had given himcool response." Japanese officials are aaid to havedetailed study" of the US announcement.
Iron-Iraq
The Iranian Charge in Lebanon was wounded outside his Embassy in Beirut last night, apparently by machine-gun fire from tha area of tha Iraqi Embassy. Thecapped three days of clashes between pro-Iraqi
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Oil Pricing
Iran has turned down requests from some crude oil buyers to cancel or reduceer barrel price increasepril. British Petroleum and Japanese representatives met with the National Iranian Oil Company this week in hopes of renegotiating prices. National Iranian Oil Company officials reportedlyapanese company that the price is not subject to negotiation and suggested that the Japanese firm could reduce itsif it does not like the new price. Britishhas not scheduled tankers to go into Kharg next week.
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