Skip to footer

Mideast shuttle mediators expect no quick results

  • By WITH ANALYSIS FROM MONITOR CORRESPONDENTS AROUND THE WORLD
  • EDITED BY HILARY DEVRIES

| Tehran, Iran

A high-level team of Islamic mediators charged with ending the Gulf war have outlined a formula designed to bring Iraq and Iran to the negotiating table, sources close to the peace mission reported Wednesday. But they cautioned against expecting swift results, saying that the positions of Iraq and Iran remained far apart.

The sources said key elements of the formula, worked out during visits to both countries, provided for a cease-fire, international guarantees for truce observance, the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Iranian ter ritory and peace negotiations.

You've read 3 of 3 free articles. Subscribe to continue.
QR Code to Mideast shuttle mediators expect no quick results
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0305/030528.html
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe
CSM logo

Why is Christian Science in our name?

Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.

Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.

Explore values journalism About us