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many' countries to seek immediate sanctions ag . an Shultz said the arms embar d .ln Tian Y I I abandoned. 80811 uthersanctiollslllvqi. r U On the contrary, the distinct p -ft '1' N will happen unless there is a satisfaixciiititislhe Ilftlltnltillz. ESSEL C P' I ' U RED I he we ' 'tm' it PERSIA GULF Hy' Richard Pyle Htt- ftvsoi lated Pri-ss MANAMA, Bahrain ' ilu 'ird 'in Iranian ship caught laving mines in the Perslun .- - wloslvesa It . 1 - - .' I b. sailors kritlay pl-NUI ' W - ' -- ' ld blow it up and would tolerate Hu . - A . - . . - ' '- Weinberger saltl the NIU WM mul- Iy,.gl.,,,t- hetrttary t .tspur more mining. A . . , .- .. 'nf gt, that thev will stop it, but . , - , . . . le will be a sullnient warm g. Q .V , , IK Are ho it-tul that this ont tpisoc H , , . A v 5 ., sh ,A m the we are riot -foirig to go on the basis ol hopes. II CIIIIWFHU NWI flllflllti 'I Ulm 'll l ' mira ll N .- wmv 'I lt d whether Ir'tni'in ol'fici'ils were advised that the IHU-fool. ltlillgdilll lmn. 'ln WTF hiufg 1 5 'U ' ' I - ' ' - V - ll -'tv .. t certain v wi no 70 -.' ' -4' -- 'hen it goes up or down, l shou c st, . . destroyed, he said. Ihty ll Ml 11 W, , .,. .iq .. handed back so that-itvcan engage in further actnitints. 1' ' -I A Y , I sh IH, H 'ph . Mfg,-i.,1 1,-.ml Nw.,-, Au,L.,,,-y, monitored tht-C yprus, said Iranian artillery kc pt s c ing asra ,Indkillttd.,0yfil14-iyiliglltsFIICILIY,IISilld Iraqi warplanes hit a tanker olt the Iranian coast and targets deep inside lran. A IN.-X did not identify' the vesse attac ct :IHC F ll I I- I k I l h' 7 iin 1 excutives in the region could not confirm - Vtl. . , - ' . . thc ftgent-tt grlid mths, my-gets included a war plant in Ahvaz. southwestern Iran, and military installations elsewhere. A , K . l- , lran's official Islamic Republic News Agency. also monitored in Cyprus, reported no air raidE but said an Iraqi warplane was shot clown over southwesteren Iran. Iraq said all it s jets returne safelv. , . . . . , IRNA said President Ali Khamenei returned to Iran trom the United Nations on Friday Ang told reporters that lran's rigor toward the United States grew alter the Navyattacked and capture t Iran Ajr on Monday. . , , , W Other Iranian officials, vowing vengeance. have said the vessel was carrying non-military' cargo and was not sowing mines. Five Iranians were killed when the ship was captured and 26, including four wounded, were taken into l.l.S. custodv. The survivors are to be repatriated to Iran on Saturday' in Oman under the supervi- sion of the Red Vrescent. the Moslem equivalent of the Red Cross. The Times ol' London reported that the Navy' commandos stormed the ship after the initial attack and fired at Iranian crewmen to stop them from sliding the rest of the ship's mines into the gulf. ri The newspaper said the Navy' used new and secret models ofa new, ultra-quiet helicopter coed- named Sea Plat that flew just above sea level at 1220 mph. 'l'he Navy' began in July' to escort ll reflagged Kuwaiti tankers to protect them from Iran, which considers Kuwait an ally of Iraq. Both lran and Iraq have attacked forgein ships in their seven-year war. 'l'he Regan administration has vowed to keep the Persian Gluf open to navigation. About 20 precent of the non-communist world's oil passes through the gulf. Weinberger, beginning a five-day' tour of the region, visited It of the ll ships assigned to the Middle Has! Force. the Navy s gulf-based escort squadron. He viewed nine mines found intact aboard the Iran Ajr and said several more mines were located around the area. Navy' demolition experts blew up one mine when Weinberger was aboard the nearby USS I.ASAI.I,E. Asked if he thought IFS. action would raise tensions in the gulf, Weinberger said, You've got to bear in mind thatthe potsbeen st irred up pretty' thoroughly since 1979, and nothing has happened to give any' hope ot getting it over. h He said he hoped Iran would heed the multination military' presence in the gulfand the threat ot an. arms embargo it ignores a ll.N. resolution demanding a cease-fire. I know the Iraqis feel that way' and l would just hope that some degree of sanity' would return to the Iranian golvernntent so we could get the same result, he said. I Asked how l MS. citizens would react if I KS. forces suffered reversals Weinberger said I vs ld hope that the political will of the llnited States is as strong as thgmgft nut there dalienljing llfle toldvthe ships crews that President Reagan thanked them for their efforts, not onlv for the ntted States but for our allies and indeed for all the countries interested in freedom. He called the capture ot the Iran .-I-1r an t-xtraortlinarlv effective achievement WPIUIWFKPY will Washington was coordin itin I ' ' i ' , , 1 t' 1- ' with th g- ' .' in the gulf or en route about ho 'to It f' g ii . . H , gr nation? mth mlm bww pen ellher vw rixide up the task of searchtn I . I V I - t - g lor the explosives. Htlgnim. Italy and the Netherlands are sending mine sweepers. U.s. BACKS OFF FR0 IRA IA EMBARG0 CALL lln- Assoc nitctl l'rn-ss V 'l'he l'nitr-rl States on Friday' backed away' trom a call lor 'in - 1 UNITED NATIONS instead reaffirined its willingness tu work with thc l'.N it-cu 'tl , tilrmh-0mlmrl3'.' ngmml lrfm and tht, l,.,,,,,lmq WMA ' fl N ouncil to achieve a cease-fire in Wm-'re not seeking sanctions,w1-'re seeking that this tl' N .. . . ,hm H llmwprim mlm. HIWHYN IXUS. Swrmurv Ut- Sum' HW Pptaicl resolution be at-cepted and lortlcin ministers. i ru 'Shultz Mull imp' 1' IIIWIIIIH Wllll Many' fliploinats have saitl that rlt-spite vigorous efforts in tlt- . ly' had tailcrl In win broarl support for its r-all fur my inmtL.,jii,l:. imsl wwk' the llnllml Slmf'54'l0ilF' mm' . 'it'f' llml .lU'lll'i 'lN WHY of brinuinti about a ci-asc--fire fmlii i!nlll'rl1 lllfillllfil lffllt us the 5I'X'1'f'lil rliplonnits sairl NIonrlav's l'.H, helicoptpr lmmvk ,m li lf!! 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