CBS Evening News for Wednesday, Dec 18, 1985
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Paris, France) Indications that Iranian fervor for war with Iraq is waning examined; scenes shown. [Iranian analyst Baffma KODMANI - describes growing disillusionment with war.] Ayatollah Khomeini's contd. fanaticism described.
REPORTER: Doug Tunnell
Parliament's effort to suppress war casualty statistics offered by deputy Said Ali Hosseini noted. Govt.'s brainwashing of youth described. [CHILD - wants to fight Iraq.] [KODMANI - notes regime's preparation of youth for martyrdom is no longer as successful.]
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