Visit to Revolutionary Iran
Arafat visits Tehran soon after the Iranian Revolution and meets the new Iranian leadership while seeking broader political support for the Palestinian cause.
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1979 in Palestine
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Historical records for Palestine in 1979
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February
PLO Mission Opens in Tehran
Arafat attends the opening of a PLO diplomatic mission in the former Israeli embassy, symbolizing Iran's new alignment with the Palestinian movement.
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Palestinian Jordanian Committee Leadership
Abbas became head of the Palestinian-Jordanian committee, a role he held into the early 1980s. The assignment added responsibility for managing an important channel between the PLO and Jordan during a sensitive period in Palestinian diplomacy.
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