CARTER IS DELAYING SANCTIONS AS IRAN MAKES HOSTAGE BID; BUT HE IGNORES CONDITIONS Bani-Sadr Offers to Take Custody if U.S. Makes Pledge to Avoid Hostile Words or Actions Vance Talk With Waldheim CARTER HAILS OFFER BY IRAN ON CAPTIVES Sense of Confusion Created Meeting With Top Advisers
Date: 02 April 1980
By BERNARD GWERTZMAN Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Pres Carter says he is deferring plans to impose new economic and political sanctions on Iran in expectation that hostages will soon be transferred to control of Iranian Government, news conference; Pres Bani-Sadr has said that Government would take custody of hostages if US promised not to say or do anything hostile until Parliament, yet to be elected, made decision on hostages fate; Carter says Bani-Sadr's statement is 'positive step' but he ignores conditions listed by him; White House official says UN Sec Gen Kurt Waldheim told Sec of State Vance that Bani-Sadr wants Carter to issue statement more in line with conditions he had set; Carter plans to impose sanctions at end of week if there is no breakthrough in situation; says Administration will not apologize for US actions in Iran, speech, AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department convention; Carter illustration (M)