Hostage-takers a threat — to the Iranian regime

The Seattle Times 3 weeks ago

Hostage-takers a threat — to the Iranian regime

Iranian students scale the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. Thirty years later, many who participated in the takeover and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days are in prison, punished for their roles in the reform movement. "We have to ask why students who were called national heroes by the Imam are now suffering these circumstances," said Masoumeh Ebtekar, who has become the public face of the hostage- takers.

Mohsen Mirdamadi was applauded as a hero by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for helping lead the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Iran 30 years ago today. He is in prison now, an accused enemy of the state. Full Article at The Seattle Times

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