Bruce Laingen

Type: Person

Name: Bruce Laingen

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 2 Documents

Former Iran Hostages Recall Us Embassy Takeover 30 Years Ago

embassy in Tehran. Leading up to that event, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had returned to Iran from exile in France, leading an Islamic revolution that forced the Shah of Iran to flee. Fifty-two of the US diplomats seized by the Iranians were held ... [Turkish Weekly - 11/04/2009]

Entities: Bruce Laingen, Barry Rosen, Iran

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Unfaded memories: 444 days of captivity: Minnesotan L. Bruce Laingen, always the diplomat, was cool-under-fire in Iran 30 years ago.

(Star Tribune - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --A yellow ribbon -- ceramic to withstand the passage of time -- still hangs from the old oak tree in L. Bruce Laingen's front yard, a 30-year-old reminder of the Minnesota farm boy's ... [Individual.com - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Bruce Laingen, Iran, Memory

First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 1 Documents

Interview: Former U.S. Hostage Calls For Iran To Change

Bruce Laingen was the senior U.S. official held hostage during the Iran hostage crisis.Thirty years ago, a group of Iranian students stormed into the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took more than 50 U.S. diplomats and embassy staff hostage. They were held ... [Radio Free Europe - 11/03/2009]

Entities: Bruce Laingen, Iran, Hostage

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Former Iran Hostages Recall US Embassy Takeover 30 Years Ago

By Jeffrey Young, VOA, WashingtonUS diplomats held captive by Iranian militantsBarry RosenBruce Laingen... Payvand News - 11/04/09 ... -- Bookmark/Share t ... [Payvand Iran News - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Hostage, Takeover, Iran

First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Former hostage marks 30th anniversary of Iran embassy takeover

(McClatchy-Tribune News Se) A yellow ribbon _ ceramic to withstand the passage of time _ still hangs from the old oak tree in L. Bruce Laingen's front yard, a 30-year-old reminder of the Minnesota farm boy's ordeal as the highest ranking diplomat among ... [Individual.com - 11/02/2009]

Entities: Hostage, Takeover, Iran

Quotes

"if we had done things differently, you could come up with all kinds of scenarios. but i believe myself that it was almost inevitable" Laingen said

Former Iran Hostages Recall Us Embassy Takeover 30 Years Ago [Turkish Weekly - 11/04/2009]

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