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Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:50 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Radio Free Europe


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 in Tehran for 444 days.

Bruce Laingen, who was the...

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