2006-12-15 11:59:59 · 17 answers · asked by kevin-z 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
I believe I read he was involved with the hostage taking, yes.
2006-12-15 12:02:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, It is true. In fact, he is pictured standing next to an American hostage. The Iran hostage crisis was a hostage crisis that took place from November 4, 1979 until January 20, 1981, a 444-day period. During the crisis radicals Islamic students calling themselves "Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line," held hostage 66 people of which were 3 Americans inside the American embassy in Tehran.
The crisis was one of the first Islamic terrorist "attacks".
2006-12-15 12:13:39 · answer #2 · answered by postpattrn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh My Gosh! There really ARE people who know about Operation Ajax and what we did in Iran in the 50's which resulted in the hostage crisis later. When i started reading the answers and saw people blaming Carter for the hostage crisis, it made me cringe, but hope was restored as I kept reading. People need to know that the corrupt Shah had been forced back to power before (by the CIA) and the hostage takers were just students who wanted to ensure that this did not happen again. They wanted a revolution, just like they did in 1953. Except this time, when we realized that the Shah was not going to be pushed back into place, we gave the nod to the turban heads to be facilitated into power because we feared a Soviet spread South as we'd seen in Afghanistan. The fact that this has all come back to bite us in the rear is not anyone's fault but ours. These imperialistic exploits are going to be our undoing, unless we stop and redeem ourselves. Thanks for raising awareness about these issues. The exposure to truth is very important, even if it's to a few people at a time. The more good questions and CORRECT answers the better.
2016-05-22 22:14:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true. One of the released hostages lives near me and he gave a speech when ahmadinejad was chosen as that ahmadinejad was one of the "student" radicals that stormed the US Embassy, illegally.
2006-12-15 12:12:25 · answer #4 · answered by JBC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the former hostages have accused him of being one of the Iranian "students" that stormed the US embassy in Tehran. I don't know if it has been proved for certain that he was.
2006-12-15 14:58:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it was a group of young thugs that did the holding. The government looked the other way.
2006-12-15 12:04:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. The only good think this guy did was bring down the Carter Administration.
2006-12-15 13:13:51 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he is one of the hostage-takers. Here is a photo of him at the time:
2006-12-15 12:01:46 · answer #8 · answered by speakeasy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, most ofthem escaped by sneaking out and going to theCanadian embassy where they were given false passports and airlifted out on Canadian helicopters and planes
2006-12-15 12:08:52 · answer #9 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably. Former hostages have ID'd him.
2006-12-15 14:30:30 · answer #10 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋