Iran Hostage Crisis Anniversary: Is Time to Get Over It?
The harrowing 444-day ordeal that still poisons Iran-American relations came to an end 30 years ago today. Stephen Kinzer on conservative politicians and former hostages who say it’s time for the countries to bury the hatchet.
In this Nov. 9, 1979 file photo, one of the hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran is displayed blindfolded and with his hands bound to the crowd outside the embassy. (AP Photo),Anonymous
Thirty years after American hostages in Iran were released, Margaret Thatcher’s conservative Chancellor, Nigel Lawson, said in a radio interview that the American policy of sanctioning Iran was foolish and self-defeating.
