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Hostage to Khomeini by Robert Dreyfuss

Hostage to Khomeini Robert Dreyfuss ebook
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ISBN: 0933488114, 9780933488113
Page: 241

The students initially intended to hold the hostages for only a short time, but changed their plans when their act garnered widespread praise in Iran. On November 4, 1979, 400 Khomeini followers, armed with sticks and chains, broke down the door of the American embassy in Tehran, stormed the compound, and took hostage all the Americans on the grounds. He was known for his support of the hostage takers during the Iran hostage crisis and his fatwa calling for the death of British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie. Available intelligence suggested that most, if not all, of the Americans were held hostage by members of Hezbollah, a fundamentalist Shiite terrorist group with links to the regime of the Ayatollah Khomeini. As we have seen, for Ayatollah Khomeini the hostage crisis offered a tantalizing opportunity to outflank his domestic political rivals, particularly the moderates. [Dari Hostage to Khomeini, "Itu adalah aliansi antara Freemason, pemilik tanah lama dan ulama yang ditunggangi dalam operasi melawan Shah pada tahun 1963. Took millions of dollars from the weapons sale and routed them and guns to the right-wing "Contra"² guerrillas in Nicaragua. Khomeini did not stop the students from holding embassy employees hostage and instead supported the embassy takeover. Iran Hostage Crisis – Letter from Carter to Khomeini. It was also a way to raise the intra- and international profile of the revolution's leader, the anti-American cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. This article is rooted in the Iran Hostage Crisis.