Years later, some former hostages at U.S. Embassy in Tehran say America and Iran have more reason to be allies than enemies. Others are not so sure.
Forty years after having been taken hostage at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, some survivors of the 444-day ordeal say that despite their own deep-seated scars, and those that remain between the U.S. and Iranian governments, it would be beneficial for the two nations to get beyond the enmity of the past. But they are not particularly optimistic it will happen.
“The Iranian government continues to be aggressive and threatens those countries that we are aligned with,” said Lijek in a phone interview from Washington. But he added that “ultimately the U.S. and Iran have to maintain a relationship based on shared interests versus divergent ones.”For those inside the U.S. Embassy that fateful morning, it
memories of the hostage crisis provide some U.S. lawmakers with “reasons to maintain anti-Iran” sentiments.help keep the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary ideology of anti-Americanism alive by rallying at the former U.S. Embassy onBarry Rosen was a 23-year-old press attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when he was taken hostage. Rosen said at the time he found it difficult to understand the motives of his captors, who later said they were angry that the U.S.
Rosen said his captors never kept him in one location for too long. He nicknamed one of the rooms where he was held “the dark hole” because all the windows were covered with cinder blocks to prevent light from penetrating. For a few minutes on most afternoons, Rosen said, he found solace when a small amount of light made its way through a vent fan, allowing him to see the reflection of a bird perched on a tree outside.
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