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Word: assadabad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1986-1986
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...echo of the 1979-81 Iranian hostage crisis. The State , Department confirmed last week that Joe Pattis, 49, an American in Iran, had been arrested there on espionage charges. Pattis, an employee of Cosmos Engineers of Bethesda, Md., was reportedly working at Iran's state-run telecommunications center at Assadabad shortly before Iraqi jets bombed the facility; Iranian suspicion that Pattis was connected with the bombing apparently led to his arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: An American in Custody | 8/18/1986 | See Source »

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