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...University graduate who was a political officer at the embassy, it was a particularly blessed moment. He was one of the hostages treated most harshly by the militants. He spent a total of 261 days in solitary confinement because of his constant defiance. His captors were convinced that their Farsi-speaking prisoner was a CIA agent. They interrogated him more than a dozen times, usually late at night and for up to seven hours at a time. Says Metrinko: "They had broken into my office safe, and they had the names and phone numbers of all my Iranian friends. They...
Still, it would take an intricate series of specific actions to set the actual release into motion. English, French and Farsi versions of the final text of the complex agreements would have to be compared. Carter would have to sign certain papers and order certain actions for the U.S. Beyond the $2.2 billion positioned for delivery, European and American bankers apparently would have to transfer other funds before that Algerian airliner could take off. Once it was in the air with the Americans, Iran's leverage over any further cash deliveries would evaporate...
...most desolate places on earth. Suddenly a message is passed down the column, and everyone gathers in one spot. A Soviet patrol up ahead? A suspected land mine? No. It is 8:45 p.m. and time for the BBC's nightly short-wave news, Farsi edition. Like everyone else, the Afghan soldiers want to know what is happening...
There are now more than 4,450 shortwave frequencies being broadcast around the world in 148 languages-including Farsi, Zulu, Amharic and Kiswahili. Most popular of all is English, which is sent out on more than 1,000 frequencies. Even with unsophisticated sets, Americans can pick up as many as 50 English-language broadcasts; more expensive radios can tune in the entire world. In the past ten years something like 18 million short-wave sets have been sold in the U.S. alone. One Manhattan writer, who owns an inexpensive Sony ($115), has made the BBC's morning news...
...multiple sclerosis, including dizzy spells and numbness. By mid-January, realizing that "we might be here for a while," he began steeling himself for a long wait. He started reading voraciously-especially Shakespeare and U.S. Civil War histories-and tried to ignore his captors. "I cursed myself for speaking Farsi. Whenever they talked, I closed my ears. Whenever I heard a radio, I closed my ears...