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Word: yazdani (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1981-1981
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Some 6,350 miles away in Tehran, the Americans were enduring a final episode of psychological abuse. Most, if not all, had been assembled by Iranian revolutionary guards at an undisclosed site in northern Tehran, probably the opulent mansion once owned by Hojabr Yazdani, a wealthy cattle breeder and industrialist who is now a fugitive from Khomeini's regime. They had been examined by the Algerian doctors, but the hostages had not been told that they were to be released. Ahmad Azizi, the Iranian government's second-ranking spokesman on the hostages, claimed later: "It would have been too painful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran Hostages: An End to the Long Ordeal | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

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