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Hostages Endure Months of Tehran Embassy Terror
The article recalls the Iran hostage ordeal from late 1979 to spring, detailing violent interrogations, mock executions, and systematic fear. It highlights Elizabeth Swift and others as they face threats, isolation, and pressure while noting Christmas visits by clergy and sporadic hopes of release. The narrative follows shifts in captivity, including escapes, beatings, and the eventual buildup to a rescue attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Ann Swift
Scott
Vietsnam
Jones
Kathryn L. Koob
Michael J. Metrinko
Kennedy
Morefield
William Sloane Coffin Jr
United Church of Christ
Riverside Church
Manhattan
M. William Howard Jr
Princeton
N.1
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Thomas J. Gambletor
Detroit
Lean-Etenne Duval
Algiers
Lae
Absolute
Howard
Morefielid
Iran
Gillette
Columbia
United States
James Lopez
Marine Guard
Tehran
Sickmann
America
William F. Keough Jr
Islamabad
Pakistan
Red Sox
Robert Blucker
Blucker
Chancery
Barry M. Rosen
Robert C. Ode
Foreign Service
Bruce W. German
Blueker
U.S
Shah
David Rockefeller
Henry Kissinger
Joseph J. Subic Jr
Subie
Set
William A. Gallegos
NBC News
Gregory A. Persinger
Limbert
William E. Belk
Central Intelligence Agency
Mars
Paul M. Needham
Air Force
Gary E. Lee
Farsi
Vietnam
Richard I. Queen
Sharer
Savak
Frederick Kupke
Needham
William Keough
Keough
Tran
Malcolm Kalp
Moorhead Kennedy
Red Cross
Zurich
ABC News
Foreign Ministry
Ayatollah Khomeini
James M. Lopez