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Hostage to Khomeini Robert Dreyfuss
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Khomeini did not stop the students from holding embassy employees hostage and instead supported the embassy takeover. According to Iranian researcher Fara Mansoor, the U.S.-Iran hostage crisis was not a spontaneous act by Iranian mobs or a senseless act devised solely by the Khomeini regime. My fascination with Iran stems from the events of 1979, when the Shah was overthrown and Ayatollah Khomeini's theocratic dictatorship replaced him. As we have seen, for Ayatollah Khomeini the hostage crisis offered a tantalizing opportunity to outflank his domestic political rivals, particularly the moderates. But as hostages, they would become pawns in an internal power struggle within Iran, a handy political device for Khomeini as he sought “hate-figures” to unite the country behind him. HOSTAGES IN IRAN: 140 WORDS ON ARGO. Held for more than a year, the hostages, who originally numbered 66, served as pawns in a game of international brinkmanship between the Iranian revolutionary government of Ruhollah Khomeini U.S. Then, when the mission failed, Khomeini and the hostage-takers saw it as a sign from Allah that the “Great Satan” was being defeated. Even when Khomeini and the MEK's founder and leader Massod Rajavi clashed over the power and wealth in Iran, Khomeini who was the standing power, held onto the 52 American hostages for 444 days. Embassy in Tehran and took the staff hostage. Iran Hostage Crisis – Letter from Carter to Khomeini. On November 4, 1979, the 15th anniversary of his exile, students stormed the U.S. During their 444 days in captivity, the remaining 52 hostages were put on display in front of television cameras, often blindfolded.