Iran Focus
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (R) meets President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran June 29, 2005.... Photo by Raheb Homavandi/Reuters
London, Jun. 29 – Iran Focus has obtained a photograph of Iran’s newly-elected president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, holding the arm of a blindfolded American hostage on the premises of the United States embassy in Tehran in 1979.The photograph was given to Iran Focus by a source in Tehran, whose identity cannot be revealed for fear of persecution. Iran Focus does not know who took the photograph or the exact date it was taken but it has learnt that it was taken in November or December 1979 in the U.S. embassy compound in Tehran.
New York Times: 5 Americans Say Iran's New Chief was '79 Captor
SAVANNAH, Ga., June 29 (AP) - A quarter-century after they were taken captive in Iran, five former American hostages say they got an unexpected reminder of their 444-day ordeal in the bearded face of Iran's president-elect.Watching coverage of Iran's presidential election on television dredged up 25-year-old memories that prompted four of the former hostages to exchange e-mail messages. And those four realized they shared the same conclusion - the firm belief that President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had been one of their captors.
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