United States Hostages in Iran Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies بنیاد مطالعات ایران Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:18:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://fis-iran.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-Dark-w-Color-1-32x32.png United States Hostages in Iran Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies 32 32 Metrinko, Michael* https://fis-iran.org/oral-history/metrinko-michael/ Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:25 +0000 https://fisiran.org/oral-history/metrinko-michael/ Family and educational background; memories of work as Peace Corp volunteer in Iran in the early 1970s; on Iran’s Kurds; on Iran’s Literacy Corps; Iranian political attitudes in the 1970s;...

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]]> Family and educational background; memories of work as Peace Corp volunteer in Iran in the early 1970s; on Iran’s Kurds; on Iran’s Literacy Corps; Iranian political attitudes in the 1970s; on the U.S. Embassy’s Visa Section in Tehran; On the socioeconomic change in Iran in the l970s; on the U.S. Embassy operations in Iran; on the political activities of the U.S. Consulate in Tabriz; on the opposition, demonstrations and riots in Tabriz in l977-78; on the Rastakhiz Party in Tabriz; on pro-government demonstrations; on the burning of Cinema Rex in Abadan; public attitude toward the U.S.; U.S. Embassy’s reactions to the events; on rumors of large-scale resignations of Iranian Air Force officers in Tabriz and Shiraz; emergence of revolutionary organizations in Tabriz; take-over of the Consulate in Tabriz by the revolutionaries; U.S. policy toward the new political order; first occupation of the Embassy and revolutionary factions’ rivalry for its control; U.S. Embassy take-over and the taking of the hostages; memories of stay in Iran as a hostage.

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