News Iran History: L. Bruce Laingen, Senior Hostage During Iran Crisis, Dies at 96
He was, again, on leave in Minnesota when the call came asking him to go to Iran, where the ambassador, William H. Sullivan, had stepped down in the wake of the revolution that overthrew the ...
News Iran History: Oil probably won’t cause a war with Iran, but it certainly adds fuel to the blaze
A fifth of the world’s daily oil supply moves through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, offshore of Iran. Given the history of oil and war in hot spots from Iraq to Libya to Sudan, many wonder whether the ...
News Iran History: Bruce Laingen, top-ranking U.S. diplomat held in Iran hostage crisis, dies at 96
Iraq invaded Iran that September, and evenings in the capital were filled ... “determined to have their last word of abuse,” Mr. Laingen recalled in a 1993 oral history. “But there was the ramp, ...
News Iran History: L. Bruce Laingen, top US diplomat held in Iran, dies at 96
On Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1981, the hostages were released — a rebuke to Carter as well as recognition of a new American leader, Ronald Reagan, who had promised a hard line against Iran. Recalling ...
News Iran History: Donald Trump turns the screw on Iran
RELATED Iranian parliament officially labels U.S. CENTCOM a terrorist ... of the Obama administration and his EU allies has been consigned to the dustbins of history. They long for the freedom, ...
News Iran History: Amid increasing U.S. pressure, Iranian intel head brags of uncovering network of Western spies
Experts on Iran and its national security apparatus point out that Iran has a history of exaggerating its intelligence triumphs. One former intelligence official familiar with the compromise uncovered ...
