Iran hostages still seeking restitution more than 40 years after crisis
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2021-11-04 15:30
Iran hostages still seeking restitution more than 40 years after crisis
Listen Live: 1APlayIranian students climb over the wall of the U.S. embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)On this day 42 years ago today, Iranian students and militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran. They held 52 American diplomats, military and state department workers for 444 days before releasing them.But all this time later, Washington's pledge to compensate the hostages and their families hasn't yet been fulfilled.Kate Koob and Barry Rosen, two former hostages, join us.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/11/04/iran-hostages-restitution

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