report to Turner
Roeder and
Simon Farzami and
solitude
suicide considered by
Ahmad
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud
Akbar
Chuck Scott and
Bowden’s search for
Akmed
Alavitabar, Alizera
Algeria, as intermediary for negotiations
Algerian diplomats
Algiers, meeting in
Ali (friend of Metrinko). See Sharsar, Ali
“Allahuakbar!”
Amaz
American-Iranian Crisis Resolution Committee. See also Forer group
Amir Kabir University
School of Mechanics
as strictly Islamist
Anders, Bob
Anderson, John
Anglo-Iran Oil Company
Arafat, Yasir
artists in Iran
Asgharzadeh, Ibrahim
as author of embassy takeover
interview with
Ashura
Asquith, Christina
assassination attempts
Assembly of Experts
Ayatollah in the Cathedral, The (Kennedy)
Bahktiari, Teymour
Baltimore Evening Sun
Bancroft, Ken
Bani-Sadr, Abolhassan
accused of being CIA agent
Brzezinski on
Carter and
CIA’s effort to recruit
claimed U.S. did not live up to its part of bargain
downfall as foreign minister
elected president
Hamilton Jordan’s letter to
on hostage crisis
on hostage takers
interviews
Khomeini and presidency of
on need for U.S. to “apologize”
paranoid tendencies
powerlessness and isolation from religious hard-liners
as president
on release of hostages
on return of shah
secret plan and
on seizure of Iran embassy in London
speeches
today
and transfer of hostages to Foreign Ministry
and UN commission to study shah’s crimes
on United States
“washing his hands” of hostage mess
barber shop in Mushroom Inn
Barnes, Cort
Barrow, Robert
Bassiri, Victoria
Bazargan, Mehdi
BBC
Beckwith, Charlie
adding men to assault force
authorized to slip two men into Tehran
background and description of
“Bob” and
Carter and
Christmas 1979 and
concern for secrecy
Delta Force and. See also Delta Force; rescue mission
Eagle Claw and
list of concerns
meeting with Logan Fitch
reaction to hostage crisis
reconnaissance flight and
rescue mission and
Vaught’s communications with
Behesti, Mohammed
Belk, Bill
allergic reaction to insect bite
background
escape attempts
Hohman and
hunger strike
interrogations
Kalp and
Limbert and
“marvelous coup”
mock execution and
moved to separate room
release and return home
stole radio from guard
Subic and
wife
“Big Ali”
Bijon Apartments, Tehran
Bitaraf, Habibullah
blacks. See African-American hostages; ethnicity, race, and racism
“bladder planes”
Blucker, Robert
Bluff, Pine
“Bob” (CIA officer)
books written by hostages
bordbari (toleration), Iran as land of
Bourget, Christian
process negotiated by
Boykin, Jerry
“Bozo” (guard)
Bradlee, Ben
Bremer, Jack
Brethren, bribes
Britain
British embassy
Brown, Harold
on military action
rescue mission and
Brzezinski, Tadeusz
Brzezinski, Zbigniew
background
Carter and
criticisms of
initial optimism
meeting at Algiers with Yazdi and Bazargan
placed national interest about lives of hostages
proposal to seize Kharg
proposed steps to tighten noose around Iran
rescue mission and
on Soviet Union and Afghanistan
Bureau. See also Khomeini, inner circle
Burruss, Lewis H. “Bucky”
background
rescue mission and
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, George W.
Revolutionary Guards cheering
Byers, Joe
C-53. See Sea Stallion helicopters
C-12 aircraft
C-130 aircraft. See also rescue mission
Cadell, Pat
Canada
Canadian embassy, U.S. embassy workers hiding at (“Canadian Six”)
capitalism
Capucci, Hilarion
Carney, John
Carter, Hodding
Carter, Jimmy
admitting shah to United States
Algeria, Iranian financial assets, and
American criticisms of
anger
announcement of release of hostages
anticipation of hostage crisis
asked not to make “hostile statement,”
background
Bani-Sadr and
banned oil purchases from Iran
banned travel to Iran
on blockade
broke diplomatic ties with Iran
Brzezinski and
call for allies to join in trade embargo
call for review of visas of Iranians in U.S.
Camp David meetings
change of mood
on commission to study crimes of shah
crackdown and “tough tactics”
criticisms of. See also rescue mission, aftermath and ramifications
Darrell Rupiper and
Daugherty on
electoral primaries and
expelled Iran’s diplomatic mission
false report of 10-day deadline set by
families of hostages visited by
fear of hostages being harmed
“final offer”
first informed about hostage crisis
froze Iranian assets
Gallegos interview and
Ghotbzadeh and
Hamilton Jordan and
hostages’ letters and appeals to
initial reaction to hostage crisis
Iranian hostility toward
and Iranian wealth in American banks
Iranians deported by
and Iran’s bait and switch tactics
Jody Powell and
and Khomeini’s new list of demands
Kissinger on
at loss about how to approach Iran
media and
middle-of-the-road approach
moving toward military action
oil crisis and
patience
political cabinet
pragmatism
Precht and
preparation for war
presidential election and
defeat. See also “October surprise” theory
press conferences
public support for
reconnaissance flight authorized by
reluctance to “apologize” for U.S. actions in Iran
reluctance to make threats
reluctance to take military action
rescue mission and
aborting the mission
and concern about killing Iranians
and families’ reactions
insistence on right to call it off
reaction to learning about its failure
Sadeq Khalkali on
sanctions proposed by
secret meeting and plan
on sending Clark and Miller to Tehran
on the shah
shah’s death and
shah’s meetings with
State of the Union address
and threat to execute hostages
Torrijos regime in Panama and
United Nations and
weakness and timidity