Carter administration. See also specific topics
contrasted with Pahlavi monarchy
Casey, William
CBS
“Central Committee”
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). See also “Bob”; classified documents
activity in Iran
Ahern and
briefing to rescue mission about location of hostages
communication with persons inside vault
conspiracy theories and
Daugherty and
Ebtekar on
“Farm” in northern Virginia
Graves and
overthrowing revolutionary leaders
rescue mission and, See also rescue mission
Chamran, Mahdi
chancery, U.S. embassy, See also vault
serving as anti-American museum
Cheney, Dave
Chicago Tribune
Christmas
of 1979
of 1980
Christmas cards
Christmas celebrations
in 1979
in 1980
Christmas greetings, televised. See also Christmas celebrations
Christopher, Warren
Algeria, Iranian financial assets and
rescue mission and
Church, Frank
church and state, separation of
Clark, Ramsey
Clark Air Force Base
Clark/Miller mission
classified documents and equipment, destruction of
seized by Iranians
clergymen. See also ministers visits with hostages
clerics
ascendency of
double-talk
liberal vs. conservative
Coffin, William Sloane
Cold War
communications vault. See vault
communiqué read over radio
conspiracy theories. See also “October surprise” theory
CIA and
consular section
Cooke, Donald
Abbas and
mock execution and
counterfeiting
“Crimes of America” conference
Cronkite, Walter
“cultural revolution”
Cutler, Walter
Daily Mail of Charlestown, West Virginia
Daugherty, Bill
after returning home
Ahmadinejad and
background
beatings/assault
books read by
Bruce German and
CIA and
compromises made by
coping and response to captivity
diary
interrogations
interviews
Iran-Iraq war and
Jim Schaefer and
in Komiteh
medical exam
moved after failed rescue mission
moved to chancery basement
political/diplomatic aims
Queen and
relations with guards
In the Shadow of the Ayatollah
smoking
Tom Schaefer and
Victoria Bassiri and
Davis, Rodney
Declaration of Independence
defense attaché
Delta Force. See also Beckwith, Charlie; rescue mission
after failed rescue mission
men who made up (Delta “operators”)
weapons
democracy. See also election(s)
demonstrations
closing embassy during
demonstrators. See also hostage takers
leadership
Limbert’s negotiations with
troops open firing on leftist
“We only wish to set-in”
“den of spies.” See also “spies” U.S. embassy as
Denmark
Desert One. See also rescue mission
d’Estaing, Giscard
diplomacy
diplomatic immunity
diplomats
disintegrator. See classified documents and equipment, destruction of Donaldson, Sam
Doyle, Ray
dust storms (haboobs)
Dwyer, Cynthia
Eagle Claw
Easter
Ebadi, Shirin
Ebtekar, Nilufar (“Mary”)
on the American people, background
Barbara Timm and
Daugherty and
Hashemi and
marriage
Hohman and
interrogations
interviews and media appearances
Iran-Iraq war and
Koob, Swift, and
Metrinko and
“October surprise” theory and
Roeder and, on the shah
Takeover in Tehran
Tom Schaefer and
on United States
as vice president
economic sanctions against Iran
EEIs (Essential Elements of Information)
Egypt
Election Day
speculation about secret deal to free hostages before
election(s). See also under Carter days before U.S. presidential, in Iran
electoral primaries
embassy, U.S. in Iran. See also Islamabad, U.S. embassy in bracing itself for the worst
as “den of spies”
documents seized from
guardhouse
history
locking its doors
model of, constructed at CIA “Farm”
number of staff
opening
persons released from
physical description
prior harassment of
professionals stationed at
sections
as source of all evil
as symbol of Western imperial domination
ties with provisional government
today
why the diplomatic mission wasn’t simply asked to leave
in Islamabad
in Pakistan
embassy takeover, See also hostage taking; plan
author of. See Asgharzadeh, Ibrahim
command to begin
goals of
nonviolence of
England. See Britain
Englemann, Bob
Entezam, Amir
escape attempts
escape contemplated by hostages
Sheikh-ol-eslam, Hussein “Gaptooth”
Ahern and
brother
Daugherty and
final words to hostages
Ghotbzadeh and
Golacinski and
Hohman and
interrogations
Essential Elements of Information (EEIs)
ethnicity, race, and racism. See also African-American hostages
Evin prison, Tehran
executions
Fallaci, Oriana
families of hostages
and Carter administration’s actions
media and
meetings with
Penne Laingen as spokesperson for
question and answer sessions
threats to harm
Family Liaison Action Group (FLAG)
Farhang, Mansour
“Farm,” CIA
Farsi, Americans fluent in
Farzami, Simon
February takeover
Federal Reserve Bank
Fenton, Thomas
“Ferret Face.” See “Rat Face”
Fitch, Sandi
Fitch, Logan
rescue mission and
White team
“five-man council”
FLAG. See Family Liaison Action Group flag
American
Iranian
Foreign Media Guide Centre
Foreign Ministry. See specific topics transfer of hostages to. See hostage transfer
Foreign Ministry guesthouse, Christmas ceremonies at
Forer, Norm
Forer group
Fort Benning
Fort Bragg
Fort Stewart
Fourth of July. See Independence Day
Francis, Fred
“Fred”
freedom(s)
Gallegos, William
interview
during invasion
parents
release and return home