Sistani, Ali
60 Minutes
Ski Mask
Smith, Burr
Smith, E. K.
Socolow, Sandy
solitary confinement. See also hostages, moved to other locations, after rescue mission
South Africa
Soviet Union
embassy
invasion of Afghanistan
“spies”. See also “Bob”; Central Intelligence Agency; “den of spies”
hostages suspected of being
“Spy Den documents”. See also classified documents and equipment
“spy documents”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Stafford, Joseph
Stafford, Kathy
State Department
Kupke’s conversation with
State Department building, pro-Khomeini demonstration by Iranians outside
State Department information at embassy
Strengthen the Unity
student captors. See hostage takers
“Students Day” demonstration
Subic, Joseph
after returning home
Christmas card for Khomeini
Christmas party and
escape plan
Golacinski and
Hall and
Hermening and
Hohman and
Kalp and
release and return home
on television
suicide attempts and suicidal thinking
Sun-Times in Chicago
Swift, Ann
captured
cooking
Easter gifts received
Ebtekar and
hopes of release
instructed to let protesters in
Iran-Iraq war and
Laingen and
learned about failed rescue mission
Limbert and
moved after failed rescue mission
moved to Tehran mansion
release and return home
suspected of being spy
on television
Swiss ambassador
Switzerland
ta’arof
Tabatabai, Sadegh
Tabriz
prison in
Taheri, Kamal
Takht-e-Jamshid Avenue
Taleghani, Mahmoud
sons of
Taleghani, Mehdi
Taleghani Avenue
“Tank” at Pentagon, chiefs’ meeting in
tap code among hostages
tear gas
Tedford, Terri
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Tehran
Americans visiting
historical changes in
today
Tehran Times
Tehran University
television
hostages on
hostages watching Iranian
television and video cameras in embassy
television coverage of hostage crisis. See also specific topics
Terminal Equipment Replacement (program)
terrorism
terrorists, negotiating vs. refusing to negotiate with
third path, idea of the
Thomas, John
Thomas, Stanley E.
Timm, Barbara
accusations from hostage takers
background
Carl McAfee and
Carter and
hostages’ families and
interviews
rescue mission and
State Department and
in Tehran
visiting Hermening
motivated by opposition
written correspondence with Hermening
Timm, Ken
Tomseth, Victor
accused of knowing about rescue mission
background
Golacinski and
Howland and
on Khomeini
letter to Tehran newspaper
moved to Tehran mansion
release and return home
rescue mission and
“Students Day” demonstration and
television viewing
Torrijos, Omar
“torture”
traffic barred by mob
Trattner, James
travel ban, Carter’s
Trudeau, Garry
Turkey
Turner, Stansfield
Twin Otter
“Two Shirts”
umma
United Nations (UN)
commission to study Iran’s grievances against U.S.
Security Council
United Press International (UPI)
United States
Constitution
fear of and hostility toward Iranians and Iran
Iranian assets in
frozen
Iranian hostility toward
Iranian students in
Iranian views of Americans and. See also Great Satan
Iran’s grievances against. See also Pahlavi, entry to United States
protesters in
punitive options against Iran. See also military options
relations with Iran
war against militant Islam
University of Tehran. See Tehran
University uprisings. See demonstrations
Uttaro, Jerry
Valeriani, Richard
Vance, Cyrus
background
Bani-Sadr and
diplomacy and
Hamilton Jordan and
meetings with families of hostages
rescue mission and
on shah’s leaving U.S.
supported negotiation rather than rescue attempt
Vaught, James B.
vault
hiding in
Iranians’ attempts to enter
whether or not to voluntarily open door
Villalon, Hector
process negotiated by Bourget and
visa applicants
released from embassy
visa applications
visa plates, destruction of
visas of Iranian nationals in U.S., crackdowns on
Wadi Kena, Egypt
Waldheim, Kurt
Wallace, Mike
Walsh, Joan
Walsh, John
Walton, Lyle
War Powers Act
Ward, Phil
warehouse basement. See Mushroom Inn
Washington Post
weapons in embassy
dismantling and disposing of
wedding, Iranian
West German Goethe Institute
WHIO (radio station)
Wiesbaden
Wilcox, Jennifer
Williams, Wesley
Wiznitzer, Louis
women
dress code
released from embassy
role in embassy takeover
women guards. See also specific guards
women hostages. See also specific women
released
writers in Iran
X, Mr.
Yassin, Sheikh Ahmed
Yazdi, Ibrahim
“Year in Captivity, A” (CBS special)
Youth Palace
Yusef
Zeisman, Paul
Zionists
Zumwalt, Elmo Jr.
Zurich, Switzerland
Praise for Guests of the Ayatollah:
“Suspenseful [and] inspiring.”
“More than twenty-six years later, the siege of the embassy might seem like irrelevant history to those who know little or nothing about it. As talented journalist Mark Bowden shows, the standoff involving fifty-two American hostages is anything but irrelevant.”
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