From Hostage-Taker to President

Charles Johnsonfollow me on twitter
Wed Jun 29, 2005 at 7:44 am PDT • Views: 1,563

The newly “elected” president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was a key figure in the 1979 takeover of the US embassy in Tehran; here’s a photograph of Ahmadinejad holding the arm of a blindfolded American hostage: AP Photo shows Iran’s new President as 1979 US hostage-taker. (Hat tip: Gateway Pundit.)

UPDATE at 6/29/05 8:21:15 am:

Here’s another photo of Ahmadinejad with the same hostage:

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