Iran embassy takeover leader reflects
In a way, not much has changed, said the former hostage taker, , having just watched a bootleg copy of "Argo," the movie based on the 1979 seizure of the "I guess they saw us as bad guys then, and they see us as the bad guys now," Abdi said while offering a mix of pistachios, raisins and almonds to his guests. The embassy had been taken over because of fear of a U.S.-backed coup d'etat, he said, adding, "Our reasoning doesn't sell movie tickets, I assume." In 1979, Abdi could be seen night after night on the evening news programs in the ...
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