Tag: Hostage

Hostage Crisis III and the Ghosts of Camelot

Oct 31, 2025

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Ben East

in Books, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Government Studies, history, Middle East, Nonfiction, Peace Corps, Politics, Profiles in Service, Travel, War, Washington

Metrinko was cleaned up and brought to meet Tehran’s Friday prayer leader Ali Khamenei. In the room were a camera crew and the SFIL spokesperson, Niloufar Ebtekar
Iran Hostage Crisis I

Oct 9, 2025

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Ben East

in Books, Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, Government Studies, Middle East, Movies, Nonfiction, Peace Corps, Profiles in Service, Terrorism, War, Washington

Peace Corps Nepal in the 1960s could feel slow. Adapting to the boredom turned out to be good preparation for enduring 444 days of tedium as a hostage in Iran