Iranian students who took US Embassy: Where are they now?
An Iranian news agency has published a special report following the careers of some of the most prominent students involved in the 1979 hostage crisis.
The Nov. 4, 1979, storming of the US Embassy in Tehran by Iranian students who then held 52 American hostages for 444 days marked the beginning of three decades of hostility between Iran and the United States. Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) compiled a special report about the individuals involved in the hostage crisis today, 35 years after the incident.
According to ILNA, despite taking oaths not to enter politics or take government positions, many of the leftist students who called themselves the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line did end up in politics. Some entered parliament as Reformists or joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
