https://freerepublic.com/tag/iranianpresiran/ en-us Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:58:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435369/posts TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A top Iranian former secret agent said Saturday that the hostage-taker in a 1979 photograph that has come under intense scrutiny is not President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but a former militant who committed suicide in jail. Saeed Hajjarian, a top adviser to outgoing President Mohammad Khatami, identified the man in the photo dating to the 1979 U.S. Embassy siege as Taqi Mohammadi. Iran's newly elected president has been accused of being a main participant in the taking of American hostages at the embassy. Six former U.S. hostages who saw the president-elect in photos or on television said... Las Vegas Sun https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435369/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:58:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1434542/posts (HT to PhilDragoo,DJ MacWoW, & nuffsenuff) FR https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1434542/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jul 2005 12:38:34 GMT