Guardian Australia · US-Israel war on Iran

In the 1979 hostage crisis, why did Iran free 10 Black Americans before the others?

· By Andrew Lawrence
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Sgt James Hughes was one of the hostages released early. With US-Iran relations once again in the spotlight, he talks about being ‘handcuffed, under armed guard’

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