Massoumeh Ebtekar

Takeover in Tehran

The Inside Story of the 1979 U.S. Embassy Capture

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Produktbeschreibung

An insider account by Iran's first female vice-president, Massoumeh Ebtekar, of the 1979 takeover of the American Embassy in Tehran.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Talonbooks
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780889224438
• ISBN-10: 0889224439
• Artikelnr.: 22435664

Autorenporträt

Massoumeh Ebtekar Masoumeh Ebtekar is an Iranian scientist and politician. Ebtekar first achieved fame as the spokeswoman of the students who had occupied the U.S. Embassy in 1979. Later she became the first female vice-president of Iran. She wrote an account of the embassy takeover with Fred A. Reed entitled Takeover in Tehran: The Inside Story of the 1979 U.S. Embassy Capture, which is available from Talonbooks. Fred A. Reed International journalist and award-winning literary translator Fred A. Reed is also a respected specialist on politics and religion in the Middle East. After several years as a librarian and trade union activist at the Montreal Gazette, Reed began reporting from Islamic Iran in 1984, visiting the Islamic Republic thirty times since then. He has also reported extensively on Middle Eastern affairs for La Presse, CBC Radio-Canada and Le Devoir. Reed is a three-time winner of the Governor General's Award for translation.