Asgharzadeh: Iran proposed UN envoy not involved in 1979 US embassy takeover
An Iranian politician said Iran’s proposed ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Abutalebi was not involved in the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
He made the remarks in an interview with BBC Persian service.
Asgharzadeh was one of the leaders of the takeover of the US embassy in Tehran by a group of university students who called themselves Muslim Student Followers of the Imamˈs Line.