Bombs away!Two leading figures in the 1979 seizure of hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran dismissed on Thursday Americans’ claims the Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a role in the incident.
Iranian veterans strongly denied on Thursday that Mr. Ahmadinejad participated in the 444-day hostage drama that resulted in breaking diplomatic ties between Tehran and Washington.[...]
"Mr. Ahmadinejad was never one of students of followers of the path of imam that took the spy den (U.S. embassy). He was never there", said Mirdamadi.
"Those who say he was one of the students are making a mistake. Even last night I was shown a picture but the person in the picture had little resemblance to him".
"I think that it is the picture which has led to the mistake. As I said he was never there. He was never among us even when we were deliberating over the issue," he added.[...]
In an interview with the Washington Times, three of the Americans who were held hostage in 1979 claimed that Ahmadinejad was a key player in the seizure.
"He was one of the top two or three leaders," said retired Army Col. Charles Scott, a former hostage. "The new president of Iran is a terrorist."
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