Iowa Public Television

(Johnston, Iowa) –Friday’s episode of The Iowa Journal will be an encore presentation of the interview with Kathryn Koob, who was taken hostage in Iran in 1979. This program airs Friday, January 1 at 6:30 p.m. on IPTV and Saturday, January 2 at 8:30 a.m. on IPTV WORLD. It will also be available online at iptv.org/iowajournal.

In 1979, Koob was the director of the Iran-American cultural center. While there, she was abducted and held hostage in Tehran for the 444 days. She chronicled her life in a book called Guest of the Revolution and is now an instructor at Wartburg College in Waverly. The Iowa Journal host Paul Yeager talks to Koob about her time as a hostage, her views on Iran today, and her belief that one of her captors is a well-known Iranian figure of today.

This episode of The Iowa Journal also includes an excerpt of a presentation by author Jane Mayer, whose book, Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, documents U.S. torture tactics on detainees as part of the post 9/11 war on terror.

For more information about The Iowa Journal, visit www.iptv.org/iowajournal or call (515) 242-3146. For information on how to watch IPTV WORLD in your area, visit Iptv.org.

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