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Kathryn Koob - Iran 1979 Abduction - Part 3

Duration: 06:19
Program: The Iowa Journal #308
Broadcast Date: Oct. 30, 2009

Collection: Kathryn Koob

Paul Yeager interviews Kathryn Koob, hostage taken in Iran in 1979.

On occasion, the captors would put the prisoners in front of a camera and ask them questions. This was an effort build some propaganda. Koob and Swift realized they were being used.

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 by Iranian students. She has chronicled her life in a book called "Guest of the Revolution" and is now an instructor at Wartburg College in Waverly.

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Post Date: October 30, 2009