Iranians seize scores of American hostages
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TEHRAN (AP) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s followers, already holding scores of hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seized two U.S. consulates and the British Embassy yesterday in an escalating war of nerves against “ the great Satan, America” and its “ evil ” ally. No injuries were reported in the new takeovers in Iran, and it was not known how many new American hostages were seized, if any. The British Foreign Office in London announced last night that the takeover of its embassy in Tehran ended peacefully after six hours, apparently following intervention by the Iranian army guards, and no one was hurt. It said more than 100 students had invaded the embassy, holding about 30 people. The head of the Iranian Embassy in Washington made clear the Tehran government would not intercede to free U.S. Embassy hostags. Ali Agah told reporters the government “ reflects the demand of the people” regarding the shah, and the student militants who seized the embassy Sunday could not be asked to leave. The State Department estimated 60 American hostages were being held in the embassy, and said it received indirect assurances from the students that “ all are well.” Previous reports said seven or eight Iranian employees also were held. Iranian leader Khomeini and his student supporters demanded the United States and Britain hand over two “ criminals” for trial the deposed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, hospitalized in New York, and former Iranian Prime Minister Shahpour Bakhtiar, living in exile in W estern Europe. But the Carter administration rejected the demand that it expel the shah, and the British said they did not have Bakhtiar that he was living in France. The shah, long a close U.S. ally, fled Iran last January as the Khomeini-led revolution neared victory. He first went to Egypt, then Morocco, the Bahamas, and finally Mexico. Last month he {continued on page 6]
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