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• Document Release Date: May 19, 2000
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• Publication Date: January 23, 1981
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e1 .1s. Wit eJd
J9. tof rc#.Pr y cy
treea,/tnerlc= hostages will
home Sunday to the United States,
,5..We Department officials in Wies-
, West Germany, announced
0
tdte, ?epartment spokesman Jac
ve4inon 4Ai4 key will iiy to a --pri-
Vdte locattvyhere they will be
i~eited
families
.
Wiesbaden, said the 52 freed
rttericaus are expected to return
t9 getL'r,
arijer, the Pentagon was quoted
its ayfn the 52 would be lodged
of the U Military Academy at West
int. . N.Y. on their return Thaw
We tigportedly to stay there for
1p1 two days or private reunions
101. their
fainilie,S.yeA lenrzting
T _11e
Quring cne captivity in Iran, and
49,#11 of ~xat they have discovered
A4S gered them.
hone conversations with the
_.ilu 4It,. Ri , ill
tzt their_Irian captors,
members said yesterday..
?,pe-_.-aingen, wife of L._
.atngenhe former embassy
d'affaires
said she had been
,
. _er h_usba.t~.d of
J4, Irani
. -iJUTIIS 14,_ Q1lrary onunement.
'ray didn't see sunlight or daylight
v 0un;.e JY0ll ,Wt1lr t1Qret the
Ans," she said.
rd:p amended his pre-
? c i ltioli that.. his brother.
,"lm, had spent 150 days in soli
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cused them of being ungrateful were defeated in the diplomatic
and claimed U.S. officials are stage of America" were deceiving
brainwashing the 52 Americans -as Americans for political advantage.
a pretext for breaking the -, "All torture claims ofthereleased
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We expected `this kind of libel
Negotiator Accuses on behalf of the American officials
who have been enemies of the Is
U.S. of Brainwashing lamic revolution- of Iran,", Nabavi
said.
agreements signed with Tehran. h o s t a g e s emanate f r o m
m
"Considering the mentality of this brainwashing, 'carried out during
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?-a, _ said ne ? ? ?~~?? .
a whwc waus were propaganda? ;and that stories weragreed with Deconcini. covered with the words "Angela cut out of ma azi es h d
area
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l
Iran yesterday vehemently denied Nabavi said former President.Cer.
it tortured the former hostages, ac- ter and and his colleagues who
1. 11
the duration of their detention not
desirable, Behzad Nabavi, Iran's
chief hostage negotiator, said in an
interview with the Pars news agen.
cy, monitored in London. .,
Nabavi's denial of the torture
,c
harges was the first official Iranian
reply. to statements made by the re
Teased hostages after their arrival
in Wiesbaden, West Gergi;iny, 3vhicb
ended 444 days in Iranian captivity,
. ,Nabavi said tbe,United Slates-ivas
"bringing up such baseless claims
of torture in order to..revoke;the
release settlement and claimed the
Americans "confessed" they. were
well treated.
Senate to Hold
Inquiry Into
Iran's Brutality
Nabavt said. "The fact is their stay
in Wiesbaden is designed to prevent
their direct contact with the people
and to prevent the disclosure of
truth before Washington could
make its owil At closures." _ _ -
He'said"America's step was corn.
pletely pz'edictabl@..
"
We have.avatlable video tapes
Rtrvario.itilprYiliiys wflh t'e.pe?
lepseq ho~stgggg iu whii;JT the oil
c'pu'l~ese4 f bat they have beeB vg?
treated ahd'hutfianely apd ltait"q
corn lamts The, `tapes .Would - e
(ranJstn}tie, the' jiostagbs ppl1 ra?
"We ,kue9t' tb t"Same bf,,th@',Je..
leased hostages were ungrateful and
do not understand the meaning of
kindness, since they were trained
for the affairs of the Foreign Min?
istry of the U.S.," Nabavi said.
who seized the U.S. Embassy in Teh- Returnee Bruce Laingen of Bethesda gives victory signet Wiesbaden.
ran Nov. 4, 1979, which triggered
the crisis.
The released Americans accused
the militants o of carrying ng out t much p
of O
Hostages Will Fly
the
b
use.
a
By Roberta Hornig
Washington Star Staff Writer "We must express our thanks to State Dept. ` (J;~
them (the militants), because, deSunday, `YYYttt~
Senate Majority Leader Howard spite their profound hatred of U.S* .
Baker said yesterday the Senate will policy and its operators in Iran, they a
g
conduct a full inquiry "into the bru- treated the cause of their nation's Continued From A-1 - his'?eyes so he couldn't see any-
tal treament of the American hos? misfortune so magnanimously," tary confinement. Help said that in thing," she said. "Theyslammedbin.
But Baker told a news conference Nabavi said. fact his brother said he spent 374 back onto the chair - he used the
United Press international days confined alone in a cell because word 'slammed.' "
he believes the hearings should be he had tried to escape. Mrs. Lee said her husband told
put off for the time being because And relatives said other former her she. was certain he was about
"the wound is too fresh. The wound hostages described the small indig? to die. "He said 'I was dead,' " she
will be even deeper as we learn nities of daily life as political pris. recalled, adding that he said it
more of the atrocities" perpetrated oners: their watches being taken passed through is mind that he
on the American diplomats who p 6
were held hostage for 444 days, he and their reading material censored, hoped his wife and 11-year-old
wer. their clothes' falling to shreds and daughter, Dana, could understand
"1 think we should wait a little disintegrating in dirt and their trips that his life ,was being sacrificed
for think aitebefore to the bathroom accompanied by for the country. .
fo ours wounds to ea our policy armed guards. ? '"Three times there was a click of
ward Iran or the nature of the At the same time, some family rifles," she said her husband told
began to vent their anger her.
agreement" which led to the freeing
g or rho
oat onal terrorism. ante an hign.spirits, the hostage,
and
Sen. Dennis Deconcini; D-Ariz On Tuesday night Mrs. Lain en had not been treated as well as their
urger(,:PJesidesit-,$Qagarf ,;lpMate, spoke to her husband on the teie? families had thought.
clearly that thq United States3g.nott phoney He told 'her that on Jan 3, Hazel lbin,' mother of Robert o
legally or morally bound to ,tkte afteti bf@iFig'die1d fort ora thahi`tiv l luckerj'iei lit Vb ttfltrher "they
agreement,"that gained freedom for Year altli tao;btti$t"'ltostagbs III ?li" shoved Jrin;t:aronndi a lot." Susan
the hostages since it is an "estab. Idrgetroom ill -ttie Irsnfan' Foteigh? Cooke, mothtepq(t>~Rald Qooke,,vi ce
lisped matter of criminal tsar thm Ministry` XdrfiliihMd.' with?~PerAittn-. rnnettt ni4hc d hsoo, -ou
He said the hearings - which Mrs. Laingen, who has been a For. was held .tn the embassy basemen'
will be conducted by the Senate For. eign Service:wife forthree decades,. in February 1980, "He said 'I could
eigl be con e mmittee ~'woI said of her:own'ordeal: "So:'rnuch' feel the bullets` fli`n'ty Vick. i didn't
have, two purposes ofcry life 'has been sitting on,the., y'et my sr a tq; be proud.
'l he firstwrpos"etoheIgdetermlh'' fro$titli Savatching:Khatakrlance's; Iwanle n $tr `~tandtail,'' 14 QT~tericanpolicy toward Iran in the or Japanese~eperef; npholchng tiled Dirs.Lee a d erh(f~bbaafid`toldher.
[.me rr? Tice second will be to try to honor of the U.S,, and never a mo. Over and over family memberr
determineeisecon UJiit Statesand ment of peace and tranquility. I'm repeated the same refrain yesterday
other nations can prevent such In. tired of it. Pm not burned up I'm that despite their healthy appear
ridents of inter i burned out "
.
x
an,
Angela. my love." g
Holland's mother, Clara, said her s.
 what tit Y are..,.
Of
^ `"` '
Purpose
f
.
-
If the Would
dent bother me One bit
a long walk on a sh tells them to it
stop, 0~ lforityWhipAlaneSai
calf for a Stine greed with Bkers.
sco believes
it inquiry but said
e. should be broader in
going into the bow we can Ovoid
ack _
ho is ile to th lrsniansra en o deenjo
Cranston o
Fonifed States * said
mittee member 8n Relations Com-,
said he
would believed the in
quir
lions d have to go back to t
betw
he
een the
rela.
Iran in the United States and
an
help from th 1950s when wit
h the
was restorede t piA the Shah of Iran
Overthrown, Power after
Baker, being
believe the however he e , said did
past the arings not
shoul ld
U S, Iranian history. I
think goynro
we
sh
he said,adding ld dig up the don!
What I Past ?
deal with o ant to knowls ltwe:
treated Atnerfcaias jke Iran OW
Baker predicted brptaliy
Of Indignation is that' "the flood
andesaicans rhea nhehostege gstoW as
.placed'-. iii thate inqutrY would
Baker also reported r futur'e.'~..
port
s Reagan r t he
and:Secreta sup.
vision to to . Haig Jr. Yn t ei Stale Stu hosta re ery
her de,
?f the
aid bed
de
t
do Pleat
the h
renege o lieves this county imply its 'do not wish tows h o f It Ira
saaidd, n
i, ad add i -n the United States " he
does stain asatheeadmtntStrattot
11
agreeme
t c
n
a
n
o
t
ins. I Sions the
Se~'non,eRN.Ye sari' Rep- Gerald
agreement -until use to abide b jred
World Court and it is assured the
ernment wil! cos the Iranian
"those terrorists t dust bringing
g
House e
Republica
Michel, R Al Bald n leader Bob
of the worlds said, "The nations
e th',to
tio re
t would darns Cmbine in ac-
gime i
th
n Ira."
e terrorist
He asked President R
Clara ee Iran an "Outlaw"esgan nation to d,
ate to and
show
take whatethatctions are nation and 11 citizens with i un one harmsa
mpun;ty ? . ur
f f-a-other- hostages,: is head 'C.
h
b
d bad
d A
l
nge
a. .
us
an
married to awoman name
tot eranat, he
J1aingen told his wife teat a first tages were abused suet#aen.hed
attempt. to trove him and his room. dom was-near. ",The were pelteA
mates, Michael .Howland, a security with mud on bpe of the bus trips
officer, and Victor L Tom th?the by. some of those charming little
senior political officer bad .oc? Iranians,'.' Mrs.-Kennedy said,
curred about two weeks earlier,
The three men were being lest 'to Andrew .F1 Appel, a Iawy and
a van-when Howland saw, the PH, friend a twoanGiilleteuy'. said
lowcases and the ropes that theiran after 1, 1
~-
Duane Gille tt'
tans had brpp ht to bind,thgm and phone call with
kicked the "c~ttf mt nt" in the became obvious to all of us t
groin, Laingen told his: treatment was not nearI a
They were then shoved back up- es he had been leading us to Ave
stairs, Laingett said, while one of in:his letters'; He said he wa rkot
themilitatttsheld a.45-caliberpfstol for first but io three;mfonid Forr,
to his head and threatened to' blow was not Mowed to speak to 'an
his, brains out," He told his ,wife
that it spas the first time In more bo Y r'"'r~4 rd
than 30 years of diplomatic service Marjorithe ad a thewife of Bec
that a pistol had been held to its C.Moore administiativeconsul:
head said of convetsatioswith her huJs~
When he was finally transferred band He was tteve beaten or to -
lured He was threa ened with a gtt'p
I.aingen-said, he was told to behave to the head, )ld h .said o ahead
if he wanted to eat. During his stay and shoot, :yott b as arils But they
w at. ehe Or he he was '.b. lind olded didn't get, ~a co bination o f e
h
id er he went tQjhe batl opgt{ safe they stunted, . "~ w2r.:
e sa
fl~aAr~, a tied SG utttt~sr yrltiehherd unable ~o bathe iihe0jid. that;
Se~6i Queen, aostage re eased last y$4~ ?wasFed he >ft}ns gfter a Tra
di when it was discovered the e. a cooer~ " us so 4-1
'
i
th,
51ie ssi
o multple sclerosis, that the o ' gy hggrease ttqq ,c~00qq~ w
were Dut before mock firin?'snuads usbandto' td "$nd a1} the
Mrs,-Lee said her husband -a general -IF ]"' ?
service of firer at. the embassy told Ira Moo e;said der It sbantt
her that. he had been -involved in.told her thatifi infra sent s]}oj
id
"
two such inc
ents. . were usually with
Col water.
"They trussed him to a chair, tied longest he went without batIn
him pp tightly; soil put cotton under 4,0 day said Mrs 1Gt~ore