How the Iran Hostage Crisis changed the pistachio industry
The younger crowds may not remember a time when eating a bag of pistachios meant dealing with your fingertips and lips being dyed red for a short time afterward. This…
The hilarious way a CIA agent was able to leave Iran with a fake passport
One of the Central Intelligence Agency’s biggest intelligence coups (without instigating a real coup) came in Tehran in 1980. While every westerner was scrambling to escape Iran in the days…
40 years later, a documentary tells the story of Desert One: Delta Force’s ill-fated Operation Eagle Claw
Forty years ago, a two-day, American rescue mission launched on April 24 to free the hostages held by Iran in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. For John Limbert, who was held hostage for more than a year during his role as a diplomat in the U.S. Embassy i…