1979: Iran Holds 52 Americans Hostage for 444 Days; 43 Years Later, A Small Bit of Payback

Beyond the Legal Limit with Jeffrey Lichtman

In this new episode, Jeff recalls the moment from his childhood when he learned that Iranian revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran, holding 52 hostages for 444 days. Jeff describes his feelings for the Iranian terror regime over the following years and how, 43 years later, he had the opportunity to represent a defendant charged in a plot by the same Iranian regime to kidnap a critic in Brooklyn.

Finally after all these years he was given a platform for some small bit of revenge against those terrorists. Here’s the full story, ripped from the headlines.

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