Iowan and former Iranian hostage marks 40th anniversary of embassy takeover

November 5, 2019 Carol Kuster State News 0

Today marks 40 years since Iranian militants took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage, including an Iowan. For 444 days, the embassy employees were held in the compound as the former Shah of Iran was in New York for cancer treatment. Former hostage Kathryn Koob now lives in Waterloo and keeps […]