Operation Eagle Claw: The Desert Mirage of Rescue
The desert air in Tabas, Iran, hung thick and still on April 24, 1980. For 162 days, the world had watched, captivated and horrified, as 52 Americans were held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Their captors, a fervent group of Iranian students, had transformed the once-proud symbol of American diplomacy into a gilded … Read more
