Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Twenty years ago, after 444 days of captivity, Iranian students released the American hostages they had held in the US Embassy in Tehran. A look back at that event, and a look forward at current relations between the two countries.
Guests
- Massoumeh Ebtekar Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Head of the Department of the Environment; also author "Takeover in Tehran: The Inside Story of the 1979 US Embassy Capture" (Pub: Talon, Vancouver, Canada)
- Fred A. Reed International journalist; also transcriber of the "Takeover in Tehran: The Inside Story of the 1979 US Embassy Capture" (Pub: Talon, Vancouver, Canada)
- Edmund Ghareeb Mustafa Barzani scholar of Kurdish studies, American University; and media analyst of the Middle East
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