Hostage

Set in the late 1970’s, award-winning film Argo, is based on the real story of the Iran hostage crisis. The film begins after the US government takes in the Shah, with Iranians attacking the US embassy in Iran, resulting in the capture of sixty American embassy staff (Argo). Argo exclusively shares Tony Mendez’s effort to exfiltrate the six American embassy staff that manage to sneak away, from Iran (Argo). This is accomplished as Mendez and the six Americans pose as Canadian filmmakers, while…

The Hostages The choice of a rescue mission seemed necessary in releasing the American hostages from Iranian students. President Carter had previous tried other types of military tactics in order to rescue them. The crisis at the time had be going on for about 6 months when “Operation Eagle Claw” was established. The rescue mission ended in complete failure. Several of the rescue helicopters collided injuring five soldiers and killing eight (History.com Staff, 2010). Due to President Carter’s…

I know I've been through a lot. I've been a hostage of depression for 5 years, I lost a cousin, and was left behind by several people I thought were friends. These are just a few examples of what has brought me down over the years. But I am not necessarily weak for reaching the breaking point in these moments. Before I discovered my capacity to get up, I used to immediately put myself down for falling. I remember the time I learned this, it was the week my best friend betrayed me. A week after…

Eventually, the students agreed to let the hostages go on January 19, 1981 if Iran gained 8 billion dollars in its own frozen assets and the embargo was removed. They were not released until January 20, President Ronald Reagan's inauguration day. Some people believe that Iran waited to release the hostages as a punishment to Jimmy Carter for his support of the Shah, and others believe in the October Surprise Conspiracy Theory. An October Surprise is a political incident that is arranged before…

In 1979 Long Island, New York, an Iranian family struggles to survive amidst the Iranian hostage crisis. . BRIEF SYNOPSIS: It’s 1979, Long Island, New York. The SHIRAZI family struggles to survive amidst the Iranian hostage situation. Protesters at the White House demand the deportation of all Iranian immigrants. Young BOBBY SHIRAZI (14) works as a crossing guard and at the local drug store in his neighbor to earn his own money for a trip to visit his Uncle in San Francisco. He hides the…

foreign policy in the United States were viewed as weak. The Carter administration humiliated America and conservatives wanted to change that. During Carters presidency the Iran hostage crisis took place, this was where Iranians took hostages from the U.S Embassy. Carter attempted to negotiate with Iran for the release of the hostages and it took almost all of his presidency to have them released. After…

A teapot with the detailing of a realistic looking heart with chain links wrapped tightly around the heart is called “Heart Teapot: Petrol Hostage,” and it is one of many teapots in the Yixing Series by American ceramist, Richard Notkin, in 2013 (Pentilla, 2014). Notkin’s ceramic heart teapot is a relatively small teapot (6.5” x 11.25” x 5.75”) made from stoneware with a matte glaze that appears to have a rusted color that covers the entire teapot. The abstract teapot was designed to look like a…

pass a resolution calling for Iran to release the hostages. The sentiment, at least in the western world, was growing, during the weeks before Christmas of 1979, over the plight of the American hostages, the media which was already giving daily reports on the government’s release attempts, hostage updates or the effects on the families of the hostages was now playing on the emotional stat of America by televising reports of children sending the hostages Christmas cards and of President Carter…

During my time at Sandia National Laboratories, I interned under the department of WMD Threats and Aerosol Science. I saw men and women using their scientific and engineering backgrounds to study and understand systems that can be used to counteract chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction. It was incredible to see and work on various projects that allowed for counter-terrorism. One of the biggest projects I worked on was our "Spray Knockdown System" it is a massive, almost…

Argo (2012) is a movie directed and starring with Ben Affleck based on the history of the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979. The crisis started when the Shah wanted to westernize Iran and it makes the Iranian people infuriate, when the majority people of Iran are Shia then the populace of Iran topples the Shah, deported cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini take over Iran and his supporters start to act violent against people who refuse to comply their cleric and people who suspected to be American…