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Houston Clergy Hope to Negotiate Hostage Release (1980) - Kenny and Cynthia Boles Collection
Travis Boles
Sound | 1980 | Color | English

Categories:
1980s
Houston
Harris County
Television News
KPRC-TV
Kenny and Cynthia Boles Collection
Politics
Texas Locations:
Harris County
Houston
In this 1980 news segment for Houston’s KPRC-TV, reporter David Boles profiles Houston clergymen who contacted Iran Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh during the Iran Hostage Crisis. The group had traveled to Iran in the hope of helping to negotiate the hostages’ release. Iran held 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days after seizing the US Embassy in Tehran.
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