Jimmy Carter’s personal virtue didn’t ensure a virtuous or successful presidency Despite the natural sympathy for a deceased president, his failures and their terrible consequences should not be erased by revisionist historians. Jonathan S. Tobin Dec. 29, 2024
Regime supporters mark 1979 Iran hostage crisis anniversary Israel and the U.S. “cannot survive by slaughtering and killing Muslims," IRGC chief Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami said. Nov. 3, 2024
Don’t believe the Jimmy Carter revisionists Despite the natural sympathy for a dying man, the revisionist attempt to erase his failures and their consequences should not prevail. Jonathan S. Tobin March 24, 2023
Ex-US hostage Barry Rosen goes on hunger strike to urge release of foreign prisoners held by Iran He announced the news outside the Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna, where talks between Iran and the P5+1 are taking place. Sean Savage and Ellie Cohanim Jan. 19, 2022
The US must stop falling prey to Iranian extortion It was no coincidence that Iran released the 52 diplomats taken captive on Nov. 4, 1979 on the day that Ronald Reagan was inaugurated. Joseph Frager Oct. 21, 2021
US sanctions top Khamenei officials on 40th year of Iran hostage crisis Additionally, the U.S. State Department announced a $20 million reward for information about the whereabouts of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in 2007 while visiting Iran. Nov. 4, 2019
Trump administration pays tribute to 40th anniversary of Iran hostage crisis “The Iranian regime has a choice. Instead of being the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, it can put the Iranian people first,” said White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham. Nov. 4, 2019
