Guests of the Ayatollah

on shah’s entry to United States

television viewing

treated as emissary

Valentines received by

Yazdi and

Laingen, Penne

Lambrakis, George

Lauterbach, Steve

slashed his wrists

on television

Lavasani, Hassan

Lavasani, Mohammad Hussein

Lawrence, Paul

lawsuits

Lee, Gary

leftists. See Iranians, Western-yearning

letters. See mail

Lewis, George

Lewis, Paul

Lijek, Cora

Lijek, Mark

Limbert, John Jr.

after returning home

background

Belk, Hohman, and

books read by

brought to vault

capture of

on Carter

Charles Jones and

on Christmas 1979 event

conversations with guards

escaping contemplated by

expectations of rescue

hopes for release

interrogations

Iran-Iraq war and

Kalp and

on Khomeini

Kupke, Graves, and

learned about rescue attempt

learned that provisional government resigned

Lee Holland and

letters

love for Iran

medical exam

mock execution and

Mohammed and

Montazari and

moved after failed rescue mission

moved back to chancery

moved to private home

moved to top floor of chancery

negotiation with demonstrators

political views

relations with captors

release and return home

response to invasion

on revolution

room at Komiteh

on television

terrified

threats to kill

Limbert, John W. Sr.

Limbert, Parvaneh

Linderman, Jimmy

litigation

“Little Ali”

London

Long, Wayne

Lopez, Jimmy

capture of

mock execution and

release and return home

shorted out electricity in chancery

Luce, Clare Boothe

Lugar, Richard

MacNeil, Robert

Mahmoud

mail

blocked

from hostages. See also under specific hostages

from strangers

Majlis

Khomeini on

Mandani, Ahmad

Maples, Ladel

marines. See also specific marine hostages

“Mary.” See Ebtekar, Nilufar

Masirah, Oman

Mass, materialism

McAfee, Carl

McBroom, Bud

McGovern, George

McGuire, B. J.

McKenna, Frank

McLain, James

Meadows, Dick