Guests of the Ayatollah

punitive options against Iran. See also military options

relations with Iran

war against militant Islam

University of Tehran. See Tehran

University uprisings. See demonstrations

Uttaro, Jerry

Valeriani, Richard

Vance, Cyrus

background

Bani-Sadr and

diplomacy and

Hamilton Jordan and

meetings with families of hostages

rescue mission and

on shah’s leaving U.S.

supported negotiation rather than rescue attempt

Vaught, James B.

vault

hiding in

Iranians’ attempts to enter

whether or not to voluntarily open door

Villalon, Hector

process negotiated by Bourget and

visa applicants

released from embassy

visa applications

visa plates, destruction of

visas of Iranian nationals in U.S., crackdowns on

Wadi Kena, Egypt

Waldheim, Kurt

Wallace, Mike

Walsh, Joan

Walsh, John

Walton, Lyle

War Powers Act

Ward, Phil

warehouse basement. See Mushroom Inn

Washington Post

weapons in embassy

dismantling and disposing of

wedding, Iranian

West German Goethe Institute

WHIO (radio station)

Wiesbaden

Wilcox, Jennifer

Williams, Wesley

Wiznitzer, Louis

women

dress code

released from embassy

role in embassy takeover

women guards. See also specific guards

women hostages. See also specific women

released

writers in Iran

X, Mr.

Yassin, Sheikh Ahmed

Yazdi, Ibrahim

“Year in Captivity, A” (CBS special)

Youth Palace

Yusef

Zeisman, Paul

Zionists

Zumwalt, Elmo Jr.

Zurich, Switzerland

Praise for Guests of the Ayatollah:

“Suspenseful [and] inspiring.”

—Reuel Marc Gerecht, The Wall Street Journal

“More than twenty-six years later, the siege of the embassy might seem like irrelevant history to those who know little or nothing about it. As talented journalist Mark Bowden shows, the standoff involving fifty-two American hostages is anything but irrelevant.”

—Steve Weinberg, San Francisco Chronicle

“Bleakly compelling…[Bowden] writes about events in a way that gives a clear picture of both high-level decision making and the price paid by people on the ground…. the passions of the moment still reverberate. In Bowden’s book, you can feel them on every page.”

—Richard Lacayo, Time

“Mark Bowden is a master storyteller, exceptionally skilled at placing military and political events in a meaningful context. Thus, Guests of the Ayatollah may be his most timely and valuable work to date…. A must read.”

—Edward A. Turzanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer

“[A] riveting…masterfully told tale…Bowden skillfully gets inside the minds of the hostages, vividly