Rescue by the Private Sector

RESCUE BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR

The incident has faded now, a small episode overshadowed by the six-month-long spectacle in Teheran. But nearly 11 months before the Iranian mob stormed the American Embassy and seized its occupants, two other Americans suddenly found themselves in an Iranian jail. Unlike their successors, they were not plastered across the front pages. No UN vote condemned their captors, no appeals to the World Court were made in their behalf. Unlike their successors, they got out.

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Richard Shenkman

RESCUE BY THE PRIVATE SECTOR

The incident has faded now, a small episode overshadowed by the six-month-long spectacle in Teheran. But nearly 11 months before the Iranian mob stormed the American Embassy and seized its occupants, two other Americans suddenly found themselves in an Iranian jail. Unlike their successors, they were not plastered across the front pages. No UN vote condemned their captors, no appeals to the World Court were made in their behalf. Unlike their successors, they got out.