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Ownership of land and building

Who owns the land and building now? Was it part of the claims and counterclaims conference? Surely it makes no sense for the US to still own it and pay annual dues? Just curious. 2001:8003:A070:7F00:94:BE6E:B276:D146 (talk) 06:06, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Abbas Lavasani was not a strong supporter of the Iranian revolution

Hello,

Abbas Lavasani was my grand-uncle (brother of my maternal grandfather) and I know from my mum and my grandfather's stories about that incident that despite coming from a religious family, he was not a "supporter", let alone "a strong supporter of the Iranian Revolution of 1979".

I can further elaborate on this: Although my grandfather's family is religious (my great-grand-father had the religious rank of an Ayatollah, like Khomeini) they (like most pre-revolution religious families) never supported Khomeini's way of un-secularizing the state, mixing religion and politics. My grand-father, being the eldest son, was first pushed to step into my great-grandfathers shoes, but during his process to become a religious figure himself, he refused and chose to work in Abu Dhabi in the diplomatic choir (my mum went there to kindergarten and elementary school) . That is where my grand-uncle Abbas got his inspiration. Since Abbas was the youngest brother, he joined the diplomatic choir in a much younger age and at a later time, so he was able to get the job as the Chief Press Officer at the Embassy (prior to the revolution).

Both my grand-father and my grand-uncle (and all other siblings) were religious people but not fanatic. They condemned the state that was about the be built. Nvdnkpr (talk) 18:45, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Edit: The reason why he volunteered was because he was the only staff member not being married and/or having kids. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nvdnkpr (talk • contribs) 18:47, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

Unclear about live broadcast

My personal recollection was that the SAS operation was filmed live but actually broadcast in a live bulletin after the fact. Live TV had caused a counter terrorism operation to fail at the Munich olympics and that was well known by 1980. At least one source I found asserted a broadcast delay by instruction to the press.

There’s no inline citation for the live broadcast claim; can anyone verify exactly how ‘live’ the broadcast was? SLR Ellison (talk) 09:04, 1 October 2024 (UTC)