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In January 1981, I stood at the foot of the Air Algerie flight that flew 52 American diplomats to freedom after 444 days as hostages in Iran. Some of them were my friends. I still remember their gaunt appearances after being caged and cut off from the world for so long as they quietly disembarked. That original hostage crisis was a turning point in U.S. history in the 20th century — and has shaped angry American views of the Islamic republic ever since.

Robin Wright on the prisoner exchange between Iran and the U.S. on Monday, and the diplomatic obstacles and openings that lie ahead.

The taking of US diplomatic personnel hostage by radical Iranian activists and angry crowds in November of 1979, and then …

The Oxford Student reports on the Oxford Union's debate on the motion 'This House Believes the Islamic Republic of Iran Can Reform'.

Politics experts asserted the current Islamic regime is “nothing more than a gang” and talked about their citizens’ need for change at an Oct. 5 discussion on the protests erupting