Nest of Spies

OUTLINE

Realism?: Neda is the daughter of Palestinian Winemakers who emigrated to Iran after having been evicted from there land in near Jerusalem. As a kid, she attended an American school in Israel/Palestine until the 1973 war. She is fluent in English.

Although from a Sunni background, Neda was attracted by Iranian Student Groups which took over the US embassy in 1979. Her knowledge of American culture made her the obvious spokesperson for the hostage takers. She was more driven by lefties then Islamic ideals.

<< PREVIOUS EPISODE - NEXT EPISODE >>

Loading map...

{"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"auto","height":"350px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":13,"defzoom":14,"layers":["osm-mapnik","osm-cyclemap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":50.5125354,"lon":15.2572768,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

US EMBASSY COMPOUND, TEHRAN, NOVEMBER, 1979

Neda a 19 years old student, walks the ground of the US embassy carrying an assault riffle.

<< PREVIOUS EPISODE - NEXT EPISODE >>