Ebook: In the shadow of the Ayatollah: a CIA hostage in Iran

Part 1. Assignment to Tehran. The assignment -- Retrospective : a history lesson -- The Soviet calculus -- The 1953 Coup -- America and Iran, 1953-1977 -- Revolution -- Intelligence failure -- End of a regime -- The Shah comes to the United States -- Part 2. A guest of Iranian militants. 4 November 1979 -- 5 November 1979 -- 6 November 1979 -- 7-22 November 1979 -- 23 November -- 31 December 1979 -- 1 January -- 24 April 1980 -- 24 April -- 22 June 1980 -- 22 June -- 23 December 1980 -- The final weeks -- The rest of the story.