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Former hostage-taker appointed TV chief
Iranâs supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Sunday appointed a former hostage-taker and leader of the elite Revolutionary Guards as the head of state-run radio and television. Ezzatollah Zarghami, 45, who was promoted from deputy head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, was among militant students who overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 52 embassy staffers hostage for 444 days in 1979. He joined Iranâs elite Revolutionary Guards as a senior officer in the early 1980s and served for a decade there. The network enjoys a monopoly over Iranian broadcasting and has 12 domestic television and radio channels.Posted by: TS(vice girl) 2004-05-23 |
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