Former Iran hostages: amid rapprochement they still want apologies

Through Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Despite humiliation, solitary confinement and having a gun held to his head all through the U.S. Embassy main issue in Iran three decades in the past, former hostage Bruce Laingen nonetheless favors diplomacy with Tehran. essentially The most senior diplomat on the embassy when it used to be seized by Islamist college students in 1979, Laingen argued for years later on for opening communicate with Iran and backs the talks that resulted in a step forward agreement over Tehran's nuclear application in the early hours of Sunday in Geneva. But as hostility between the USA and Iran eases, Laingen and fellow ex-hostages want the Islamic Republic at the least to acknowledge the trauma of their captivity. Why not?" stated Laingen, whose wife Penelope began what become the marketing campaign to tie a yellow ribbon round a tree to remember the hostages while they were being detained.